FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne recently received a $1,000,000 grant.

Awarded by Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of its Capital Project Initiative for Residential Youth Camps, the grant will be used to support Camp Potawotami.

The YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne’s grant is one of 69 to be awarded in Phase 2 of the initiative, which ‘aims to help Indiana residential youth camps improve the overall camp experience and outcomes for youth through new, enhanced, and expanded facilities integral to quality youth camp programming’.

“Camp Potawotami delivers life-changing overnight experiences focused on the ABCs of Camping: Accomplishment, Belonging, and Character,” Andrew Gritzmaker, President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne said. “Campers get to try new things, for

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