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DALLAS
– Army Specialist James Matthew Fair, 22, of Fort Riley, Kan., 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. This is the
fifth grant the Fallen Patriot Fund has given to an injured soldier.
Fair
will receive $60,000 from the Foundation to assist with living expenses after he
was injured while attempting to diffuse a bomb in Iraq Nov. 12, 2003. As a
result of the explosion, he is blind in both eyes, had both arms amputated and
has endured traumatic brain injury. Fair
has a wife, Katrina, 19, son Macaiah, 2, daughters, Jacqueline,
1, and Zionna, newborn.
Army
Specialist James Matthew Fair
was
assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st
Infantry Division of the United States Army based out of Fort Riley, Kan.
Fair is currently at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
“It’s
nice that people really do support their soldiers, and the money will help us
buy a house so we have a place to live,” said James and Katrina Fair.
“We are very thankful and feel very blessed.”
The
fund has given more than $400,000 in grants to 22 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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