Salkehatchie

3 Salkehatchie 2024 volunteers are standing on a newly installed tin roof.
Salkehatchie logo, featuring the silhouette of the ten commandments with the outlines of a cross and hammer on them.

During their time at Salkehatchie Summer Service, youth and adult volunteers work with underprivileged families throughout the state of South Carolina. The goal of Salkehatchie is to ensure homes are repaired and updated to be comfortable for those in need.


This mission project is an important spiritual journey for youth, and for the adults that accompany them. During this week-long ministry, volunteers will put in a great deal of work, trust, hope, and prayer. Salkehatchie provides a new way to encounter Christ to all who volunteer.
 


Salkehatchie Summer Service has been an annual ministry of the South Carolina United Methodist Conference since 1978

Volunteering

There are many Salkehatchie camps in different counties throughout the summer. NEUMC typically attends Salkehatchie with another UMC church such as Trinity UMC in Blythewood. Please stay tuned for information on where NEUMC will volunteer in 2025! 

Salkehatchie requires volunteer background checks and online registration. Please see links to the UMC Website for more information. Specific instructions, along with dates and times, will be released closer to the 2025 camp.

Packing Information and Required Items

The packing list is generally the same every year, but please review the list every year when you are preparing for Salkehatchie.


Registration and Forms

UMC Website Link

Salkehatchie Safety Policies

Salkehatchie Safe Sanctuary Information

Smart-Trak Volunteer Screening

Previous Salkehatchie Camps

A salkehatchie volunteer holds a child in their arms and poses with another salkehatchie volunteer
An entire group of Salkehatchie volunteers poses for a photo in a church sanctuary.
Salkehatchie volunteers pour concrete into a hole to secure a wooden post.
Salkehatchie volunteers tour a house at the beginning of the week, seeing what needs to be repaired.
Two salkehatchie volunteers pose for a picture with their thumbs up.
Salkehatchie volunteers circle up and listen to Bonnie
A bathroom in progress at a salkehatchie site. Some drywall has been put up but some framing is still exposed.
Salkehatchie volunteers standing on playground equipment pose for a picture
Salkehatchie volunteers covered in paint pose for a picture