This project explores the Amarillo Children’s Home humble beginnings. In 1923, Dr. R. Thomsen, minister for what is today’s First Presbyterian Church, and some friends, including civic leaders Guy C. Saunders and Allen Early, Sr., were meeting for coffee when they saw children standing outside, crying. The children were orphaned, hungry, and in need of clean clothing. At this critical point, these men chose to act: to feed and clothe the children and find them proper care.