THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORTS OPERATION FINALLY HOME As part of Operation Appreciation, a company wide campaign to honor veterans, H-E-B Food Stores partnered with Operation FINALLY HOME, to help build five homes, one in each of the five Texas regions it serves. One of those homes is the De La Garza home in Edinburg, Texas. (L to R) H-E-B Border Region representatives: Yvonne Loflin, Border Region Public Affairs Specialist; Linda Tovar, Senior Manager, Public Affairs; Laura Urquiza Gump, Regional Vice President/General Manager.
The Rio Grande Valley branch of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation has partnered with Operation FINALLY HOME. The company has pledged $10,000 to help furnish the home for the De La Garza family. Nationally, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation has been helping wounded veterans receive mortgagefree homes by partnering with the Boot Campaign, another non-profit group addressing the needs of veterans. If you are a vendor of new furniture, appliances, or other items, please contact Minerva Simpson (956)440-1521. (L to R) Jacinto Oviedo, Loan Officer; Paty Cabrales, Loan Officer; Minerva Simpson, Branch Manager; Ellie Ahumada, Loan Officer; Kristyne Simpson, Marketing Assistant.
WestWind Homes, Solida USA, and Inter National Bank teamed up to donate the lot at Fairhaven Heights, in Edinburg, Texas, to Operation FINALLY HOME for the De La Garza home. (L to R) Eduardo Lopez - WestWind, Controller; Luis Gonzalez – WestWind, Production Manager; Monica Ruiz – WestWind, Marketing Manager; Chris Arthur – WestWind, Managing Partner; Sam Munafo – Inter National Bank, President/CEO; Yvette Yañez, Solida USA, Assistant to CEO; Juan Garcia, Solida USA, Sr. Workout Relationship Manager; Jesse Zambrano, Solida USA, CEO.
Melden and Hunt, a longestablished engineering, consulting and surveying company in the Valley, donated its full services to the De La Garza home to insure the boundaries of the property were accurately recorded. (L to R): Robert De Luna; Gustavo Arreaga; Fred L. Kurth, President.
Gonzalez Concrete Corp. partially donated materials and labor for forming, trenching, and installing the steel for the slab reinforcement. (L to R) Alberto Gonzalez; Juan G. Velasquez; Rene Hinojosa; Juan A. Uresti; Jose C. Castañeda; Agapito Gonzalez; Hector Mendoza; Juan J. Sandoval; Rigo de la Garza.
Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. volunteered to be the lead builder on the Jacob De La Garza home. (L to R) Robert A. Calvillo, Executive Director; Fred Munguia, Construction Manager; Elva Cerda, AHSTI Board President.
Cesar Villarreal of Cesar Villarreal Plumbing, Mission, Texas, donated all his services and materials to the project. (L to R) Casimiro Jimenez; Ernesto Arevalo; Porfirio Martinez; Manuel Chavez; and Victor Ortiz.
Home Depot donated the shovels and hard hats used in the Operation Finally Home Ground Breaking ceremony for the De La Garza family that took place on Sept 12, 2014. Through Home Depot’s “Team Depot Program,” company associates contribute their time and talents to help veterans with housing challenges in local communities.(L to R) Edna Fernandez; Jessie Aguilar; Cynthia Ramos; Vanessa Rosa; Jorge Rodriguez; Roy Barrera; and Santos Corvarrubia. The City of Edinburg Code Department supported the Operation FINALLY HOME De La Garza project by waiving the building permit fees for the construction of the home. (L to R) Eddie Garza (Infinity Custom Construction), Rio Grande Valley Builders Association Vice President, and Richard H. Garcia, Mayor of the City of Edinburg, Texas.
Jose Gamez & Garrett Dorsey installing sign donated by Sign Depot with a rendering of the home provided by EPP Marketing.
South Texas Health System is honored to serve veterans in the community and proud of being the only hospital in Hidalgo County to be contracted by the Veterans Administration system for nearly six years. Providing financial support with a donation of $10,000 to Operation FINALLY HOME to assist the De La Garza family aligns perfectly with South Texas Health System’s mission to give back to military families. Shown presenting the check to the De La Garza family are: (L to R) Lisa Killion, Assistant Administrator Marketing and Public Relations; Joe Rodriguez, CEO South Texas Behavioral Health Center; Candi Constantine, CNO South Texas Health System; William Brock, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Elmo Lopez Jr., CEO McAllen Medical Center; Jennifer Garza, CEO Edinburg Regional Medical Center/Edinburg Children’s Hospital; Chris Sizemore, Physician Practice Market Manager, IPM/Valley Care Clinics Network; Douglas Matney, Group Vice President Universal Health Services Inc.; Jason Chang, CEO of McAllen Heart Hospital; Sgt. Jacob De La Garza; his wife Priscilla; Sandra Brown, Rio Grande Valley Builders Association President; Marcy Alamia, Executive VP, Rio Grande Valley Builders Association; De La Garza children, Braelynn (4) and Jayden (8).
McAllen Pest Control donated its full services, labor and materials, to treat the soil before the slab was poured for the foundation of the home. (L to R) Isidro Guerrero, Jr., President; Eric Reyna, Vice President; Eligio Garza III, Senior Technician; Gregorio Soto, Technician; Torribio Arriaga, Technician; Derrick Saenz, Technician.
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CAPA supplied the entire concrete required for the foundation of the home as well as the driveway and sidewalk at 100% donation. (L to R) Rufino Garza, Co-owner; Sipriano Gonzalez, Fleet Manager.
Staff from Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc., the lead builder of the De La Garza home, are shown here modeling the special Operation FINALLY HOME T-shirts that they ordered and made available for the Surprise Announcement and Ground Breaking Event. (L to R) Cindy Guzman, Loan Officer; Myra Martinez, Director of Operations and Communications; Fred Munguia, Construction Director; Brenda Lopez, Loan Processor; Janie Tamez, Homebuyer Advisor; Aidee Castro, Home Ownership Center Manager; Ivan Nordhausen, Project Imagine Tomorrow; Frank Tafolla, Loan Officer.
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Solida USA and Inter National Bank donated the decoration of hard hats and shovels. (L to R) Yvette Yañez, Solida USA; Michelle Y. Garza, INB.
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If you are a professional in the construction industry and would like to donate materials, products, or labor to our projects in the RGV, please contact Jose R. Vielma, OFH/RGV Co-Chair, at (956) 971-9700 or email jose@vielma-associates. com for more information.