3. Donation Receipts
Throughout the campaign, the striking workers received support from labor unions, civil rights organizations, and churches, but city officials played hardball. In addition to being fired, they were told that even if they returned to work, they would do so having lost any accrued seniority or experience pay.
Among those who helped gather funds and food for the sanitation workers was the American GI Forum. Below are receipts of their efforts, which include donations from, among many others, Hector P. Garcia, the GI Forum chapter of Edroy (23 miles Northwest of Corpus Christi), and a GI Forum women’s auxiliary (for reference, $1 in 1969 is roughly equivalent to $9 in 2024).
A) AGIF DONATION RECEIPTS – JULY 14, 1969
AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE U.S.
JULY 14, 1969
12:00 NOON
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE, THE UNDER SIGNED ACCEPT THE MONEY IN DONATIONS AND FOOD COLLECTED BY THE AMERICAN G I FORUM FOR THE SANITATION WORKERS OF CORPUS CHRISTI TOTALING IN CHECKS AND CASH OF (CASH) ONE-HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN AND NO CENTS DOLLARS AND (CHECKS) ONE-HUNDERED AND TWENTY & NO CENTS DOLLARS.
RECEIVED TOTAL $233.00
CHECKS AS LISTED:AMOUNT
1. HECTOR P. GARCIA, M.D.$25.00
1315 BRIGHT STREET, CORPUS CHRISTI
2. ARTURO MARTINEZ$15.00
1309 6TH STREET, CORPUS CHRISTI
3. CENTRAL PHARMACY$10.00
3001 MORGAN, CORPUS CHRISTI
4. RUFINO GARCIA$10.00
1317 BANCOCK, CORPUS CHRISTI
5. MRS. HUMBERTO GONZALES$10.00
714 W. THIRD, BISHOP, TEXAS
6. MARCIAL RAMIREZ$10.00
3334 CASA ROSA DRIVE, CORPUS CHRISTI
7. ELISEO C. SERNA$10.00
2121 NIAGARA ST, CORPUS CHRISTI
8. FELIX ROQUE$5.00
421 TORREON, CORPUS CHRISTI
9. DR. T.C. PIERSON$5.00
5909 FENWARY, CORPUS CHRISTI
10. VALENTIN CANALES, JR.$5.00
4430 JOSE DRIVE, CORPUS CHRISTI
11. JOAQUIN GARCIA, JR.$5.00
5838 CAIN, CORPUS CHRISTI
12. JOE R. CERVANTES$5.00
2601 ELIZABETH, CORPUS CHRISTI
13. JOSE E. GARCIA$5.00
4801 ALMA ST., CORPUS CHRISTI
SIGNED.
B) AGIF DONATION RECEIPTS – JULY 21, 1969
AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE U.S.
JULY 21, 1969
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE THE UNDER SIGNED ACCEPT THE MONEY IN DONATIONS COLLECTED BY THE AMERICAN GI FORUM FOR THE FORMER WORKERS OF THE SANITATION DIVISION OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS TOTALING ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN DOLLARS.
TOTAL AMOUNT $107.00
CHECKS AS LISTED:
1. REYNALDO MORENO #1477$25.00
3201 LAWNVIEW STREET
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 78404
2. AMERICAN G I FORUM OF TEXAS$15.00
PORT AYERS LADIES AUXILAIRY #145
1315 BRIGHT STREET
CORPUS CHRSITI, TEXAS 78405
3. RODOLFO C. GONZALEZ$10.00
1806 MORALES
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
4. AMERICAN GI FORUM OF EDROY$10.00
P.O. BOX 11
EDROY, TEXAS
SIGNED.
C) AGIF SMALL DONATION RECEIPTS – MISC.
SOURCE:
Sanitation Workers, 1969, Box: 152, Folder: 19. Dr. Hector P. Garcia papers, Coll-5. Special Collections and Archives, Mary and Jeff Bell Library, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.