Kimball Day Care Building, Let It Serve The Children, Jasper Indiana Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/kimball-day-care-building-let-it-serve-the-children-jasper-indiana.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:30 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Corinne Anderson [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6693803?utm_medium=rss I attended Kimball Kids Day Care Center when I was younger and it was an amazing place. I am now 19 and without the support that the staff at Kimball Kids gave me I would not be the outgoing person I am. The growth I experienced there has affected me everyday of my life for the better. My younger sister has also attended Kimball and I am still friends with the people I met there so many years ago. The day care center was essential in my development and other kids should have the same oppurtunity

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:29:41 UTC 6693803 Melissa Umali [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2166771?utm_medium=rss The Kimball Kids Daycare facility is an example of excellence. Our children need a safe place to learn social skills, values, and academics.

]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:41:37 UTC 2166771 Mrs Beth Davis [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2163523?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:13:13 UTC 2163523 Ms. Jessie Davis [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2162948?utm_medium=rss Kimball Kids has been a great provider of child care and has made many advances in the past years and there were many to come. There is no reason to shut this child development center down. It was the source of so many happy faces and smiles on so many children's faces every day. They need that and they recieved it at Kimball Kids!!

]]> Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:25:22 UTC 2162948 Lacy Downham [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2155011?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:21:39 UTC 2155011 Mrs Mendy Berry [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2145406?utm_medium=rss This facility is needed & would best serve the community & children to remain a quality day care center.

]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:57:30 UTC 2145406 Ms Terra Hantz [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2144978?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:01:12 UTC 2144978 Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2142284?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:28:08 UTC 2142284 Anonymous [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2142263?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:18:43 UTC 2142263 Kelly Cummings [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2140192?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:39:52 UTC 2140192 Sharon Rizley [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2139086?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:29:18 UTC 2139086 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2138806?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:33:50 UTC 2138806 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2138331?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:45:14 UTC 2138331 Angela Burton [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2138018?utm_medium=rss Daycare is such an asset to the community and so very hard to find in this area. I was on a waiting list for 6 months before an opening for my infant. What is a working parent supposed to do? It is difficult enough now to juggle family and work, I feel that the closing only adds to the problem of underqulified "babysitters" and uncommitted employers.

]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:48:07 UTC 2138018 MRS PEGGY WILSON [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2137973?utm_medium=rss it was morally and a poor business decision that kimball made. kimball needs to make amends and correct the wrongs done to the parents, the staff, the teachers and especially the children. God is so disappointed in the people who made the decisions in the "name of business". thank you

]]> Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:32:52 UTC 2137973 Mrs. Shirley Tigue [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2137648?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:35:58 UTC 2137648 Mrs. Brenda Stoner [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2137461?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:17:39 UTC 2137461 mr Clifton Wilson [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2137366?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:43:35 UTC 2137366 Anonymous [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2135939?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:06:52 UTC 2135939 Katherine Dodson [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2135573?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:16:24 UTC 2135573 Mrs LISA WITTE [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134969?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:24:23 UTC 2134969 Mrs. Joella Wilson [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134794?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:02:40 UTC 2134794 Mr Kelly Petry [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134756?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:50:33 UTC 2134756 Mr. Andrew Long [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134724?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:39:27 UTC 2134724 Mrs Terri Tigue-Petry [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134684?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:28:05 UTC 2134684 Jamie Lynch [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134418?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:52:45 UTC 2134418 Mr. John Potts [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134399?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:40:37 UTC 2134399 Anonymous [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2134358?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:19:40 UTC 2134358 Mr Aaron Beard [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2133060?utm_medium=rss Kimball kids is the best program we have going in Jasper, besides stay at home Christain mothers.

]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:15:38 UTC 2133060 Jennifer Merter [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2133052?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:11:27 UTC 2133052 Mrs. Jessie Davis [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2132978?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:46:11 UTC 2132978 Anonymous [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2132510?utm_medium=rss I can't believe anyone would want to send nearly 140 kids out of such a wonderful center...not to mention the employees without a job. As an employee, my number one priority are the children...as it should be that way with everyone. Please, this building was meant for kids, not patients. Look around the building and see the love, care, and happiness that is there...all because their were children involved. Think about your own children and where you would take them in a circumstance like this.

]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:04:13 UTC 2132510 Sharon Cox [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2131441?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:04:50 UTC 2131441 Ms Suzanne Alexander [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2131396?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:50:51 UTC 2131396 Mrs Christie Denton [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2131293?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:19:53 UTC 2131293 Virginia Boehm [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2131205?utm_medium=rss Kimball needs to sit back and remember that had it not been for the hard working people of this area it would not be the success that it is.

Now they are laying off our good people, closing the Day Care and sending work overseas. Will China and Mexico be there for you and dedicate their lives to you the way the people of our area have?

Take a look at the Salaries of your CEO's, now look at what the factory laborer makes here in our county, could your, Mr. CEO, live off that factory wage??

