Name: Lauren Hannah Grama

Years at camp: This is going to be my 8^th summer (8 year jackets wooo!)

Hobbies when you’re at home: Cheerleading, I am the mazkirah (secretary) of my chapter board in BBYO (B’nai Brith Youth Organization), and of course thinking about camp!!!!

Secret Talent: I am probably the best acapella singer there is out there. I can sing but I am also good at modern dance, olden dance, and mermaid dancing which is a little different. I look forward to being the lead singer of Canacapella this summer so I can showcase these skills to such a large audience.

Favorite Camp Activity: Definitely tech booth doing the spotlight with J-Ro. But a close second is COALS!!!

Funny Camp Memory: My junior summer I was in mountain biking elective with Mindy Rosenthal. It was one of our first days at camp so we did not really know each other too well yet. As we were biking around the lake we had to cross over the dam that is right near the summit that had water running over it. I was the last one to cross and I of course was the only one to ride my bike into the lake.

Advice for a first time camper: I am sure you will hear this 100 times, but it is so important to really take it to heart. Literally don’t waste one second of camp fighting or disagreeing over the little things. You want to make memories in the few precious weeks you have at camp filled with only incredible things. So don’t sweat the small stuff! Also, don’t be afraid of what anyone thinks of you. Camp is one place where you can be yourself and no judgments will be passed. You don’t want to look back on your summers saying that you wish you did something; you want to look back on your summers being thankful that you did something. Savor every moment you have, because before you know it, you will be a CIT wishing that you could just relive it all again.

Something you learned at camp (that you couldn’t learn anywhere else): That your camp friends are the greatest people you will ever meet.  You wait all year to spend two crazy months with your best friends in the world.  You learn how to live cohesively with your sisters and to respect all kinds of people. It’s one of those lessons that you continue to expand upon each year at camp as long as you allow yourself to open up to new people and new experiences.

I never leave for camp without my: sleeping masks. I can’t sleep without them!!

If I could have any job in the world it would be: The owner of camp. I would be Aunt Grama and Aunt Terri and I would hang out ALL day. Also, Alex Feigin would be there.

My favorite place that I’ve traveled is: Camp. No vacation is better than camp!!!

One thing my campers will learn about me is: When I am in camp, I find that if someone calls me Lauren, I get very uncomfortable. My name is Grama in camp.

One fun fact about me is: My home friends yell at me whenever I talk about camp because that is probably the only thing I ever talk about!

Name: Hannah Schepps

Hobbies When You’re at Home: Cheerleading

Favorite Camp Activity: Archery

Funny Camp Memory: When I slid down the side of the bunk bed and ripped Carly Lieberman’s shirt!

Advice for a First Time Camper: Enjoy every moment of the summer because the friends and memories you make here last a life time!

Something You Learned at Camp: Color War Songs

I never leave for camp without my… Pillow Pet.

If I could have any job in the world it would be… Lion Tamer.

My favorite place I’ve traveled is… Dominican Republic

One thing my campers will learn about me is…  I am very funny.

One fun fact about me is… I used to live in Las Vegas

Name:Mallie Feldman

Years at Camp: 9 Years

Hobbies When You’re at Home: Tennis

Secret Talent: I can talk with my mouth closed

Favorite Camp Activity: Cooking and Ropes Course

Funny Camp Memory: That time my bunk had a huge shaving cream fight.

Advice for a First Time Camper: Camp goes by so fast so make every moment count.

Something You Learned at Camp: Camp friends are your best friends

I never leave for camp without my… Nutella

If I could have any job in the world it would be… A journalist

My favorite place I’ve traveled is… Paris

One thing my campers will learn about me is… I’m weird and fun

One fun fact about me is… I can touch my tongue to my nose

Name: Brett Levine

Years at Camp: 7 going on 8!!
Hobbies When You’re at Home: Singing, Acting and Hanging out with my friends.
Secret Talent: Has yet to be discovered…
Favorite Camp Activity: Definitely cooking.
Funny Camp Memory: loosing battle of the sexes and having to sing with my division at lineup.
Advice for a First Time Camper: Live every moment to the Fullest and try everything! Enjoy your time at camp because it goes by so quickly!!!
Something You Learned at Camp: I learned that I could still have an amazing time even though I was away from home and didn’t have my parents with me.
I never leave for camp without my… iPod.
If I could have any job in the world it would be… Either performing or a job at camp!!
My favorite place I’ve traveled is… Disney.
One thing my campers will learn about me is… I love listening to music.
One fun fact about me is… I have two dogs and a sister who is going to be an upper senior this summer!

