H.R. No. 608
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo is
celebrating its 100th anniversary on April 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, The nonprofit day-care organization was founded as
Amarillo Day Nurseries on April 1, 1925, under the direction of the
Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs; a year later, it was
gifted a new building, and the Social Welfare Association took over
as its governing body, with The Child Study Clubs sponsoring its
nurseries; incorporated in March 1931, its facilities saw the
addition of toddler and infant units over the course of the ensuing
decade, and by 1939, the nursery had more than 50 children in its
care; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, the McLellan Day Nursery was constructed
using surplus funds from recent polio immunization campaigns, and
the Watley Day Nursery was later added with a donation from the
Kilgore Foundation; in May 1985, the organization underwent a final
name change to Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo, Inc., and
it merged with the Young Women's Christian Organization the
following year; and
WHEREAS, In 1993, the Lawrence R. Hagy Child Care Center
opened in the Medipark campus, with CLC managing and staffing the
facility; that same year, the former YWCO building was renamed the
Sybil B. Harrington Center, and Hazel Kelley Wilson and her family
donated their home, which came to be known as the Hazel Kelley
Wilson Infant Center; and
WHEREAS, The Herzstein Learning Center was added in 1994,
with funding from the Ethel and Albert Herzstein Living Trust and
construction and land gifted by the Loewenstern family; over the
course of the early 2000s, CLC saw the further addition of a number
of buildings, including the Sybil B. Harrington Learning Center,
Kimble Learning Center, and Curtis-Flemming Learning Center; and
WHEREAS, Today, CLC operates out of seven facilities, and in
recent years, it has served as many as 500 families; the
organization benefits from the able guidance of executive director
Steve Burton and assistant executive director Tiffani Threet; and
WHEREAS, Over the past century, Children's Learning Centers
has provided Amarillo families with high-quality child care, and in
so doing, it has made a lasting, positive difference in the
community; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Children's Learning Centers on its
100th anniversary and extend to all those affiliated with the
organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Children's Learning Centers as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Fairly
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 608 was adopted by the House on March
31, 2025, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House