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Recognition of Farmers Branch corporate partners the Billingsley Company, Western Securities, Monitronics, and Dallas Medical Center for their donation to City of Farmers Branch employee Rodrigo Burgos.
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BACKGROUND:
After Parks and Recreation team member Rodrigo Burgos was severely injured while serving the community, a fund raiser was held by City Administration to help offset the costs of medical care. The Economic Development and Tourism team reached out to the private sector for support and a number of corporations stepped up and provided financial assistance in a very generous way.
Initially, the Billingsley Company offered a dollar for dollar match up to $1,000. This was immediately matched by Western Securities. Monitronics, one of the City's largest employers, had a similar situation happen to one of their team members and they also followed through with a $1,000 pledge. Additionally, Dallas Medical Center held their own fundraiser and collected better than $600. All told, better than $5,000 has been raised from the private sector which has contributed to the approximate $20,000 that has been raised for Rodrigo and his family. Representatives of each of these entities are planning to be in attendance.