Kaelke Scholarship

Linda Kaelke served as Director of Christian Education for several of our churches in the NC Synod. Upon her death, she left our synod with an endowment from her life insurance. This gift to our church has been providing scholarship funds for many years. Linda was instrumental in the establishment of LYNC (Lutheran Youth in NC) which is now known as LYO (Lutheran Youth Organization). She served as the first advisor of that organization. Thanks to Linda's generousity, many youth from around our synod have benefitted from these scholarships.

Guidelines for use of Kaelke funds

  1. 1. No allocations will be made for more than a one year period. Groups may apply annually for mission trips.
  2. Requests for funds for ongoing operating expenses will not be considered.
  3. The Ministry team will determine the amount of monies to be reserved for emergency and/or unanticipated needs, with unused money allowed to accumulate from year to year.
  4. All requests will be submitted by April1st.
  5. Grants for the ELCA Youth Gathering are not accepted.
  6. An end-of-year report will be made to the Ministry team within one month of the trip/event.

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