2023S0102-1 02/07/23
By: Campbell S.R. No. 143
SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
recognize the Endeavors Veteran Wellness Center in San Antonio
for improving the lives of disabled veterans and their families;
and
WHEREAS, Endeavors is a faith-based nonprofit that was
founded as San Antonio Urban Ministries by inner-city churches in
1969; renamed in 2018, the center advocates for a holistic
approach to veteran integration and reincorporation into civil
society; and
WHEREAS, The center has done much to support children,
families, veterans, survivors of natural disasters, and people
struggling with mental illness by offering them a host of
physical, emotional, and mental wellness services, including
family counseling, crisis intervention, group therapy, parenting
classes, fitness programs, child care, and life skills and
vocational training; and
WHEREAS, Endeavors partners with governmental agencies
and national and local organizations to address homelessness,
child abuse, and unemployment within the veteran population;
Endeavors' Veteran Supportive Services offers homelessness
prevention and rapid rehousing, and in 2021, the agency opened
the Veteran Wellness Center in San Antonio, a first-of-its-kind
care clinic that addresses all aspects of health; and
WHEREAS, During the COVID-19 pandemic, Endeavors and other
support organizations established two emergency centers in El
Paso that served as points of entry for a network of area
shelters; the center secured a 50 percent funding increase for
COVID-impacted veterans and provided housing assistance to 200
clients in Houston who lost housing as a result of the pandemic;
and
WHEREAS, In its 50 years of existence, Endeavors has
served nearly 30,000 clients in Texas, Florida, North Carolina,
and Puerto Rico and has empowered countless people to become
integrated individuals who provide for their families and
contribute to their communities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
Legislature, hereby commend Endeavors Veteran Wellness Center on
its exceptional service to vulnerable people in crisis and extend
to all those associated with this noteworthy organization
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
Endeavors as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.