$5 Million Goal Met!

Parmly Billings Library’s “Our City…Our Future…Your Legacy” capital campaign has met its initial goal of raising $5 million to help build a new library – congratulations to all our donors and supporters! “The night the bond passed was incredibly exciting,” said Bill Cochran, Director of the Parmly Billings Library. “It was wonderful being around all our volunteers when we heard the good news – everyone shouted, cheered and celebrated our new library.”

“The bond passing is a victory for the entire county,” said Evelyn Noennig, Bond Initiative Co-chair. “A new Parmly Billings Library is now a reality, and with $5 million pledged to the campaign, our new library will be even nicer and less expensive for property tax payers.”

The Parmly Billings Library Foundation initial $5 million goal will be used to offset the cost of the bond. As the campaign continues additional donations will be used to pay down the bond further AND make improvements to the new library.

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Congratulations to You!

Because of your investment, you built community confidence. Because of your commitment, you brought others into the winner’s circle. Because of your belief in the citizens of Billings, you pledged your support right through to the bond election. BILLINGS WILL HAVE THE BEST LIBRARY, because of YOU.

The Library Board is in awe of your largess. You donated more than $5 million in less than six months, virtually insuring the passage of the bond issue. But in addition to your financial support, you stood steadfast when some said that libraries are obsolete. You know that Libraries are integral to the American Ideal: the freedom, for all, to learn.

One among you made the “no money back” guarantee that Billings would have a new library by donating $2 million. This opened the door to hiring a leading architect for design and construction documents so we can have a new library for Christmas 2013.

The most advanced technology company in our region is providing their support and expertise so that EVERYONE has access to state-of-the-art computers and software.

Families and teens and babies will each have their special place. There will be rooms and gardens and sun-lit chairs and warm coffee. People will attend classes, see demonstrations, read beautiful books, research complex subjects, and take home the feeling of community pride. The Parmly Billing Library Board of Directors salutes you for bringing a new library to our city.

Parmly Billings Library Board Chair, Shari Nault

From the Capital Campaign ChairsThe “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. Brewer Dental Center. 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. Huntington Learning Center. 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. Yellowstone County. Roger & Carol Young. The Zink Family.

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