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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Amado Aguilar retired from the Coastal Bend Food |
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Bank in July 2020, concluding an exemplary six-year tenure with the |
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organization and a long career in the grocery business; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2014, Mr. Aguilar joined the staff of the food |
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bank, and he served with distinction in many capacities, including |
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coordinator for inventory and store donations; as agency relations |
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manager, he worked with more than 170 agencies and mobile pantries, |
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as well as other food distributors; he was instrumental in the |
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development of the Family Backpack, Senior Distribution, and Farms |
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to Families programs, as well as non-agency drops in rural areas; in |
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addition, he assisted with food sourcing and expanded the Mobile |
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Pantry program to numerous small communities; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Aguilar brought to the food bank decades of |
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experience in the grocery industry; hired at 16 by the H-E-B grocery |
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in Robstown, he learned every aspect of operations and completed |
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his bachelor's degree in business at Texas A&I University; after |
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rising to become a unit director and a supervisor for the area |
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encompassing Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Laredo, Del Rio, |
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Fredericksburg, and the towns in between, he went on to own grocery |
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and convenience stores in Robstown, Corpus Christi, and Rockport; |
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he was later employed by Super S Foods before returning to H-E-B, |
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and he opened a restaurant as well; deeply committed to his |
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community, he has served in a host of leadership roles; he was a |
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founding member of the board of the Corpus Christi Regional Transit |
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Authority and held the office of vice president, and he gave |
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generously of his time and talents as president of the Robstown |
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Chamber of Commerce and as vice president of Robstown Economic |
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Development; he served on several Robstown Independent School |
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District advisory boards and as vice president of the Boys and Girls |
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Club of Kingsville; moreover, he was an active member of |
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Kingsville's Texas A&I Alumni Association, and he and his wife, |
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Ruby, helped found New Beginnings Fellowship and Family First |
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Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his vision, expertise, and dedication, |
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Amado Aguilar greatly advanced the mission of the Coastal Bend Food |
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Bank, and his contributions have benefited countless area |
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residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Amado Aguilar for his service to the |
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Coastal Bend Food Bank and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Aguilar as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 263 was adopted by the House on March |
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18, 2021, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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