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Roman Martinez
Phone: 713-428-5830
Email: roman.martinez@taxisfiesta.com


SPRING BRANCH EDUCATION FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATION FROM TAXIS FIESTA AND YELLOW CAB FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCCER PROGRAM

Houston (May 8, 2006) – As part of a continued commitment to the Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD), Taxis Fiesta and Yellow Cab donated $20,000 to fund the SBISD Middle School soccer program. Made in part to commemorate Taxis Fiesta’s 20th year anniversary of operation, the money will be distributed between seven schools, and will be used toward stipends for the coaches, transportation, uniforms, referees, and equipment.  

“Taxis Fiesta and Yellow Cab are proud to play their part in influencing the health and happiness of our youth,” said Roman Martinez, executive vice president of community affairs for Texas Taxi. Texas Taxi is the owner of Taxis Fiesta and Yellow Cab.

Spring Branch Education Foundations Scores With Taxis Fiesta And Yellow Cab Donation

Pictured from left to right are (top) Gary Junek, chairman elect of the Spring Branch Education Foundation; Oliver Luck, president of Houston Dynamo; Roman Martinez, executive vice president of community affairs for Texas Taxi, Raymond Turner, president of Texas Taxi; Duncan Klussman, superintendent of Spring Branch Independent School District; CeCe Thompson; executive director of Spring Branch Education Foundation; (bottom) SBISD students Paul Garcia, Augustine Lopez; Ariel Sims and Adolfo Bocanegra.  The $20,000 donation will help fund a middle school soccer program in SBISD.
 
Photo by Scott Corron, 281-827-3384
  The donation for the Spring Branch Education Foundation is not the only thing Taxis Fiesta and Yellow Cab have done to enhance Houston-area schools.  The companies donated computers to McReynolds Middle School and E. O. Smith Middle School to assist students in reading and mathematic skills, and the companies established a tutoring and mentoring program with McReynolds Middle school in November 2005. 

Taxis Fiesta’s and Yellow Cab’s partnership with the Spring Branch Educational Foundation is just one of many charitable outreach initiatives that makes up the Yellow Cab/Taxis Fiesta Cares program, a program that provides charitable dollars, taxi advertising, employee volunteer time and other resources to local charities and companies.  Yellow Cab’s vast community involvement ranges from working with local charities and events, including the Houston Police Foundation, the HISD Foundation, Child Advocates, Inc., Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure, and Fiestas Patrias. Yellow Cab/Taxis Fiesta Cares has also created programs such as annual scholarships, mentoring partnerships with local schools, underwriting local youth athletic events and building community awareness campaigns concerning drinking and driving.

For information on Yellow Cab/Taxis Fiesta Cares, contact yellowcabcares@houstonyellowcab.com.

 About Yellow Cab - Yellow Cab Company is Houston’s only computer dispatched taxi fleet.  With more than 1,200 independent contractor-operated cabs in the Houston area, Yellow Cab’s taxi service is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.  All cabs are equipped with digital cameras as well as Global Positioning Systems.  For more information, log onto www.yellowcabhouston.com.

     

About Taxis Fiesta

            Serving Houston for 20 years, Taxis Fiesta is Houston’s only bilingual computer dispatched fleet.  With more than 200 independent contractor operated cabs, Taxis Fiesta’s taxi service is available 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.  All cabs are equipped with digital cameras as well as Global Positioning Systems.  For more information, log onto www.taxisfiesta.com.

                                          

 

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