Led by owner Tilman Fertitta, the Houston Rockets are extending their recent initiative of providing “Taco Tuesday” lunches for city personnel who are helping mitigate the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This Tuesday, Rockets staffers accompanied the “Taco Me Crazy” food truck to provide free lunches to employees at the Houston Emergency Center (HEC). The food truck, which was sent to the Houston Food Bank last week, operates from Fertitta’s local Cadillac Bar restaurant.
Art Acevedo, chief of police with the Houston Police Department, thanked Fertitta and the Rockets personally for their donation. Acevedo said:
Tilman and his family and the Rockets are a huge part of our community.
What we’re going through right now as a people, it just sends a real powerful message that the work our folks do matters, and that they’re appreciated. It really helps build up morale at a very trying time.
The HEC is a $50 million facility equipped with state of the art emergency communications technology. According to a news release, the center’s biggest benefit is the common protocol for interagency transaction exchange between 9-1-1, police, fire, EMS, and emergency management.
