Shelter Neck Unitarian Universalist Camp

Latest News

In September 2018, Shelter Neck, our historic 118 year old UU Camp in Pender County, NC was inundated from flooding from Hurricane Florence. We will be lifting the buildings, putting all new foundations under them, filling around the new foundations, and building new stairs and ramps to the buildings. The cost of all future work may be as high as $500,000. Please consider making a donation to Shelter Neck Unitarian Universalist Camp. Thank you.

Every year, the Summer Youth Camps at Shelter Neck are offered to UU youth across the state. If you're looking for a Unitarian Universalist experience for your middle or high school youth in 2019, consider the UU Summer Camps at Shelter Neck. Read more
NOTE: Summer camps are suspended until further notice while flood damage at the camp is repaired.

The Pete Leary Camp Scholarship Fund has been established to provide tuition assistance to Summer Youth Camp Students. Donations from individuals and congregations are gladly accepted through Paypal.

Shelter Neck UU Camp

3747 Croomsbridge Road, Burgaw, NC

We will cease activity on this website while we work to recover from flood damage. To donate or volunteer, please visit our recovery website:
shelterneckrecovery.weebly.com/

Welcome

For over a century, Shelter Neck UU Camp has been a meeting place for Unitarian Universalists from across the state. Located in rural southeastern North Carolina, Shelter Neck originated as a school for children who otherwise would not have had access to education with broad cultural experiences.
Over the years, the Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. (UCONCI) has preserved the physical site as well as many of the experiential facets of the school, farmhouse and chapel. Generations of Unitarian Universalist children have "grown up" at Shelter Neck, participating in camps and conferences, and giving their time and energy to its well-being. Inter-generational activities and special conferences have expanded the experience. The one-time boarding school is still a place for "city" and "country," for adults and children, for learning and teaching, for sharing and fellowship.
Shelter Neck UU Camp is a volunteer/user operated facility. It is located eight miles from I-40 and thirty miles from Wilmington, NC and the Carolina Beaches. It is available for rental by UU Societies and related groups. Watch our schedule and email event bulletins for inter-congregational retreats and activities, including our Opening Weekend in March and the Annual Meeting of UCONCI in October.
For the past six years, UCONCI has sponsored Shelter Neck Youth Camps during the summer, with the aim of connecting youth from small, mid-size, and large Unitarian Universalist congregations across eastern and central North Carolina in a cohesive, energetic and thriving community. Registration is currently open, and we are also looking for counselors and volunteers.