Custer County Library Foundation

The Custer County Library Foundation (CCLF) is dedicated to raising funds and managing them in a fiscally responsible manner for the support of the Custer County Library.  CCLF enriches lives in our community by advocating for a vital library, increasing awareness, raising funds, and supporting key library programs and capital improvements at the library branches in both Custer and Hermosa.

We need you for the Library to flourish. You have the ability to make an indelible mark on your community by giving to the Custer County Library Foundation. Your gift, whether in dollars, time, or service, is a gift in support of the library and the many services, materials, and programs it provides to the community.

To join the Foundation or donate, use this Form

You can bring or mail your donation to the library or use the PayPal link below.

To join the Executive Council, use this Form to help draft a Letter of Interest

 

 

Donate Online

An easy way to help the library is to add the Custer County Library Foundation as your charity on your Amazon Smile Account.  We will receive 0.5% of all eligible purchases.  Please use the following link to sign up:  AmazonSmile.

Mail a donation.

Make a check out to CCLF, and mail it to:

Custer County Library Foundation

447 Crook Street

Custer, SD  57730-1509

Be sure to include your name, phone number, and address.

Please call us at 605-673-4803 if you have any questions.

 

 

Donor Levels

Copper Leaf – $100-$999
Silver Leaf – $1,000-$2,499
Gold Leaf – $2,500-$9,999
Rocks – $10,000+
Donations are cumulative

The Custer County Library Foundation (CCLF) is dedicated to raising funds and managing them in a fiscally responsible manner for the support of the Custer County Library.

The Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, supplements existing library funds through fund raising, grants, and/or donations.

Regular membership is open to any person, whether or not they reside in Custer County or use the services of Custer County Library, upon payment of  dues of $5 per year.

Associate membership is open to any organization whether or not it is located in Custer County, upon payment of dues of $25 per year.

To join the Foundation, use this Form.  You can also bring or mail your membership form to the library.

The Custer County Library Foundation (CCLF) is dedicated to raising funds and managing them in a fiscally responsible manner for the support of the Custer County Library

The Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, supplements existing library funds through fund raising, grants, and/or donations.

The five-member Executive Council of the Foundation is composed as follows:
President  –  Rose Mary Kor
Vice-President/President-elect  –  Kim Canete
Secretary/Treasurer  –  Katherine Wakefield
Member-at-large  –  Audrey Alfson
Member-at-large/Custer County Library Board of Directors Liaison  –  Susan Estes-Swindal
Ex officio member/Registered Agent/Custer County Library Director  –  Sarah Myers

Past Meeting Minutes

2024

2023

2022 May

2022 February

2022 January

2021 October

2021 August

2021 June

2021 March

2020 January

2020 December

2020 November

2020 September

2020 July

2020 April

2020 March

2020 January

Gifts to the Foundation are cumulative.  Names will be placed on the website and on our donor tree.  Gifts may also be anonymous.

Donor Tree

Andrew Carnegie (Rocks)

$10,000+

Bob & Helen Davis Mary L. Dyar in honor of Jessie Dyar
Betty Gould Robert Hamm Trust
Sarah N. Dipity Gary & Rosemary Chappell

William Shakespeare (Gold Leaves)

$2,500-$9,999

Karen L. Brown Custer Mile High Garden Club
Corrine Darrow First Interstate Custer Area Fund
Trudy Trask Helen Walsh

Mark Twain (Silver Leaves) $1,000-$2,499

Battle River Order of the Eastern Star Craig E. Anderson
Cold Springs Historical Society Custer Hospitality
Custer Rotary Club Kids Inc. 4-H Club
Lynn’s Dakotamart Hollis Marriot
Pamida Foundation Shopko Foundation
Tennyson Family Foundation Alice Wheeler
George Nelson Wolf Zonta Club of the Southern Black Hills
Kent & Sue Gartner In Memory of Evelyn Ferraro
Diane Dennis In Memory of Lee R. Sutton Sr.
Lois Wells In Memory of Kali V. Teasley
In Memory of Vickie Jo Urban In Honor of Mary Richards
David & Joanne Sutton
Emily Dickinson (Copper Leaves)   $100-$999
Pleasant Valley Farm & Cabins Black Hills Power
Kerry & Laura Burns John & Diana Carson
Crazy Horse Memorial Fund Margaret Ferguson
Li Fjerestad Betty Flanagan Memorial
Kay Foust Maxine Frack
Fresh Start Red Rooster Program John Harrington
Joe Hartpence Memorial Barbara Hendrickson
Dr. Mark & Sonja Hogg Patricia Hott
David E. Kamienski Shirley Kennel
Gilbert and Joyce Moran Ann Morrow
Charles and Mary Myers Tom and Linda Nelson
Virginia Jones Newton James A. and Mary B. Ogren
Helen Parlin Memorial Darlene Sager
Julie Smith Kathleen F. Soli
Kerry Steevers Harry & Joan Taylor
Allen & Gail Trask Daniel & Nancy Vecchioni
Henry & Joyce Whitney Gary Williams & Li Fjerestad
Kathleen Wrangham Craig & Bobbi Hindle
Oonagh Wood In Memory of Anthony J. Jenniges
Jeanette Bennett Arbutus Winter
In Memory of Virginia Ferguson Corbin & Terri Herman
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Goff Law Office
Linda Nowell Dennis & Debby Crowley
Roger & Mindy Weber Larry & Jean Mattheson
In Memory of Charles Pennel Peary A. & Eileen M. Wilson
Samuel & Nora Smolnisky Freda Mantei
Kristy Ward Pierre & Katherine Wakefield
Michael Pagel In Memory of Larry Lee Peterson
Susan Anderson Charles & Mary Myers
Linda M. Hasselstrom & Jerry Ellerman Chuck & Kaona Hazlett
Don & Karen Kraus Carol & Paul Nieman
Steve & Marcia Pischke First Interstate Bank
Ed & Renée Starr Diane & Rich Geeting
Mary E. Coffin Karen Baldwin
In Memory of Mrs. F. Therese Ryan In Memory of Mrs. Mary E. Linard
In Memory of Herb Ryan In Memory of Bill Baker
Lavina Shoop Janet & Richard Serino

Projects Sponsored by the Foundation