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DALLAS – Veronica Menyweather, 34,
of Killeen, Texas, has been selected as a grant recipient of the Fallen
Patriot Fund, established on April 16, 2003, by the Mark Cuban Foundation,
to help families of U.S. military personnel who were killed or seriously injured
during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Menyweather received $12,000 from the Fund to
assist with raising her two children, son Eddie, 12, and daughter
Gynia, 10, after her husband, Army Staff Sergeant Eddie Menyweather, 35,
was killed in Iraq Nov. 23, 2003.
Army Staff Sergeant
Menyweather,
a 14-year Army
veteran assigned to C Company, 588th
Engineer Battalion based out of Fort Hood, Texas, was killed when the truck he
was riding in was hit by a remote-controlled roadside bomb.
“We are grateful for this grant,” said
Veronica Menyweather. “It has helped us during this time because a lot of the
things we did have we no longer have, and it has helped with our life and the
things we need to do.”
Donations to the Fallen
Patriot Fund are still being accepted and can be made at any of the 4,200 Bank
of America banking centers; through the Web site at www.fallenpatriotfund.org,
or mailed to the Fallen Patriot Fund, c/o Bank of America Private Bank,
TX1-492-19-09, P.O. Box 832409, Dallas, Texas, 75283-2409. Additional
information and grant application may be obtained through the Web site.
The Mark Cuban Foundation will match
donations to the Fallen Patriot Fund dollar for dollar up to $1 million. Since
April 16, 2003, donations have been received from 48 states, Canada and Italy.
In addition, the Bank of America Foundation will match employee donations dollar
for dollar from gifts of $25 up to $5,000.
Financial resources are vital to enhancing
the sustainability of the family unit who has suffered a loss because its loved
one sacrificed him/herself for freedom. Within
that group, grant recipients will be selected in accordance with criteria
established by The Mark Cuban Foundation. All proceeds will be disbursed.
The Mark Cuban Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) organization,
contributions to which are tax deductible.
Please contact a tax advisor for further details on charitable
contributions.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Gillian Breidenbach (Bank of America) 214.209.3122
Gillian.M.Breidenbach@bankofamerica.com
Dawn Holgate (Mark Cuban), 214.658.7170 (office)
214.878.2867 (mobile)
dawn.holgate@dallasmavs.com
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