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DALLAS – Melissa
Meyer,
20,of Swartz Creek, Mich., 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.
Meyer will receive $8,700 from the Foundation to
assist with living expenses after her husband, Pfc.
Jason M. Meyer, 23, was killed in Baghdad,
Iraq, on April 8. Pfc.
Meyer
was
with the B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion
out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
“This
grant is a tremendous help for me,” said Mrs. Meyer.
“I am now able to pay off bills I have
accumulated so I can start a new future.”
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.
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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