People Come and Go, but Camp is Still Camp

People Come and Go, but Camp is Still Camp By Maddie Weikel, URJ GUCI Counselor Despite this being my eleventh summer on camp, I felt nervous when I drove down Moore Road at the beginning of June. At the end of last summer, I knew that most of my closest friends would...

10 Fun Ways to Spend Chofesh!

10 Fun Ways to Spend Chofesh! By Laura Levine, URJ GUCI Counselor Every day at camp we have “chofesh,” or free time, before lunch and dinner. It is an unstructured break from our schedule full of engaging programs and activities where campers have time to...

How to Avoid Dietary Dilemmas at GUCI

How to Avoid Dietary Dilemmas at GUCI By Arianna Goldstein, URJ GUCI Counselor Camp can be stressful and intimidating when it comes to dietary restrictions. I have struggled with this problem for my entire camp career and have learned throughout the years that the...

GUCI Connections Last A Lifetime

GUCI Connections Last A Lifetime By Ethan Stone, Former URJ GUCI Camper and Counselor When people say that GUCI is a place where you will make friends for life, they really mean it. It’s incredible to me that I almost never see my camp friends, but they’re still some...