| RENO, NV – Tina
Cline,
22, of Sun Valley, NV, has been selected as a grant
recipient of the Fallen
Patriot Fund, established on April 16 by the Mark
Cuban Foundation, to help families of U.S. military
personnel who were killed or seriously injured during
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Cline will receive $12,000 (the equivalent of
$1,000 per month for a year) from the Foundation to
assist with living expenses and the cost of raising her
two sons Dakota, 2, and Dylan, 9 months, after her
husband, Lance
Corporal Donald John Cline Jr., 21, was killed near
Nasiriyah, Iraq in March.
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| Lance
Corporal Cline was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment of the 2nd
Marine Expeditionary Brigade based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Tina Cline, a stay-at-home mother with a
ninth-grade education, moved with her sons to Sun
Valley, NV to live with her mother when her husband was
deployed after Christmas.
“There is so much I feel and
words cannot express my sincere gratitude,”
said Mrs. Cline.
“There are so many people out there who
have such big hearts. This
grant will be of tremendous assistance to the
financial state of my family.
I thank the folks at the Fallen Patriot Fund.
They will always be remembered.”
The
Mark Cuban Foundation will match donations to the Fallen
Patriot Fund dollar for dollar up to $1 million. Over
the past few weeks, donations have been received from 48
states and Canada. In addition, the Bank of America
Foundation will match associate donations dollar for
dollar from gifts of $25 up to $5,000. |
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Donations to
the Fallen Patriot Fund can be made at any 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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