"When I was young (66 years ago), t.v. had not yet been invented. Instead we had these marvelous things that had superior graphics & sound; much better special effects, a greater variety of topics and NO COMMERCIALS! We called them BOOKS."

Mike Carson
Age 66 · Dubois, WY

We Set Our Sights High

Today, our kids know about our ranching, hunting, and wildlife. As they grow older, they'll know a little more - about our high dropout, illiteracy, and unemployment rates. All these things are daily life in Fremont County.

  • Your gift to the Fremont County Library Foundation will change the scenery around here.
  • You'll help us take children to China, to space, to the Renaissance and to Congress. Into fields of research, verses of Shakespeare and philosophical debate. These places and more will come to life within our county's boundaries - within our libraries' walls.
  • Who knows what follows from there?
  • When we talk of our future library - we don't just mean more books.
  • We mean tools for our children. Windows to a big, wide world. Chances for those who haven't seen too many.
  • Help us decrease our community's isolation - and replace it with inspiration.
  • Never has a gift had so much inside it.

When Is A Dollar Greater Than A Dollar?

When you give a dollar, the state gives a dollar: our community gains two. Imagine that! Your gift is matched - dollar for dollar - in the truest sense of win-win.

Thanks to generous state legislation, we have the fantastic opportunity of receiving up to $556,552 in extra funds - with lots of love from the state of Wyoming. We can start to put these donations to use right away. For every $10,000 that's received, the government matches it at once.

Consider the triple benefit this has for:

  • Your legacy
  • Our community
  • The next generation

Watch your gift stretch twice as far. No matter your contribution, you're able to watch it benefit twice as many people.

  • Instead of one computer station, we'll be able to provide two.
  • That's two kids traveling the world to finish a history project.
  • That's two classes of adult education; two workshops in place of one.
  • Twice the resources; twice the benefit.

We need your help to collect it.

Today, the future's waiting.

Return On Investment

Our library's future is tied to much more than books and buildings. It's the people of this generation and generations to come who will use our libraries to grow more informed, more hopeful and more determined.

Through your legacy:

  • Parents and their children will be able to access the world.
  • Adults can explore job options.
  • The elderly gain new technology skills.
  • Arts & entertainment will be available.

We can't picture a better return on investment than those coming and going through the busy front doors of our library. To help our library maintain its vital role in the community, it needs a steady source of revenue.

Wyoming's boom & bust economy is well known. When we bust,the whole area is affected, including the library! It's then that we need a stable flow of income to guarantee consistent valuable library services. A solid endowment can do just that, regardless of what's going on outside library walls.

Your kind gift to the library foundation enhances our community's opportunities.

Let this endowment be your proud legacy.

End Of Story

Got plans for New Years Eve, 2013? We do. A little toast to celebrate the last day of this campaign. The state's dollar-for-dollar matching campaign ends that day: December 31, 2013.

Then, that's it. Bye bye, matching money. We're grateful recipients, but we have to be a bit cheeky, and slightly impatient.

Any generous commitment that you make, before December 2013, can be fulfilled over a period of four years (to December, 2014).

This limited chance to receive two dollars for every one really has our attention.

We hope it has yours.