Cecilia Garcia Akers, President and Jim Akers, Vice President of the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation were guests of the CHRISTUS SPOHN Health System Foundation's Twenty-Seventh Annual Lyceum on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.


Veronica Wenzel, Program Director of Development CHRISTUS SPOHN Foundation, joined Cecilia and Jim at the American Bank Center, which featured Dr. Charles Krauthammer as the Keynote Speaker for the event. 

Moving forward for the new Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Family Health Center to be completed in 2016. We are honored that this beautiful, first of its kind facility in Corpus Christi, will be named after one of the best primary care physicians ever.

Read the Article in the Corpus Christi Caller Times

Pictured L-R: Cecilia Garcia Akers, Jim Akers, Todd Hunter

Incarnate Word Academy Paradise Island Gala, held in Corpus Christi, TX on February 28, 2015 with Representative Todd Hunter, and Jim Akers. The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation is a proud supporter of Incarnate Word Academy.

The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation is a proud supporter of the YWCA Women in Careers. The Foundation is honored that its newest board member, Barbara Canales was honored at the Y Women in Careers Banquet. Congratulations to Ms. Canales for this great achievement.

Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation's President Cecilia Garcia Akers was a participant at the Texas State Historical Association's Annual Meeting, held in Corpus Christi,  TX on March 5, 2015.  Ms. Garcia-Akers topic was Dr. Hector P. Garcia as a Father,  Physician and Role Model. Many thanks for the invitation to speak at this historical event.

(L to R) City Manager of Mercedes Richard Garcia, Jim Akers, Cecilia Garcia-Akers, Dr. Barbara Hinojosa

The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation traveled to the Rio Grande Valley this week and participated in several events.  The Organization of Women Executives of the Rio Grande Valley invited Cecilia Garcia Akers, Foundation President as the keynote speaker.  Ms. Garcia-Akers spoke about Dr. Hector P. Garcia, the Foundations recent work, and its future plans.  The Foundation also met with the City of Mercedes- City Manager, Richard Garcia regarding future projects with the Foundation and Dr. Garcia's hometown.  The Foundation is very excited about its future plans with the Rio Grande Valley.