VISION AWARD FELIX MORENO

Aplethora of activities keep lifelong Seguinite Felix Moreno busy, and he would have it no other way.

Besides working at Tres Hewell Mortuary, Moreno spends his time on the board of the Guadalupe County Fair Association, volunteering with Seguin’s League of United Latin American Citizens council, serving the local Knights of Columbus council and more.

“I really give back to my community and help them out with all the fundraisers they do and stuff,” Moreno said. “I just like to give back to the community.”

It’s for that giving spirit and the hours put in to help make Seguin better that Moreno is a Seguin Gazette 2023 VISION Award recipient.

The newspaper presents VISION (Volunteers in Service in Our Neighborhoods) Awards annually, along with the Mary Lee Roberts Citizen of the Year Award. The awards celebrate the best and brightest of the community.

Born and raised in Seguin and having never lived anywhere else, helping to improve the town is second nature for him, Moreno said.

“I do it out of the kindness of my heart,” he said. “I like to give back. I’m involved in four or five organizations I like to help out.”

His volunteerism started about 13 years ago when a friend mentioned that LULAC needed participants to help the local council, Moreno said.

His father had recently died and he had extra time on his hands. The friend suggested he spend it with the council and Moreno said he’s volunteered with LULAC ever since.

In recent years, he helped the council with its fundraising efforts that benefit area youth with scholarships and more. Helping LULAC coordinate entertainment for its annual Cinco de Mayo events in Seguin is important to him, Moreno said.

In more recent years, he joined the Knights of Columbus, where he provides assistance in various ways. He volunteered to help the council sell food and more nearly each day of the 2023 Guadalupe County Youth Show as well as other activities throughout the year.

“A lot of people, especially this past two years, they have been complimenting me a lot for the stuff I do for the community,” Moreno said. “A lot of the members of Knights of Columbus, because I do a lot, they say ‘you’re doing a good job’ and ‘keep up the good work.’”

Moreno has gained a reputation for being someone always willing to help out. He is known for going above and beyond what is required or requested of him.

He does it because he can and he wants to help. So learning that he was chosen as a VISION Award winner came as a shock, he said.

He doesn’t do it for the accolades, but it is an honor to be recognized, Moreno said.

“I’ve never been met with an honor like this before,” Moreno said. “I do a lot of community service just to give back to the community and I never realized something like this would happen.”