Dear G.U.C.I. Alumni:

Welcome to the G.U.C.I. Alumni website.  Shalom from Zionsville.  We have just completed another wonderful summer here at camp and are already looking forward to 2008.

2007 has been another wonderful year here at camp.  Of course the spirit at camp was just as overwhelmingly great as always.  Friday nights in the Chadar rocked the house.  T'fillot were beautiful, Chug presentations fun, Yom sport filled with ruach and cheers.  Camp is just the way it should be, the way you remember it.  

A few years ago we instituted a new program here called "Tikkun Olam".  Two former staff members came up with the idea.  Every afternoon during the sessions, a cabin of kids and their counselors join two Tikkun Olam specialists and a faculty member on a trip off camp to work in various projects helping the community.  Of course, this gives us a great opportunity to talk with our campers and staff about repairing the world, making the world a better place.

This year we were fortunate in finding a summer-long project rebuilding and cleaning an Orthodox cemetery here in town.  The cemetery was in disrepair.  Each group pulled weeds, painted curbs around graves, planted, etc.  By the end of each session our campers were able to see the remarkable change we had made.  We culminated each session's Shiur program with the entire camp at the cemetery, dedicating our hard work to the Jewish community and saying Kaddish.  It was a powerful experience for all. 

We are planning for the future.  On Labor Day weekend, 2008, we are going to have a G.U.C.I. Alumni Shabbat at camp and celebrate our camp's 50th anniversary.  A committee has already begun planning the event.  You will hear more about this.  For now,  pass the word and save the weekend.  We want everyone to come back to camp for the party.

Wishing you all a wonderful 5768.