Saturday, December 11, 1999
Catholic group receives grant
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — The Covington Diocese's Alliance for Catholic Urban Education (ACUE) has received a $310,000 grant from the David E. Meyer Family Charitable Trust, the second gift to ACUE in as many months.
Diocesan officials said Friday that the $310,000 will be used for tuition assistance programs over the next 11 years. The money will be invested and will provide ACUE with $440,000 over the life of the grant.
“This was an unsolicited gift,” said Lawrence Bowman, director of Catholic education for the diocese. “There was a desire on the part of the Meyer family (of Meyer Dairy) to step forward and ask how they could help the schools.”
The ACUE program received a $25,000 gift Nov. 5 from Corporex Cos. Chairman Bill Butler, through the Robert M. Butler Foundation, to help create a public relations program to recruit new students and generate financial support.
Mr. Bowman said $40,000 will be presented to ACUE each year for 11 years, beginning in November 2000, to create tuition grants for students enrolled in grades 5 through 8 at the seven Catholic elementary schools in the alliance.
The ACUE schools are Holy Cross, Holy Family, Prince of Peace and St. Augustine in Covington; St. Bernard in Dayton; St. Michael in Bellevue; and Holy Spirit in Newport.
Sister Mary Lynette Shelton, St. Augustine principal, said the Meyer gift will enable each of the ACUE schools “to reach out and help additional students who need financial assistance receive a quality education.”
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