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3-November-1998 
98354 
 
    New Endowment Established 
    For Montreat Youth Conferences 
 
    by Emily Enders Odom 
 
MONTREAT, N.C.- A $250,000 challenge grant from the Morgan Foundation in 
Laurel Hill, N.C., has been received by the Montreat Conference Center here 
to establish the Morgan Endowment for Montreat Youth Conferences. 
 
    The newly-established endowment fund will enable Montreat Conference 
Center to meet the needs of the nearly ten thousand young people who seek 
spiritual renewal through six weeks of youth programming at Montreat as 
well as at its off-site location at Colorado State University, Fort 
Collins, Colo. 
 
    The Morgan Foundation, which limits its giving primarily to North 
Carolina, is an independent foundation which provides support for 
Protestant churches, higher education, and a theological seminary. 
 
    "Imagine the collective shout of thousands of young people," remarked 
Emile H. Dieth, Jr., president of Montreat Conference Center.  "That is the 
joyful noise emerging from within Montreat Conference Center in response to 
this most miraculous and generous gift." 
 
    Among other benefits to be directly enjoyed by youth conference 
participants, the Morgan Endowment for Montreat Youth Conferences will 
allow for scholarship assistance and other subsidies, which will make the 
youth conferences more affordable and accessible to all who would come. 

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