Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Business Journal Q3 2014 | Page 53

Issue Sponsor:

Teton Literacy Center and Systems of Education in
Jackson, the Wyoming Department of Family Services,
the Laramie community, and school districts in
Sweetwater, Lincoln, Laramie, and Weston counties.
The estimated costs of $3.8 million have been
funded with private donations and matched by state
appropriations. So far private donations have included:
Thea Stidum, Mickey and Jeanne Klein, Don and
Betty Walters, Bill and Nancy Pettus, Doug and
Susan Samuelson, and Doug Reeves. The campaign
also has received gifts from the Joe and Arlene Watt
Foundation, the John P. Ellbogen Foundation, the
Mary H. Storer Foundation, the Charles D. Trover
Family Foundation, and the Andrew Allen Charitable
Foundation.
When complete, the center will be housed in an
estimated 5,780 square feet on the first floor of the
UW College of Education Annex Building in a space
completely redesigned to support tutoring, research,
and family literacy activities.
The cente ˊé