Donor Spotlight | El Pomar Foundation Like the early champions of the National Western Stock Show, El Pomar founder Spencer Penrose was committed to celebrating the Western lifestyle while promoting economic vitality, explains Bill Hybl, the foundation’s executive director. Recognizing both economic potential and community-building opportunity, Penrose established the Pikes Peak or Bust

Donor Spotlight | Nan & Hugh Williamson Dear friends of the Stock Show have seen to it that the entry plaza to the HW Hutchison Family Stockyards Event Center will in perpetuity be known as the Nan and Hugh Williamson Entry Plaza. Nan and Hugh have been loyal supporters of the National Western,

Donor Spotlight | Whitham Family Foundation The Whitham family has stepped up for Denver and the West yet again, this time with a $1 million donation to the Honoring the Legacy campaign for the new National Western Center. The Whitham family has been part of the Stock Show for almost 70 years: showing

Donor Spotlight | Witwer Family Located within the Hutchison Family Stockyards Event Center, the Stow L. Witwer Memorial Show Arena will honor the Witwer family’s legendary history with the National Western Stock Show. Harvey E. Witwer, who raised Herefords on the SLW Ranch east of Greeley, was showing horses and cattle at the

Donor Spotlight | Bob & Judi Newman Bob and Judi Newman’s generosity is no secret around Denver: you may have heard of the Robert & Judi Newman Performing Arts Center at the University of Denver or the new Freyer-Newman Center at the Denver Botanical Gardens, and that’s just two of many examples of

Donor Spotlight | Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Adam Agron, Browstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s managing partner, serves on the Capital Campaign Committee. Adam says BHFS contributed to our campaign to further the firm’s 50-year legacy of giving back to worthy organizations in the community. “We’re excited to be involved with this once-in-a-generation transformational project,”

Donor Spotlight | Freyer Family/Land Title Guarantee Company “Colorado’s ranching and farming families lay the foundation for the growth and prosperity that citizens of Denver and Colorado benefit from today, and Land Title and our family have been beneficiaries of the hard work and contributions of these families. We believe that, by supporting

Donor Spotlight | Stanton Dodge The decision to support a fire pit was an easy one for Stanton Dodge. “I can’t think of a more iconic image of the West than cowboys sitting around the campfire telling stories after a hard day’s work. In that spirit, the Dodge family was delighted to sponsor

Donor Spotlight | Bob and Kitty Wilson National Western’s lauded and growing art collection is getting a permanent new home. The J. Robert and Katherine Wilson Art Gallery, to be located on the first floor of the Legacy Building at the new National Western Center, will – for the first time ever –

Donor Spotlight | McNicholas Family The McNicholas family’s wonderful contribution to our campaign is just one more way they have shown their dedication to National Western over the past half century. Another major – and ongoing – contribution: KM/ SSA has donated all food, service, rentals, flowers, and music to every Honoring the