THIS CHRISTMAS: An Extraordinary Opportunity!!
I’m excited to tell you about an extraordinary year-end opportunity. One of our strongest, most faithful supporters has stepped forward as the year draws to a close with an extraordinary challenge grant:
A $250,000 gift for student scholarships, that will match everything raised between now and the end of the year. If we meet this challenge, it will mean half-a-million dollars in support of our young people!
Why would this benefactor make such an extraordinary offer? Because he believes whole-heartedly in the College and in its students and graduates! For years, we have said (with confidence) that the education our young people were receiving here at Wyoming Catholic College would produce extraordinary results, and that all that was needed was time.
Then, our graduates were teachers; now, they are headmasters. Then, they were entry-level technicians and programmers; now, they are vice presidents and CEO’s. Then, they were seminarians and postulants; now, priests and professed religious. When they left us, they were eager and joyful young graduates with the entire world before them, lacking only direction and experience. Now, they are lawyers, doctors, mothers and fathers, business owners, financial advisors, journalist, artists and artisans, military personnel and EMT’s and firefighters and policemen, and so much more.
Their time in Lander (and in the back country) has given them abilities increasingly uncommon in many of their peers: problem-solving, inventiveness, grit and determination, the ability to listen well and to communicate clearly and eloquently, carrying themselves with sincerity, humility and joy.
Is it any wonder that they are so successful?
With each of these successes, growing more abundant with each new class of graduates that heads out into the world, we grow more confident in the value of what Wyoming Catholic offers. And so do our supporters!
That’s why on of our strongest supporters, inspired by these bright, earnest, young people and eager to bring our transformative education to even more young people, has stepped forward this Advent with such an extraordinary challenge grant:
A $250,000 gift for student scholarships, which will match the support we receive between now and the end of the year, promising up to half a million dollars for the extraordinary young men and women we are blessed to teach!
As you know, the College has refused to accept federal funds, choosing instead to retain our institutional autonomy. In the current political maelstrom, surrounded by a rising tsunami of dissatisfaction with the funding model that props up nearly all higher educational institutions, this decision looks more like wisdom with each passing day. But it also means that our scholarship fund remains the most pressing need we have, each and every year. With this gift and with your year-end support, we have a wonderful opportunity to inspire and influence even more of our young people.
So today, I ask you to show your confidence in what we are doing here by making a gift in support of our scholarship programs. Show your pride in our young people and your gratitude for the things they will do (and are already doing!) to change the world. Please make a gift today by using the donation form below. And please be as generous as you can.
Remember: Thanks to this challenge grant, your gift will be doubly helpful. And thanks to your support, our students will continue to transform our society, our culture and our church.
May God bless you.
Fr. Dcn. Kyle Washut, S.Th.D.
President, Wyoming Catholic College
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Other Ways to Give
Check or money order — Make checks payable to “Wyoming Catholic College” and mail to:
Office of Institutional Advancement
Wyoming Catholic College
306 Main Street
Lander, WY 82520
Telephone – To make a gift using your Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card, or to initiate a wire transfer, you may contact the College’s Office for Institutional Advancement during regular business hours: (877) 332-2930.
Stock gifts—Appreciated securities may be transferred to Wyoming Catholic College. By donating shares, you will avoid paying capital gains tax on the appreciation, while deducting the full fair market value of the security at the time of the gift. To transfer stock, please provide the following account information to your broker:
Account Name: Wyoming Catholic College
Account Number: 2667-9281
DTC Number: 0075 (This is the broker ID, essentially)
IRA Charitable Rollovers or Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)—If you are 70 1⁄2 years old and you have a traditional IRA, you are eligible to give a tax-free gift directly from your IRA. Learn more HERE.
Appreciated Property/Assets — Property and assets, such as real estate, a farm, life insurance policies, coins, etc. are beneficial for the College to the extent that they can be liquidated or held for additional appreciation. Such gifts are deductible for personal or corporate tax purposes to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Estate and Planned Gifts — A gift in your will or trust for Wyoming Catholic College will help ensure this transformational education of immersion in the classic liberal arts tradition, the grandeur of the mountain wilderness, and the spiritual heritage of the Catholic Church for generations to come. Please take advantage of our partnership with My Catholic Will or consult an estate attorney for details on how such a gift might be made. (Already made a gift to the College in your will or trust? Please consider filling out this form so that we can say thank you and keep our records up-to-date!)
