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

Donor Spotlight | Vollbracht Family Bill Vollbracht may have hailed from Wichita, Kansas, but he was a Coloradan through and through. He spent the summers of his youth at family cabin in Chipita Park in the mountains above Colorado Springs and wasted little time settling in Denver after he graduated from the University

Donor Spotlight | Fred and Coleen Orr Ranching runs deep among the Orrs. Fred and Coleen described the impetus to their generous gift to our campaign like this: “The Stock Show has been an important part of our lives for over 100 years. It’s the Super Bowl of livestock shows and vitally important

Donor Spotlight | Keith and Lois Jean Gallaway Keith and Lois Jean Gallaway are from Centennial, Colo. They purchased a brick and finally put us over the 600 mark in our donor count. We are trying our best to get to 1,000 donors, and this was a milestone worth celebrating. We are so

Donor Spotlight | Bank of Colorado and Dinsdale Bros., Inc. Bank of Colorado and the Dinsdale Bros., Inc., gave a combined $500,000 to the campaign to further theirs and the National Western’s shared values of community, education and integrity. “The National Western Stock Show is very important to me and to my family,”

Donor Spotlight | Paul and Marlie Andrews Call it leading by example. Paul Andrews, the Western Stock Show Association’s president and CEO, and his wife Marlie’s gift will name the Fitness Center and Staff Locker Room in the Legacy Building. “The National Western Center will be a landmark of West that's poised to

Donor Spotlight | Hugh Rice and Mary Schaefer Hugh Rice and Mary Schaefer’s gift named a fire pit on the Legacy Building’s Western Terrace in their honor. Hugh grew up on a farm, and his family’s legacy in farming reaches back at least four generations. He and his son own a property in

Donor Spotlight | Daniels Fund The Daniels Fund has made two major donations to our campaign: a $500,000 gift in 2019 and a $1.5 million gift in 2022. “The Daniels Fund is excited to invest in the future of the National Western Complex,” said Hanna Skandera, the Daniels Fund’s President and CEO. “This

Donor Spotlight | Bohemian Foundation The Bohemian Foundation’s $5 million gift to the new National Western Center was based on the Center’s and the Foundation’s shared aims of showcasing our Western heritage to enable a new century of progress in the areas of agriculture, water and animal sciences. The new Center, says Joe

Donor Spotlight | Boswell Family Bob and Rhonda Boswell, along with Amanda and Chase Boswell, were among the campaign’s earliest donors – no surprise there, given their longtime support of the National Western. Their gift named a fire pit on the Legacy Building’s Western Terrace in their honor. “We hope that the new