This year marks an important transition for UCCI.

After five years of thoughtful and steady leadership, Rev. Jim Schleif will retire as Executive Director in December. Jim came to UCCI during a challenging period and helped guide the organization toward greater financial stability, dramatically reducing debt and and positioning the organization for a more sustainable future.

As we celebrate Jim’s leadership, we are also looking at the work still in front of us today.

The Spark Continues is UCCI’s year-end campaign: an opportunity to honor the steady leadership that brought us to this point while providing the unrestricted support needed to sustain our ministry now.

Your gift can help UCCI steward Daycholah Center, Cedar Valley and Moon Beach; support campers and programs; invest in our staff and ministry; respond to unexpected needs; and meet the everyday costs of keeping these sacred spaces strong and welcoming.

Jim helped strengthen the foundation beneath UCCI. Your year-end gift helps us continue building on it.

As UCCI enters its next chapter, we remain committed to strengthening this ministry, caring for our sacred spaces, welcoming more people into them, and building an organization that can serve generations yet to come.

Make a gift today and help keep the spark going.

The Retirement Gift Jim Really Wants

As word of Jim’s upcoming retirement has spread, many friends and colleagues have asked how they can celebrate him or whether there is a retirement gift he would especially appreciate.

The answer is simple: support the mission we all care about.

“Many of you have asked about retirement gifts. Honestly, the best gift would be supporting the mission we all care about. If you were thinking of getting me a parting gift, please redirect that generosity toward UCCI instead. Supporting our mission is the best send-off I could ask for.”
— Jim Schleif

In that spirit, we invite you to celebrate Jim’s five years of service with a gift in his honor to United Church Camps, Inc.

Your gift will provide unrestricted support for UCCI, allowing resources to be directed where they are needed most and helping carry forward the financial stability and sustainability Jim worked so hard to strengthen. Your generosity can help care for our facilities, support campers and programs, invest in the people who make this ministry possible, respond to unexpected needs, and ensure that Daycholah Center, Cedar Valley and Moon Beach remain welcoming and accessible for generations to come.

A gift in Jim’s honor celebrates what he has helped accomplish while investing in the future he has worked so hard to make possible.

Thank You, Jim

Thank you for guiding UCCI through challenging times with steadiness and care.

Thank you for helping strengthen our financial foundation and positioning this organization for the future.

Thank you for believing deeply in outdoor ministry and in the importance of preserving these sacred spaces.

Thank you for stewarding Daycholah Center, Cedar Valley and Moon Beach with dedication and care.

And most of all, thank you for the relationships you have built and the countless ways you have supported the people who make UCCI what it is.

We are deeply grateful for your leadership, friendship, and service. We look forward to celebrating you throughout the months ahead and carrying the work you helped strengthen into UCCI’s next chapter.

With gratitude and blessings,

Your UCCI Family

To donate by check: United Church Camps Inc., W1010 Spring Grove Rd., Ripon, WI 54971

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