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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Virginia R. Garza retired as the meal site manager |
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at the Driscoll Community Center on December 31, 2014, drawing to a |
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close a 27-year tenure with Nueces County Senior Community Services |
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and a lifelong career spent caring for the needs of her fellow |
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citizens; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Garza began working at the Driscoll Community |
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Center in 2003, after serving as the meal site manager at the |
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Robstown Community Center for more than 15 years; in these roles, |
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she was tasked with overseeing and recruiting volunteers for the |
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senior citizen nutrition program and motivating her clients at the |
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centers to maintain healthy, active lifestyles; in addition, this |
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compassionate Texan personally delivered meals to homebound |
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residents in the area, a practice she carried on from her nine years |
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as a van driver with the City of Corpus Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Nueces County, Ms. Garza was born in |
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Floresville and raised in Robstown, where she started her career in |
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1974 as a bus driver for the Robstown Independent School District |
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and later served as a child care paraprofessional at the Wesley |
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Community Center; in all her endeavors, she has enjoyed the love and |
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support of her three children, Rosalinda, Sylvia, and Ruben, and |
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her grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, The kindness and dedication that Virginia Garza |
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brought to her duties helped countless older Texans enjoy a greater |
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quality of life, and she may reflect with pride on her many |
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achievements as she embarks on her well-deserved retirement; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Virginia R. Garza on her retirement |
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from Nueces County Senior Community Services and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Garza as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |