ENDOWMENT NEWS Thanks to the generosity of the Fischer Family, CC is proud to introduce the creation of the new:
Dominique Fischer ’05 Memorial Scholarship Pride, Passion, Care, and Compassion. Words
On Sunday, November 7, 2021,
used to describe Dominique Fischer ’05 by his
over 200 friends and family
father, Kevin Fischer, and his brother, Christopher
of Dominique Fischer ‘05
Fischer ’08. Dominique was a special person - full
gathered for the 10th Annual
of life and love. A man who cherished his family,
Eating for a Cause event at
his friends, his sports, his music, and his alma mater – Detroit
Texas de Brazil (Dominique’s
Catholic Central High School.
favorite restaurant) in Detroit.
A young man who was enjoying life and the fruits of his hard work in high school as a scholar-athlete at John Carroll University when life suddenly changed, and he was diagnosed with Bi-Polar and Schizophrenia Disorders. Dominique fought
This annual event is one of the premier fundraising events for the Dominique Fischer ’05 Memorial Foundation.
Left to right: Kevin Fischer, Dan Collins ‘84, Sonya Fischer
valiantly for the last three years of his life, but it was a fight that
This year, the Domonique Fischer ’05 Memorial Foundation
he would eventually lose in the summer of 2010 when he took
presented Catholic Central High School with a gift of $10,000
his own life.
to start the new Dominique Fischer ’05 Memorial Scholarship.
Dominique was a shining light, and it is his legacy to help others learn from his life experience and, hopefully, benefit from those experiences. To help individuals, their families, and friends cope with the challenges of mental illness. It is this legacy that inspired the Fischer Family to create the Dominique Fischer ’05 Memorial Scholarship. Dominique was a loving, caring, selfless person who loved helping people and would have wanted good works to be done in his name.
Left to right: Kevin Glenn, Angela Hill, Melissa Reyes, Emilio Fischer ‘16, Joel Moriarty ‘14, Sonya Fischer, and Kevin Fischer
DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ENDOWMENT TRUST
The Detroit Catholic Central High School Endowment Trust was established in 1993 for the purpose of ensuring the future financial viability of DCCHS and to help provide students with financial need the opportunity to realize the dream of a Detroit Catholic Central High School education. Gifts to the DCCHS Endowment Trust of a cumulative amount of $25,000 establish a named, permanentlyendowed, annual scholarship - awarded to a Catholic Central High School student, enrolled in good standing, with documented financial need. To invest in one of these funds or to establish a newly-named fund, contact Dan Collins ’84, Director of Advancement at (248) 596-3834 or dcollins@catholiccentral.net. 32
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