81R12982 MMS-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.R. No. 1130
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Bert Pfeister of San Antonio is rendering
outstanding humanitarian service in his role as president and CEO
of Respite Care; and
WHEREAS, A nonprofit agency, Respite Care was founded in 1987
to fill a gap in services provided to children with special needs;
its programs include a child daycare along with Mother's Day Out,
Family Day Out, and Parents Night Out; the organization also
operates the Davidson Respite House Emergency Shelter, which
provides temporary and emergency housing for children with
developmental disabilities or complex medical diagnoses who are
taken into state custody from all over Texas; and
WHEREAS, Under Mr. Pfeister's direction, Respite Care has
been licensed as a foster care placement agency for children with
special and habilitative needs; the agency also provides training
and support for prospective foster parents, to help them cope with
the challenges they will face and to assist them in enabling their
children to reach their full potential; and
WHEREAS, In order to define community services that best
support families with special needs children, Respite Care served
as the lead agency in a five-year research initiative, a study
funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and
completed in 2008; and
WHEREAS, About six years ago, Mr. Pfeister became the foster
parent of three siblings, aged three, four, and five, who were in
the care of Davidson Respite House; several years ago he completed
the adoption process, and today, his sons and daughter are
thriving; and
WHEREAS, Formerly an executive with AT&T, Bert Pfeister has
brought deeply caring, committed, and energetic leadership to his
work at Respite Care, and together with that agency's skilled and
dedicated staff, he is providing programs of immeasurable value to
many young Texans; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby honor Bert Pfeister for his sterling work as
president and CEO of Respite Care and extend to him sincere best
wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Pfeister as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.