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| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo is |
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| 8 | 9 | | celebrating its 100th anniversary on April 1, 2025; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, The nonprofit day-care organization was founded as |
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| 10 | 11 | | Amarillo Day Nurseries on April 1, 1925, under the direction of the |
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| 11 | 12 | | Potter County Federation of Women's Clubs; a year later, it was |
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| 12 | 13 | | gifted a new building, and the Social Welfare Association took over |
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| 13 | 14 | | as its governing body, with The Child Study Clubs sponsoring its |
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| 14 | 15 | | nurseries; incorporated in March 1931, its facilities saw the |
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| 15 | 16 | | addition of toddler and infant units over the course of the ensuing |
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| 16 | 17 | | decade, and by 1939, the nursery had more than 50 children in its |
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| 17 | 18 | | care; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1964, the McLellan Day Nursery was constructed |
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| 19 | 20 | | using surplus funds from recent polio immunization campaigns, and |
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| 20 | 21 | | the Watley Day Nursery was later added with a donation from the |
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| 21 | 22 | | Kilgore Foundation; in May 1985, the organization underwent a final |
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| 22 | 23 | | name change to Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo, Inc., and |
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| 23 | 24 | | it merged with the Young Women's Christian Organization the |
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| 24 | 25 | | following year; and |
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| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, the Lawrence R. Hagy Child Care Center |
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| 26 | 27 | | opened in the Medipark campus, with CLC managing and staffing the |
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| 27 | 28 | | facility; that same year, the former YWCO building was renamed the |
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| 28 | 29 | | Sybil B. Harrington Center, and Hazel Kelley Wilson and her family |
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| 29 | 30 | | donated their home, which came to be known as the Hazel Kelley |
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| 30 | 31 | | Wilson Infant Center; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, The Herzstein Learning Center was added in 1994, |
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| 32 | 33 | | with funding from the Ethel and Albert Herzstein Living Trust and |
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| 33 | 34 | | construction and land gifted by the Loewenstern family; over the |
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| 34 | 35 | | course of the early 2000s, CLC saw the further addition of a number |
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| 35 | 36 | | of buildings, including the Sybil B. Harrington Learning Center, |
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| 36 | 37 | | Kimble Learning Center, and Curtis-Flemming Learning Center; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Today, CLC operates out of seven facilities, and in |
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| 38 | 39 | | recent years, it has served as many as 500 families; the |
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| 39 | 40 | | organization benefits from the able guidance of executive director |
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| 40 | 41 | | Steve Burton and assistant executive director Tiffani Threet; and |
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| 41 | 42 | | WHEREAS, Over the past century, Children's Learning Centers |
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| 42 | 43 | | has provided Amarillo families with high-quality child care, and in |
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| 43 | 44 | | so doing, it has made a lasting, positive difference in the |
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| 44 | 45 | | community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 46 | 47 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Children's Learning Centers on its |
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| 47 | 48 | | 100th anniversary and extend to all those affiliated with the |
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| 48 | 49 | | organization sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 49 | 50 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 50 | 51 | | prepared for Children's Learning Centers as an expression of high |
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| 51 | 52 | | regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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