Our Thanks to all our major donors and the hundreds of smaller ones that give to keep the Dr. Hectors message alive!

WE APPRECIATE OUR 2026 LEGACY LUNCHEON SPONSORS

1. CITGO Refining

2. Wyatt Ranches

3. Dr. Osbert Blow and Dr. Nelly Blow

4. KIII TV 3

5. KRIS TV

6. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

7. Christus Spohn Health Systems

8. HEB

9. Mr. Jim Akers and Mrs. Cecilia Garcia Akers

10. IBC Bank

11. Port of Corpus Christi 

12. Mike Shaw / Military VIP

13. Oceans Behavioral Hospital

14. Ms. Barbara Canales & Mr. Doug Allison

15. American Heart Association

16. Texas A&M University-Kingsville

17. The Honorable State Representative Todd Hunter

18. American G.I. Forum of Corpus Christi

19. Texas State Aquarium

20. Kleberg Bank

21. Amisatad Community Health Center

22. Canales and Simonson, PC

23. City of Corpus Christi

24. Corpus Christi RTA

25. Hicks Automotive Group

26. Robstown Utility Systems

27. Incarnate Word Academy 

28. Linbarger Attorneys at Law 

29. Palacios Educational Consulting

30. Chemours

31. Canales & Simonson, PC

32. CC Regional Transportation Authority

33. Double Tree by Hilton

34. Del Mar College

35. Dream Team Realtor/Shirley & Raymond Gallagher

36. Mark Roach

37. Leadership Empowerment Group, Dr. Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa

38. Incarnate Word Academy
    

39. LULAC Council 1

The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation was created to expand awareness of his legacy and the continued relevance of his fight for equal rights for all. Dr. Garcia grew up in a time when discrimination against minorities was not only common, it was expected. Blacks and Hispanics were denied equal access under the law. Schools, hospitals and even graveyards were segregated.

As a leader in LULAC and the American GI Forum, Dr. Hector helped to end segregation in schools, hospitals and public facilities in Texas and nationally. He organized an effort that defeated the oppressive poll tax and led the way to a Hispanic voting majority in South Texas. He fought for fair wages and better working conditions and to bring resources to the colonias, areas along the U.S.-Mexico border that lacked basic services. By organizing the Hispanic vote and voice he brought political power and consequently justice to his people.

Dr. Hector believed in the promise of America and spent a lifetime making the Constitution a living document for every American no matter what their race, ethnicity, or economic status. The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Foundation has been established to continue this work. Our mission includes raising money to provide scholarships to students at the post secondary level, the promotion of civil liberties, the development of effective public service, the advancement of the health and social welfare of the community, and the education and training of leadership that serves the people.

Black and Hispanic Americans still lag in graduation rates from both high school and college. They have higher teenage birth rates, infant mortality rates and shorter life spans. They are incarcerated and live in poverty at higher rates. Not only has the dream of overcoming racism and discrimination not yet been achieved, there are those who actively support a eturn to institutionalization of new forms of economic segregation and discrimination that denies many  citizens of their rights.

This Foundation will honor the legacy of Dr. Garcia by supporting people, projects and actions that will protect the rights of all through the funding of scholarships, educational grants and community building efforts. The Foundation, as Dr. Hector did, will also promote the fair treatment, support and honoring of those who have served our country in the armed forces.

 We firmly believe that the promotion and protection of civil liberties and the care and support of our Nation's veterans directly leads to a better society.

Foundation Presenting Sponsor.