by jshkolnick | Feb 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
L'hitraot - by dori singer zoot To my GUCI family, When you asked 18 year old Dori what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would have quickly and confidently answered a Camp Professional. While I don’t know if I fully understood what that meant, I knew it included...
by jshkolnick | Feb 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Unpopular Opinion: My best early professional development didn’t come from professional internships – it came from being a summer camp counselor. – Dustin Rabin In my four years of college, I only had one traditional internship. I made a conscious...
by jshkolnick | Nov 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
summer 2025 update For the last 28 years, the Union for Reform Judaism has offered a rising 11th grade program trip to Israel with a specific bus allocated to the GUCI community. Connection to and travel to Israel are core mission issues for GUCI and the URJ and the...
by jshkolnick | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
TASTE OF GUCI POLICY CHANGE Dear GUCI families, We are thrilled that you have chosen to send your children to Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI) for summer 2025! We are hard at work creating another exciting summer where your campers will make great friends, connect...
by jshkolnick | Jan 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
a message from our new development director By Angela Travers I grew up in a suburb of Washington, DC with a large Jewish population where many of my friends and cousins spent their summers at Jewish summer camps. While I didn’t attend, I always heard stories of the...
by jshkolnick | Dec 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
guci gratitude report 2023 As 2023 is coming to a close, we are pleased to share our 2023 Gratitude Report. What a year it has been. From an amazing summer, followed by celebrating 65 years of GUCI, to the launch of our Gym & Aquatic Project, there is so much to...