HR608 - Congratulating Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo on its 100th anniversary.

      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