Name: Mel Sukonik

Years at Camp: This is going to be my 8th summer at camp.

Hobbies When You’re at Home: Lacrosse, running, eating, sleeping, being with my friends.

Secret Talent: I can touch my tongue to my nose.

Favorite Camp Activity: Tennis!

Funny Camp Memory: Making up songs with my bunk.

Advice for a First Time Camper: Laugh with your bunk! The little fights are unimportant and not worth your time. You will end up laughing about them later on anyway!

Something You Learned at Camp: Don’t forget to ask if anyone needs anything! (D.A.N.A)

I never leave for camp without my… DS. You never know when you want to play an intense game of mario cart!

If I could have any job in the world it would be… A singer (if I could sing…)

My favorite place I’ve traveled is… St. Thomas.

One thing my campers will learn about me is… I love to be active! Camp has so much to offer each day and I love every part of it.

One fun fact about me is… The first and only time I’ve been stung by a bee was on my eyelid!

Name: Maddie Hecht

Years at camp: This will be my 8^th year at camp!

Hobbies when you’re at Home: I play soccer, I hang out with my friends and I love to eat

Secret talent: I am really good at impersonating movie characters

Favorite camp activity: Canacapella

Funny camp memory: THE HIKING TRIP

Advice for a first time camper: Make every second count. Where else would you be able to have a sleepover with 12 of your best friends for seven weeks straight?

Something you learned at camp: Don’t forget to ask D.A.N.A (does anyone need anything?)

I never leave for camp without… my blankie 🙂

If I could have any job in the world it would be… a famous person that can sing and dance!

My favorite place I’ve traveled is… Bermuda

One thing my campers will learn about me is… I’m always enthusiastic and I love camp so much!!!

Name: Mindy Rosenthal

Years at Camp: 8th Summer
Hobbies When You’re at Home: Canteen on the fly hopping & singing acapella in frozen yogurt places with other members of Canadensis.
Secret Talent: Can hike to camp site one while blind-folded.
Favorite Camp Activity: Lake Boats
Funny Camp Memory: We were on the sail boats with our CIT, Jess, on a not very windy day. Grama wanted to jump in the lake to cool off. Then all of a sudden the wind picked up and carried our sail boat into shore. Grama was now stranded in the middle of the lake and the lake staff had to rescue her.
Advice for a First Time Camper: Enjoy every second of every day. You can never have too much time at the best place on Earth with the best people on Earth.
Something You Learned at Camp: How to form friendships that will last forever.
I never leave for camp without my… Extreme amount of blue and gold accessories.
If I could have any job in the world it would be... Acapella instructor at camp.
My favorite place I’ve traveled is... London
One thing my campers will learn about me is… I love camp more than anything and I hope they will learn to love it as much as I do.
One fun fact about me is… I was one of the original Canacapella-ers to perform on the amphitheater stage!

Name: Allie Ernst

Years at Camp: This will be my 8th summer at camp and hopefully the best one yet.

Hobbies When You’re at Home: I play field hockey, volleyball, and softball for Germantown Academy.

Secret Talent: My secret talent is that I’m good at Mah Jongg. Pam taught me how to play during one of the iCan nights and I fell in love ever since. I think what hooked me was that my first game that i played by myself I beat Pam and got to yell MAHJONGG!

Favorite Camp Activity: If I had to chose one it would be leagues! I love all the different sports that we get to play as teams and WNBA is amazing even just being a mascot!

