TITLE: Congratulating Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo on its 100th anniversary.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Children's Learning Centers of Amarillo on its 100th anniversary.

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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