The Texas Cavaliers
Making a Difference in Our Community

Cavaliers Care

The Texas Cavaliers are community leaders who are involved in every facet of service to our community. They volunteer at their places of worship, their children's schools, with civic and governmentatl endeavors and with many non-profit organizations.

We aim to highlight a 'Cavalier Who Cares' each quarter.

One of the Good Guys in Blue Suits

Visionary thinking, leadership, financial savvy, and generosity have guided the life and career of longtime Texas Cavalier Fred W. Middleton, Chairman Emeritus and founder of Sendero Wealth Management, LLC. These traits led Fred to create the Texas Cavaliers Charitable Foundation in 1989. He laid out a plan, donated $1K seed money, and convinced his fellow Cavaliers that this would launch the organization on a charitable path to improve the lives of children in our community.

One of the Good Guys in Blue Suits

Dr. Manny Quiñones has been healing, giving to the community and making the world a better place for more than 35 years. He recently was named one of our city’s “2019 Health Care Heroes – Outstanding Physician Nonhospital-based,” and featured in a story in the SA Business Journal.

One of the Good Guys in Blue Suits

After serving his ear-nose-throat patients faithfully and well for 47 years, Dr. Cary Stratton retired, but he didn’t stop serving others. He now volunteers in the San Antonio Youth Literacy program, taking second graders under his gentle wing at a low-performing, high-poverty school in the San Antonio Independent School District. “Kids identified as weak in reading skills at the end of first grade often fall behind and are at risk of dropping out,” he says. “I work with two students for the entire school year to help them improve their reading proficiency. And I get to be a granddad figure to kids who often come from dysfunctional families and are hungry for positive adult influence. It is very gratifying.” When he first began mentoring at a remote school in an impoverished neighborhood, he convinced King Antonio XCVI Richard Sparr to visit his school. “It was the most wonderful thing for those children,” he says.

One of the Good Guys in Blue Suits

As a young, newly-minted Texas Cavalier in the late 1960s, John Gaddis was touched by the respect the Cavaliers gave to veterans, providing them with honorary seating at the River Parade. John had served twice in the Army and has a soft spot for veterans. For many years, he coordinated the program that grew to serve hundreds of disabled veterans and civilians, inviting them to view the Parade free of charge.