to do something for children, so I said,
'Jerry, you know I'm happy to help out.'"
When Dubb puts his mind to something,
there is no stopping him. The builder,
who donated all of the construction on
the project, immediately began meeting
with the New York Racing Association to
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Belmont encompasses to build the day-
care center. It was a two-year process
between approval and construction, but
the 7,500 square foot building, which
has since been expanded to 9,000 square
feet, opened its doors in 2000.
"I thought it was really simple that if
you built the building, they will come,"
remarked Dubb, while sitting at the
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room. "It was a bit of an eye-opening ex-
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out how to operate it and get the parents
to feel comfortable registering their
children here without any blow back be-
cause they were always concerned being
immigrants, legal or not, that they were
