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