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DALLAS
– Army Chief Warrant Officer-2 Juan Marcos Beltran,
31, 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. Beltran will receive $30,000 from the Foundation to assist
with living expenses after he was injured in a helicopter crash in Iraq where he
suffered a C-7 fracture and is a quadriplegic. Beltran has a wife, Gabriela,
31, and daughter, Sara, 1. This is
the fourth grant the Fallen Patriot Fund has given to an injured soldier.
Chief
Warrant Officer-2 Beltran was assigned to the 1-4 Aviation
Regt. of the United States Army based in Fort Hood, Texas.
He is currently a patient at the VA Long Beach facility.
“We
greatly appreciate the Fallen Patriot Fund and its donors for assisting us
during our financial hardship,” said Juan and Gabriela Beltran.
“Situations like this arise at the most inopportune moments, and funds
like this help make it a little easier.”
The
fund has given more than $345,000 in grants to 21 families across the United
States since its inception. Donations 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.
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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