On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, Gil- bert Garcia of Garcia Hamilton and Associates along with H-E-B provided 120 underserved families with a $250 H-E-B gift card to assist them during these challenging times from the pandemic to the recent winter storm.

Mr. Gilbert Garcia saw a need in the Houston area and took action to help as he has on other occasions. He partnered with Dr. Max Miller of the Baptist Ministers Association of Hous- ton and Vicinity to provide five mem- bers from twenty-four churches with a $250 H-E-B gift card totaling $30,000.

Today, Mr. Gilbert Garcia and Dr. Max Miller distributed the gift cards to the recipients at the H-E-B Mac- Gregor Market located at 6055 South Freeway, Houston, Texas.

The participating churches were Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Floyd Nathaniel Williams; Brentwood Baptist Church, Dr. Joe Ratliff; Christian Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Leroy Joseph; City Cathedral Church, Bishop Leroy Woodard; Covenant Glen Church, Pastor Robert Childress; Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Nelson LaFleur; Forest Lawn Mis- sionary Baptist Church, Pastor Ricky C. Bell; Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Anthony Runis; Greater Macedonia Baptist Church, Pastor Ben Lewis; Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Donald Dickson; He Heard My Cry Christian Fellowship, Pastor Claude Cummings, III; Helping Hands Mis- sionary Baptist Church, Pastor Paul Giddings; Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Richard Je’wel Rose; Living Faith Baptist Church, Pastor Rickey G. King; Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Richard E. Jones; Mount Hebron Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Max Miller; Mt. Rose COGIC, The City of Refuge, Pastor Ron Eagleton; Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Kenneth Rose; New Jerusalem Baptist Church, Pastor Willie Ad- ams Jr.; Pisidia Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Albert Walker; Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Israel Holmes; St. James Mission- ary Baptist Church, Pastor Leonard Dancy; St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor James Nash; and The Church at Bethel’s Family, Pastor Walter August.

About Garcia Hamilton & Associates

Garcia Hamilton & Associates (GH&A) is an award-winning fixed in- come asset management firm with over $17 billion in assets under management. The firm is 100% employee-owned, a certified Minority Business Enterprise and is the largest privately-owned bond management firm in Texas. GH&A believes in diversity, promoting local talent and giving back to the community. The firm is 90% women and minori- ty-owned and 65% minority-owned. Over half of GH&A employees are graduates of University of Houston and Texas Southern University. The firm has a robust internship program designed to give minority and women students exposure to the asset management in- dustry.

During the recent COVID-19 crisis, Mr. Garcia and GH&A have donated over 35,000 masks along with hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes to various organizations. In response to the severe winter storms that devastated Houston, Mr. Garcia teamed up with community and state leaders to host two food distributions.