Salkehatchie Summer Service, Gaskin Springs Camp, Douglas, GA, June 23-June 30 

2012 marks the 7th year that we have been able to serve our neighbors in Douglas

and the surrounding area by repairing their homes.

Salkehatchie Summer Service, Blackswamp, Hampton, SC, July 14- July 21

2012 marks the 11th year we have gone to South Carolina to serve our neighbors there.

Salkehatchie Summer Service, El Salvador, July 28- August 4

2012 marks the 2nd year we have ventured out of the U.S.A. to serve our neighbors overseas.

For downloadable registration forms, visit www.salkehatchie.org

Please keep all of these camps and the families we will be serving in your prayers.

     Salkehatchie Summer Service is a pioneering servant ministry at selected sites in the Southeast U.S. involving high school and college age youth, adult community leaders, and persons of different cultures in upgrading housing, motivating community cooperative efforts by helping persons to help themselves, and providing all participants with opportunities for personal growth and service.  Each summer, a group of youth (14 and older) and adults meet for a week and repair homes of the needy in certain communities in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.  The only camp in Georgia is held right here in Douglas. 

     Each person who comes to give a week of their summer also pays $215 for the privilege of participating in the project.  The money paid by each “camper” is used to pay for food and board for the campers and to buy building materials to perform the necessary repairs to the homes.  The camp fees are never enough to cover all the costs of running the camp.  We operate on faith.  Faith that we will receive enough donations to make the necessary repairs to the families that are chosen.

     The homes we repair are chosen based on just a few simple criteria.  They must be owned rather than rented and they must exhibit a true need for our help.  The homeowner pays nothing for our volunteer labor or for the building materials.  This year we hope to have the manpower and the funds to make repairs for 4 local families.

There are many ways you can help:

        -Your prayers for the work teams and the families in the homes.

        - Tax deductible contributions to Salkehatchie Summer Service or Douglas First United Methodist Church

        - Bottled water for the work teams.

        - Provide meals and snacks for the work teams.

For more information, please contact Chris Calhoun, (912)381-6970, blackstone1@windstream.net