Parmly Billings Library Capital Campaign
Volume 1, Issue 6Early Winter
From the Capital Campaign Chairs
The “Our City … Our Future … Your Legacy” campaign was a success. The day before the election, the Kendeda Fund, an Atlanta-based foundation that supports environmental, social and civic causes, pushed us over the $5 million goal with their grant. This set the tone for the ballot passing and a new library building becoming a reality.
We cannot begin to express our gratitude for your support.You believed in this project! Your enthusiasm and energy fueled the fund raising for, not an old and renovated library, but a new, bright, efficient and flexible library that will grow with us and our children well into the future.
We thank the 30-plus Capital Campaign Committee members who encouraged community leaders to pledge their support. We thank the Parmly Billings Library Foundation Board for their courage and vision. We congratulate Suzanne McKiernan and Evelyn Noennig for running a successful ballot initiative campaign. We thank Hilltop Public Solutions, especially Molly Bell, for their strategic expertise in the bond initiative. We are confident that Foundation Board President Cara Schaer’s leadership will safeguard everyone’s hard work and guide us into a new chapter. Finally, we are forever grateful to Bill Cochran, Library Director, and Leslie Modrow, Foundation Development Director, for their ceaseless guidance, support, patience, and fortitude in leading a group of volunteers to success.
“Our City … Our Future … Your Legacy” has been put into motion for a bright and promising future thanks to you!
Mary Underriner and Stella Fong, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs
Many Thanks to the Generous Support of the Following Donors (As of November 22, 2011 )
Susan & Hewes Agnew. Don & Judy Allen. Dr. Bill & Sandy Anderson. Chuck & Kathy Aragon. Enrico & Martha Arguelles. Mark & Jeanne Astle. Sue Bach.
Dave & Lynda Ballard. Ballard Petroleum Holdings. Memorials in honor of Walter Berndt. Billings Community Foundation. Billings Gazette Communications.
Wiley & Marilyn Bland. Mary & Steve Bolender. BrewerDentalCenter. Nicki & Carroll Broch. Michael & Aimee Brown. Rockwood Brown.Norma & Gary Buchanan. Steve & Lucinda Butler. Clint & Darcee Campanella. Capital Quest, Inc. Patrick & Carla Cobb. Bill & Diane Cochran. Bill & Anne Cole. Computers Unlimited. Brookelyn Conner. Paul R. & Mary K. Cook. Becky Copple. Dave & Renee Coppock. Steve & Jennifer Corning. Ralph & Cheryl Costanzo. Kathy & Frank Cross. Ted & Diane Cross. Jerry & Lois Dalton. Lindamae J. Danks. Robert & Shari Dayton. Peter & Michelle DeGroat. Dale & Nancy Detrick. Jack & Anne Dietrich. Joe Dillard & Stella Fong. Danny Dimich Family. William M. Dimich Family.Bruce Ennis & Maggie Davis. Jim & Heidi Duncan. First Interstate Bank Billings. First Interstate Bank Foundation. Don & Marilyn Floberg. Donna Forbes. Cynthia Foster. Lou Fox. Kendra Freeck. Friends of the Library. Angus & Marjorie Fulton. Fugate Family. Mitch & Rita Gallagher. Peggie Gaghen. Benny Gavin. Dr. James & Peggy Good. Mitch & Mary Goplen. Dick & Linda Grosskopf. Joel & Ann Guthals. Jim & Janet Haar. Donald &Shirley Harr. Beverly Hall. John Hanson & Deborah Anspach. Steve Hardaden & Linda Shelhamer. Molly & Brian Harrington Family. Sue Hart & Margaret Marquez. Tom & Robin Hanel. Memorials in honor of Anne Hauptman. Tom & Kim Hauptman. Dayle Hayes. Kevin & Angie Heaney. Pete & Dottie Hilger. Chuck & Susan Hingle. Holiday Station Stores. Jane & Joe Howell. Sara Hudson. HuntingtonLearningCenter. Patricia Jaffray.Doug & Kathy James.Jim & Mary Jarussi. Diane Jerhoff. David & Judy Johnson. Royal & Norma Johnson Charitable Foundation. John T. & Darla Jones. Kendeda Fund. Paul & Kathy Kelker. Gerald & Janice Kessler. Lawrence & Karen Klee. Bill & Kim Lamdin. Marilyn Laughery. Heather Leander. Lee Newspaper Endowment Fund. Barbara Leininger. Paul & Linda Lemire. Katie Link. Ben & Mary Lou Marchello. Mike Mathew & Kay Foster. Diane Mattila.Jani McCall. Douglas & Elizabeth McClelland. James & Leslie McCormick. Clayton & Joan McCracken.Greg & Eileen McDonald.Suzanne & Joseph McKiernan. Craig, Lyn & Rachel McKinney. Jim McMeekin & Kathy Ryan. Rich McFadden. Dan & Connie Merry. Lloyd & M. Kay Mickelson. Paul & Ann Miller. Scott & Tamra Millikan. Doug & Leslie Modrow. Montana Allergy & Asthma Specialists. Lynda Moss. Moulton Bellingham PC. Mary & Ralph Murphrey. Alan & Pam Muskett. Shari Nault. Doug & Kathy Neuhoff. Evelyn & Russ Noennig. Milt & Jane Ohnstad. Don & Kim Olsen. Ronald & Marcia Orman. Eileen Orser & Pierre Attallah. David Orser & Ossie Abrams. John Ostlund. Bruce Parker. Chuck & Cindy Patterson. Andy Patten. Walt & Mary Peet. Duncan Peete. Jim Peters. Larry & Pat Petersen.Brian & Mary Drew Powers. Lynne Puckett. Dee Ann Redman. J.R. Reger. Paul & Susan Balter-Reitz. Memorials in honor of Milous Repka. Reporter Big Sky Office. Albert & Bea Reynaud. Joe & Judy Rich. Betty Richardson. Teri Richardson. Riebe Family.Jim & Kathy Robins.Gene Marie Robson. Memorials in honor of Warren Rogers. Jim & Lin Roscoe. Bernard Rose. John & Laura Ross. Vince Ruegamer.Michael & Barbara Sample. Robert & Pamela Sanderson. David & Lu Schaenen. Michael & Cara Schaer. Rachel & Deborah Schaffer. Mike & Chris Schmechel. Tim & Kathy Schruth. Rob & Nancy Schultz. George & Maxine Schuman. Ron Scoles. Jim & Chris Scott. Homer & Mildred Scott Foundation. Patty & George Selover. Ron & Marilyn Sexton. George Sheckleton. Marion Kummer & Mark Sheiko. Mary Hernandez & Patrick Smith. Ron & Karin Smith. William H. & Suzanne Smoot. Tancy & Ralph Spence.Jim & Carol Spielman. Stockman Bank. Karen & Robert Stears. Don & Marge Sterhan. Stephen & Margie Sylvester. Stewart & Mary Jane Taylor. Glenn Torgenson. Loris Toole. James & Linda Trythall. John Tulley. Donald Twito, MD.Ed & Karla Ulledalen. Bill & Mary Underriner. US Bank. Ross & Ginny Waples. Dave & Val Ward. Bonnie Warne.Susan W. Newell & Dick Walton. Heather Fink & Jason Wintrode.Bruce & Gayle Whittenberg. Kathy & Brock Whittenberger. Joe & Karen Womack. Jennifer Wilke. Margaret Wiser. YellowstoneCounty. Roger & Carol Young. The Zink Family.
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