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DALLAS – RaeLynn Rehn, 29,
of Broken Arrow, Okla., 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.
Rehn received $12,000 from the Fund to assist with raising her daughter,
Megan, 1, after her husband, Army Sergeant First Class Randall Scott Rehn,
36, died in a friendly fire incident near Baghdad International Airport in
Iraq on April 3, 2003.
Sergeant First Class Rehn was assigned to C
Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment (Multiple Launch Rocket
System), out of Fort Sill, Okla.
“I was surprised and grateful to hear about
this grant. I don’t know what the future is going to hold financially for me to
take care of my child and provide for her in the way I would have been if her
father was still here. This money helps me know I will be able to cover her
expenses and take care of the random things that come up every day,” said Rehn.
“The support that the Fallen Patriot Fund has given military families is
amazing. It is great to know that it is over a year later and the fund is still
remembering and assisting families.”
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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