Marianist Sharing Fund in Action
ASSISTANCE GIVES OPPORTUNITES TO AT-RISK CHILDREN

The Marianist Sharing Fund is making David Winter’s freshman year at St. Mary’s High School in St. Louis a little easier by providing assistance with books, school clothes, and other items necessary for high school. David, a graduate of Loyola Academy in St. Louis, a Nativity model middle school that offers a nurturing environment for at-risk students, received Marianist Sharing Fund assistance through a grant awarded to Loyola to help at-risk youth attend high school. David was able to attend Loyola and eventually St. Mary’s through a scholarship he received from the Dan Devereaux Memorial Trust, a scholarship created by Mike Devereaux to honor his late brother Dan, a committed mentor to minority and at-risk youths, who died in 2000. The goal of the Devereaux Trust is to provide at-risk children in the metro St. Louis area with opportunities for a good education and help them enter post-secondary education or secure above minimum wage employment. The Devereaux Trust, plus a lot of out of pocket assistance from Mike, helped with David’s tuition for St. Mary’s. “In addition to tuition though,” said Bev Rombach, director of development at Loyola, “in high school you have costs for books, clothes, food, retreats and other items that these families are not prepared for.” Rombach saw David’s situation as a perfect fit for a portion of the grant money Loyola received from the Marianist Sharing Fund. “The help has given David the ability to thrive, just as you would clearly expect him to, if given the opportunity,” said Mike Devereaux. According to David, who is enjoying his time at St. Mary’s, he now has a chance to get into a good college and go into engineering one day. Find out more about the Marianist Sharing Fund.