Funny Camp Memory: My birthday is in July so one of the ongoing jokes in my bunk is that we celebrate my birth-week because it’s such a huge celebration! My mom always gets us birthday shirts so that we all match – my bunk actually started that tradition! My favorite birthday celebration was my lower inter summer. It was the first summer with the amphitheater and so my bunk decided to have pizza and cake on the new deck! When it was time for cake the boys in our division came out to sing to me and we had a cake fight! Of course we had to clean up our mess but it was well worth it because that is my favorite birthday memory EVER!

Advice for a First Time Camper: When my little sister was first coming to camp the one thing she was really scared about was that she would be away from our parents for so long. The only thing that  I would tell her was that when you go to camp you make a whole new family. There is always activities for you to do where you can make new friends and will be having so much fun you won’t even have time to miss your parents! The girls in your bunk become your sisters so quickly that there is no way you won’t be wishing camp is 10 months and school just for 2. Trust me!

Something You Learned at Camp: One thing that I learned from camp from a young age was how to live with other people and to make friends with any and everyone! Being away from home and living with a bunch of girls my age also really helped me to come out of my shell because if we had an activity I was afraid of, like the ropes course, instead of being too scared to do something new I had my sisters there to show me how to have fun doing it!

I never leave for camp without my: DUCK TAPE… This may sound weird but its almost what I’m known for. One summer I brought maybe 20 rolls of duck tape and it was by far the most used thing in our bunk. We hung signs during free play, taped posters to the walls, I made wallets for my bunk before one of our trips, I even learned how to make a purse one rainy day. It is one of my favorite things that I bring to camp because you can do so much with it!

If I could have any job in the world it would be: Aunt Terri! OMG I would love to be her if I could. She has the best job ever because absolutely everyone in camp knows who she is and somehow she knows everyone too! When I see her driving around in her pink golf cart all I want to do is go over and give her a huge hug. I can’t even imagine if every kid at camp felt that towards me.

My favorite place I’ve traveled is: I went to Rome and Greece two years ago with my whole family. The history and culture that I got to experience on that trip was epic!

One thing my campers will learn about me is: I’m not afraid to dress up with you guys and get crazy! I don’t get embarrassed easily so I wont be afraid to be weird with you guys. I’m so excited to meet my girls and get to know them and share my camp experiences with them so that I can make theirs even better than mine was!

One fun fact about me is: I’M IN LOVE WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA! I have so much random Captain America and Steve Rogers junk its insane. My phone case, wallet, key-chain on my backpack, and the mug I drink from at breakfast all has him on it. Some people say I might be slightly obsessed with him…

Name: Lindsay Gelber
Years at Camp: 9
Hobbies When You’re at Home: I love to play tennis and hang out with my friends and family.
Secret Talent: I am a fast runner!
Favorite Camp Activity: EVERYTHING
Funny Camp Memory: Even though every moment at camp is funny, I was running back from the lake when it was raining and I stepped in a huge pile of mud. When I got out of the mud my flip flop was gone. I was looking in the mud for my flip flop and I couldn’t see it! So i went back to the bunk with out it. Three days later I had to go back to the lake and saw my flip flop sitting in the mud. I had to dig through the mud to get my flip flop back! I was covered in mud and not allowed back in my bunk until I cleaned off!
Advice for a First Time Camper: Never take any moment at camp for granted. Enjoy every second you have because it is one of the best places you could be. Try not to fight because camp is all about having fun and not fighting with the friends you’ll have forever! Make the best of every second of the day!
Something You Learned at Camp: At camp I learned to just be myself and be comfortable in my own skin. It’s always important to laugh at yourself and be happy with who you are and not be embarrassed to do anything!
I never leave for camp without… my CIT2013 APPAREL
If I could have any job in the world it would be… a dentist.
My favorite place I’ve traveled is… CAMP OBVIOUSLY!
One thing my campers will learn about me is… I love to have fun and make the best out of every situation and I am very outgoing!
One fun fact about me is… I have really been at camp since I was 5! My dad was the camp doctor for a few weeks when my brother and sister went to camp and I use to go up to camp with my parents!