Charity's leader quits amid inquiries.(News)

Byline: Bill Smith ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

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CORRECTION: CORRECTION PUBLISHED April 4, 2005 - A story on Monday's front page gave the incorrect name of an affiliate for the Kirkwood charity Reach Our Children. The correct name of the affiliate is Foundation for Children With Cancer.

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THE CHARITY

Reach Our Children is a national charity that took in more than $4.8 million in cash contributions in 2004. The organization has supported a variety of programs for children, especially aiding children with cancer.

A KEY POTENTIAL CONFLICT

Board members say David J. Lovell never revealed that his wife co-owned a marketing company to which the charity paid $3 million.

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The founder and president of a Kirkwood-based children's charity has resigned after members of the charity's board said they learned he had been concealing potential conflict-of-interest information from them.

David J. Lovell, who built Reach Our Children into a national charity that took in more than $4.8 million in cash contributions in 2004, agreed to leave the charity in the midst of two investigations -- one by lawyers hired by the charity's board and the other by the Missouri attorney general's office.

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