]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:57:50 UTC 2131205 Mrs Lisa Head [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2130707?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:29:17 UTC 2130707 Heather Stephens [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2129225?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:54:08 UTC 2129225 Mr Andrew Wilson [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2128644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:18:21 UTC 2128644 Kevin C. Cox [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2128073?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:43:18 UTC 2128073 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2127281?utm_medium=rss I am irate by this whole situation! Dr. Dawkins, you are supposed to be a heart doctor to save lives, right? Well, think about the families and the little children whose hearts are crying out for you to back out of the buying of the great childcare center of this community. I used to have alot of respect for the great work you did for your patients. Now it is gone & I believe gone be many other parents. I urge you to back out of this. You have the money.....go find another building!!!!!!

]]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:19:55 UTC 2127281 Ms Beth Browning [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2127197?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:55:38 UTC 2127197 Anonymous [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2127002?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:52:23 UTC 2127002 Mike Shappard [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2126838?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:08:49 UTC 2126838 Mr James Cantou [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2125693?utm_medium=rss I think it is an outrage. These coorprate idiots do not care abotu anyone but their own pocketbooks. While understandable, but just not right. They could have given another company a chance to pick up the day care so this commotion would have been avoided. I hope that this petition does exactly what it is supposed to do. My theory is that Kimball was too afraid to let any other Day Care business take over the building. They did not want anyone to succeed except them!

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:13:39 UTC 2125693 Ms. tina schuler-cyrill [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2124392?utm_medium=rss I feel that you are doing a disgrace to the Dubois County Community by closing down Kimball Kids in Jasper, IN. Keeping kids in a safe environment while the parents are working helps the parents keep their mind on their job at work and not worry about a safe environment for the children.

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:48:54 UTC 2124392 Cody Cummings [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2124280?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:17:54 UTC 2124280 Mrs. Jamie Knepp [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2124235?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:04:55 UTC 2124235 Ryan Seitz [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2124174?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:37:23 UTC 2124174 Christopher Blue [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2124068?utm_medium=rss Rather unprofessional for a company undercut the teachers and children of our community. The outcome of children that attended this facility was remarkable. Excellent teachers with get morals. This facility "had" great respect of the community.

Not only did they hurt the community by taking out a child care facility that everyone trusted as a safe place for our children, but the hurt the well being our children.

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:00:28 UTC 2124068 Mrs. Holly Butcher [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2123929?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:19:42 UTC 2123929 Ms Connie Dicus [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2123836?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:53:15 UTC 2123836 Mrs. Crystal Guth [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2123538?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:48:17 UTC 2123538 tracy haase [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2122846?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:13:35 UTC 2122846 R.E. Jackle [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2122762?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:57:18 UTC 2122762 Mrs. Missi Hoten [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2122720?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:46:03 UTC 2122720 Ms. Sandra Bowman [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2122653?utm_medium=rss I have been looking for daycare ever since I heard about Kimball closing and the quality that is out there is frightening. I almost cried just pulling up to one location. Kids deserve better. Please reconsider selling.

]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:29:14 UTC 2122653 Ms. Michelle Sternberg [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2120883?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:47:11 UTC 2120883 Mrs. Lisa Cicchetti [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2119979?utm_medium=rss Knowing this community had an outstanding day care facility like Kimball Kids helped us make the choice to move to Jasper. As a working couple with no family resources in the area this decision has left us with limited options. Simply stated, responible corporate citizens do not displace 140+ children with such reckless abandon. By allowing the Kimball Kids building to remain as day care center, the purchasers now have a chance to do right by the children of Dubois County.

]]> Sun, 15 Jul 2007 02:41:45 UTC 2119979 Mr. Kenneth Cicchetti [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2119851?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:47:37 UTC 2119851 Mrs. Rosemary Hohl [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2119564?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:26:37 UTC 2119564 Mr. John Wendholt [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2119560?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:25:26 UTC 2119560 Mrs. Jane Wendholt [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2119557?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:24:31 UTC 2119557 Robert Jackle [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2118910?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:38:38 UTC 2118910 Miss Erin Wehr [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2118023?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:48:58 UTC 2118023 Mrs Kathryn Cozza [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2117535?utm_medium=rss I could go to work knowing my child was not only in good hands but in a safe building & now my family has been robbed that peace of mind. I pray all the families of children and staff do make it through this difficult time. I do wander if the heart group really have a right to say they care about the peoples health of this community when it is apparent they don't care about the children and their safety.

]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:44:54 UTC 2117535 Jason Bailey [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2117263?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:51:31 UTC 2117263 Ms. Tracy Wendholt [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114557?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:28:14 UTC 2114557 Steve and Brooke Gibson [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114549?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:26:37 UTC 2114549 Kimberly Phelps [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114525?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:16:22 UTC 2114525 Mr William Scott Ortiz [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114437?utm_medium=rss I will be willing and determined to petition the public to understand the following:

By supporting any business that takes ownership of the building for use other than a day care facility by their patronage they have caused trama to over a hundred displaced children, and are complicite.

