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Community Foundation's
Muse Fund Donates $1,000
to TJ High's Boys Lacrosse Program
Pam Meehan,
right, and Community Foundation Trustee Meta Nash, left, present
TJ High School Boys Lacrosse coach Dave Hawkins and members of
the Lacrosse Team with a donation from The Dustin and Courtney
Muse Memorial Fund. |
April 9, 2007: The Community Foundation of Frederick County’s Dustin
and Courtney Muse Memorial Fund donated $1,000 to the Governor Thomas
Johnson High School Boys Lacrosse Program during a presentation before
the TJ/Middletown match on March 27.
Surrounded by team members, Head Coach Dave Hawkins accepted the
donation from Pam Meehan, Dustin and Courtney’s mother, and Community
Foundation Trustee Meta Nash. He expressed his sincere gratitude on
behalf of the Boys Lacrosse Team in accepting the donation made in
Dustin’s memory. “Dustin and Courtney touched so many lives throughout
this community and they will never be forgotten,” says Coach Hawkins.
Sixteen-year-old Dustin Muse was a well-known and highly-regarded
scholar/athlete at Governor Thomas Johnson High School when he and his
thirteen-year-old sister, Courtney, an enthusiastic member of the
Monacacy Middle School chorus and honor roll student, were tragically
killed in a car accident in December, 2006.
The Community Foundation’s Dustin and Courtney Muse Memorial Fund was
established shortly after their deaths by their parents, Pamela Meehan
and Donald Muse, through the generous contributions of a community who
wanted to honor the legacy of these two exceptional children. The
Governor Thomas Johnson High School Boys Lacrosse Program is the first
beneficiary of grants from the Fund, created to provide scholarships
to outstanding scholar/athletes demonstrating leadership qualities and
grants support the performing arts.
"Dustin really enjoyed playing on the Boys Lacrosse Team at TJ," says
Mrs. Meehan. “He will continue to have a positive impact on the team
through this grant.”
Since 1986, the Community Foundation has been weaving the fabric of a
better community by transforming the unique charitable dreams of
individuals, families and organizations into the reality of charitable
funds supporting a range of worthy causes in the community. Over
one-fourth of the funds held by the Community Foundation honor the
memories of deceased loved ones by continuing to touch lives in
meaningful ways in their names. To date, the Community Foundation has
provided more than $15 million in grants and scholarships.
Contributions to The Dustin and Courtney Muse Memorial Fund may be
made payable to The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 East
Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701, with “The Dustin and Courtney Muse
Memorial Fund” inserted in the check’s memo line. To donate online,
click here. All check or online contributions are
tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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