by jshkolnick | Jun 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by Ethan Bennett For me, camp is not just the special piece of land found along Moore Road in between 86th and 96th Streets in Zionsville. Rather, camp is and will forever continue to be this magical phenomenon that brings be happiness, that forces me...
by jshkolnick | Jun 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written By: Shirah Kraus Shavua Tov! We had such a great first week of camp! To start off our second week, we have more “Juicy, Spicy, and Fiery” moments/hopes to share! Juice: One of our assistant directors, Jillian Shkolnick, says she loved greeting families...
by jshkolnick | Jun 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
Austin Zoot is so excited to be spending his first summer at GUCI as the specialist Coordinator. Austin has 8 years of prior camp experiences at URJ camps, including OSRUI, Kutz, and 6 Points Sports CA. He is a fifth year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in...
by jshkolnick | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Written by: Shirah Kraus 8 June: Take a deep breath. As we transition from Shabbat into the rest of the week, members of the GUCI community reflect on the past week. Corresponding with the three symbols of Havdalah, our ceremony separating the holy from the mundane,...
by jshkolnick | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Explaining to non-camp people anything about what camp life means is always a complicated undertaking. It was hard to explain to friends in middle school and high school, and continues to be a challenge as a 38-year-old that still loves camp. So last summer as I was...
by jshkolnick | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Is it your child’s first time at camp this summer? We have gathered 10 top tips that current/former GUCI parents wish they would have known before sending their child to camp. Send an early “welcome to camp” letter before your camper leaves from home so they...