The instant this facility no longer provides child care, Jasper, IN shall no longer be a community that cares about the lives of families; Jasper will no longer be a great place.

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:45:08 UTC 2114437 Paul Patrick [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114242?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:53:50 UTC 2114242 Mrs Dawn Conard [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114238?utm_medium=rss This building was sold irresponsibly, all in the name of money. Please save our daycare for the children!

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:51:34 UTC 2114238 Mrs. Callie Meunier [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114112?utm_medium=rss Our son went to kimball kids for 5 years. As an 8 week early (preemie), those experienced care givers and the surrounding in that facility, helped him overcome so many hurdles that I can't list. With problems in quality care in our county, we need that care for our kids!!!!

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:12:15 UTC 2114112 Tiffany Gilliam [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2114086?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:01:39 UTC 2114086 Mr. Anonymous [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113928?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:19:36 UTC 2113928 Mrs. Amanda Woods [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113650?utm_medium=rss I truly wish that Kimball would have opened their decision to sell the building to the public. I do not believe it would have hurt Kimball's name and may have actually helped them in the long run. It is also a tragedy for the families trying to find quality care and the employees seeking jobs in their same field.

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:56:43 UTC 2113650 Ms. Heather Eastham [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113606?utm_medium=rss The choices that Kimball has made has left many broken hearted and in a tough spot. To many Kimball Kids was more than a job or a daycare. This whole situation was done totally wrong. This is peoples lives you are interfering with! Had we known in a reasonable amount of time we could have found a buyer and kept the daycare running. Now families may have to settle for a home environment with LOW quality learning enrichment while leaving other qualified teachers without jobs!

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:43:01 UTC 2113606 Jan Otto [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113568?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:34:16 UTC 2113568 Angie Traylor [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113534?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:24:20 UTC 2113534 NR Anthony Clark [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113496?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:11:59 UTC 2113496 Kathy Zink [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113480?utm_medium=rss I understand the business side of the decision, but we should have been given the opportunity to see what we could do to save this wonderful place. We could have found a way for Kimball withdraw but still keep it going independently. The care the children receive there is exceptional.

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:07:30 UTC 2113480 Sandy Gregson [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113428?utm_medium=rss 1st 6 yrs of a child's life are the most formative, to give children the start they need to become highly productive citizens we need in our country to be globally competitive. PLEASE reconsider & Not take occupancy of this superior earlychildhood facility. Please let other providers have opportunity to purchase & continue quality earlychildhood education & care of utmost need in this area. Thanks for your consideration. Concerned parent in NEED of quality early childhood education & care

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:49:57 UTC 2113428 Jaime Schwartz [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113284?utm_medium=rss I understand the business side of the decision kimball had to make. unfortunately the way the handled it was completely inapprotriate. by selling the building out from under us they didnt give us a chance to make it work for the families of the community. i think they saw this as something they created and didnt want it to succeed without them. very selfish. look how many children are displaced. what if something happens to one of them when their desperate parents settle for low quality care??

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:11:00 UTC 2113284 Mr Ronald Moore [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2113171?utm_medium=rss My daughter lives in the affected area and asked me to support this. I have read what this is about and support this petition

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:45:42 UTC 2113171 mr Curt Reutepohler [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112980?utm_medium=rss I feel other options to keep teh building as a child care facility were NOT investigated as was reported to us. I know for a fact that Dr. Dawkins made an offer far above what was so called "on the books" for the building. The Kimball Kids parents were sold out. Such a shame to lose such a great facility and staff for the children. Although is doesn't effect me much, I do fell terrible for the parents with very young children and staff that will lose their jobs.

]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:58:31 UTC 2112980 Mrs Kerstin Ortiz [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112932?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:46:48 UTC 2112932 Mr Ken Gates [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112874?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:28:50 UTC 2112874 Faron Lasher [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112861?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:23:52 UTC 2112861 Ms. Jessica Horsting [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112783?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:05:06 UTC 2112783 Carolyn Wallace [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112639?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:27:25 UTC 2112639 Joyce Bullington [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112637?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:25:33 UTC 2112637 Mr. Thomas Jung [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112627?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:23:25 UTC 2112627 Bryan Bolin [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112594?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:13:53 UTC 2112594 Shari Jung [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112571?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:08:16 UTC 2112571 Mrs. Michele Bailey [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2112491?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:53:08 UTC 2112491 Afshan Agha [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2110794?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:28:52 UTC 2110794 mr eric hopf [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2110547?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:42:22 UTC 2110547 Adam Hoffman [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2110365?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:17:07 UTC 2110365 kristina gebert [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/2109169?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:22:02 UTC 2109169