PETALUMA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- United
Camps, Conferences & Retreats (UCCR) has announced that the
nonprofit camp and retreat management organization will celebrate
its 50th anniversary in 2020.
UCCR was officially formed and registered as a nonprofit
cooperative organization in 1970 by a group of Northern California clergy who sought to unite
their efforts to manage their respective denominational camp and
retreat properties. The design was to establish a central office
that could handle accounting, reservations, staffing, and property
oversight for seven church-owned camps and retreat centers
throughout Northern California.
UCCR established its first office at the San Rafael First United
Methodist Church.
In 1998, UCCR moved their office to a downtown office building
in San Rafael. In 2006, the
central office moved to Petaluma
where it is still currently located. While the first thirty-eight
years were spent managing camps and retreats in Northern California, in 2008 UCCR expanded to
Southern California to manage
Pilgrim Pines Camp & Conference Center, a facility owned by the
Southern California-Nevada Conference of the United Church of
Christ.
Once it was understood that the UCCR central administrative
office, located in Petaluma,
California, could utilize the same management model at any
location, UCCR began to offer facility management services to any
camp, conference or retreat center in the
United States.
Pilgrim Hills Camp & Conference Center, owned by the Ohio
Conference of the United Church of Christ, was the first
non-California facility UCCR
managed. Since that time, UCCR has begun management of camp and
retreat facilities in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Michigan.
UCCR is a unique cooperative model in the camp and retreat
industry. All of the properties are owned by nonprofit
organizations or church denominations. Member representatives from
each of the member organizations make up The Owner's Council. This
provides an opportunity for owners to share ideas, participate in
UCCR webinars, and work in close partnership with UCCR.
The Mission Statement:
UCCR builds relationships with property owners and guests to
deliver exceptional services and business resources that empower
camps, conference and retreat centers to flourish.
In 1989, the Web of Life Field (WOLF) School was created as a
program of UCCR to provide quality Environmental Education to
schools in California. Since that
time, WOLF School has grown to be one of the finest providers of
science and nature-based education, primarily to elementary school
age groups.
Mike Carr, UCCR President since
2005, says, "UCCR works with great customers: nonprofit groups that
use the facilities to further their mission then return to improve
their communities."
The organization is planning a special event to commemorate the
50th anniversary year. Past and current staff, board members, and
friends of UCCR will gather in March
2020 to celebrate this unique business in the camp and
retreat property management industry.
For more information about facility management services, visit
camppropertymanagement.org.
To see the facilities we serve, visit Uccr.org.
Contact us at 800-678-5102
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