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Your Monthly gift can grow into something truly impactful for our students.

Enroll in Employee Giving Today!

 

Spring into GIVING and watch the impact bloom. When LCCC employees come together, we cultivate brighter opportunities for students.

Through LCCC Employee Giving contributions, employees may choose the area in which they directly support our students, including:

  • Pathway Endowments- Make a gift to a Pathway Endowment to support students long-term by providing class materials, student stipends and scholarships, and implementing Student Experiential Learning.

  • Existing Scholarship Support - The LCCC Foundation manages over 470 donor-funded scholarships, named in honor of families, in the memory of loved ones or for an inspirational cause. These scholarships benefit all demographics across various programs and educational goals.   

  • General Support - The LCCC Excellence Fund exists to provide the Foundation the flexibility to direct funds to an area of greatest need. Whether it is scholarships, program needs or equipment, the versatility of this fund provides broad support for LCCC and the LCCC Foundation.
 

The mission of Laramie County Community College is to transform our students’ lives through the power of inspired learning.

We are all bound by a basic understanding that our students, regardless of how they arrive at LCCC, yearn for a better life by engaging in the process of acquiring knowledge. Thus, we are compelled to aid this transformation by offering diverse educational experiences designed to be inspirational for all those involved in the learning process. 

Laramie County Community College needs the support of its employees, in addition to its friends, corporations and foundations to continue its mission and achieve its strategic goals. When LCCC’s faculty and staff support the College through employee giving, it sends a powerful message to our community as well as current and potential donors that its employees believe in the college’s vision and mission.

LCCC faculty and staff can choose the amount they wish to give and the area in which they wish to have a direct impact. Through past and present employee giving campaigns, employees’ gifts have significantly benefited student scholarships, academic and cultural programs and a wide variety of college initiatives.

Participation in the Employee Giving Campaign ensures that you have a direct impact on the lives of Laramie County Community College students. No matter the size, your gift counts!

All gifts make a difference, we ask that you consider a recurring gift of an amount that is appropriate to you. 

  • Payroll Deduction Request – Use this fillable form to begin or change your payroll deduction options. Choose a monthly payroll deduction amount; for example $10 per month totals $120 per year. Then electronically sign and submit the form or return by email to the LCCC%20Foundation%20Office.
  • Credit Card Online
  • Check, payable to:

    LCCC Foundation
    1400 E. College Drive
    Cheyenne, WY 82007

Each year, the LCCC Foundation acknowledges donors in the Talon Magazine. We also host a Holiday Tea in December for all employees who have made gifts to the Foundation.

 

 

Double Your Impact with Matching Funds!

Any LCCC employee who signs up for a new Employee Giving payroll deduction directed to an endowed fund will have their gift matched 100% up to $500 per employee for FY27!


Already a regular Employee Giver?
Any increase in monthly payroll deductions to an endowed fund will be matched up to $500 per employee! For example, if you already give $10/month and decide to increase your gift to $20/month, the $10 increase will be matched each month by the LCCC Foundation.

 

 

 

  • "I give because I was an LCCC student who benefited from scholarships. So it makes sense that I can pay it forward by giving back.."

    – Renee Nelson, English Faculty

  • "LCCC does a great job positively impacting students, which I am passionate about. Giving really does directly impact students, and it allows us to impact more students, so it’s a high return for such a small investment. And if I want, I can also choose the scholarship I give to."

    – Allan Price, Academic Advisor

  • "The Palmquist Family established two scholarships for a couple of reasons.  One, to financially assist the non-traditional student complete their college education (as I did). The second scholarship is in memory of our son who graduated from LCCC and was so proud and appreciative of the scholarship he received. We continue to give knowing only a few dollars from a paycheck goes a long way!!!"

    – Erin Palmquist, School of Math & Sciences

  • "I created a scholarship here in my mother's memory, and I contribute to it to create opportunities for students that may not otherwise have the opportunities."

    - Jeff Shmidl, Program Director

  • "I could not have achieved my dream of obtaining a college degree without scholarships. I give to give back, or pay it forward, in my small way to help others achieve their educational goals."

    - Melissa Dishman, Human Resources

 

 

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

 

Ian Caldon

Ian Caldon, a long-time faculty member, helped establish the Pastora San Juan-Cafferty Memorial Scholarship in his grandmother’s honor. As a first-generation college student who benefited from financial aid in scholarships in his own academic journey, Caldon said he knows the value of helping students with their financial concerns.


What makes you feel like it’s an important initiative to contribute to students’ academic journeys by making an employee contribution at LCCC? Plain and simple...the students! When you read the personal statements and the needs and challenges each and every recipient has every year, it’s amazing to see how much any contribution helps them in their pursuit of a degree here at LCCC.


How does the Employee Giving Campaign contribute to the overall sense of community at LCCC? It recognizes the needs students have, as well as employees’ ability to help out. It doesn’t have to be much, but anything and everything can help these students in need, and this is evident in their testimonies.


What advice would you give to colleagues or peers who are considering participating in the Employee Giving Campaign? You don’t even necessarily need to start up a memorial scholarship as I did. There are several meaningful scholarships that already exist and, no doubt, in an area of your interest and passion — start there! The smallest donation will make a huge difference!