Alumni Spotlight- January 2016

Susy Gorodzinsky is featured in our January Alumni Spotlight. Susy has been a Chippewa camper, counselor, aunt and parent! She even brought her now husband to work at camp for her last summer. Susy has been an awesome CRC supporter for a very long time and she is a perfect example of someone who values her camp friendships even when her friends live across the country. A huge thank-you to Susy for answering the questions below as well as sharing the photos with us. Read below to learn about Susy’s camp experience as well as an explanation about the photos!

What years were you at CRC?
1972-1981

Which summer was your favorite and why?
My favorite summer was probably my first one because even though I was the first and only girl from Mexico City, all the girls in my cabin made me feel welcome and we became friends right away!

What is your favorite camp memory?
Maybe my favorite memory (although there are WAY to many to pick just one) would be when we would lay in bed after lights out and we’d make Patti (Katz) sing and stop her mid sentence then sing again as though we were playing a song and pressing “pause”….

What was your favorite activity at camp?
My favorite activities were archery and rifler!

Were you a Tan or a White?
I was and forever will be a TAN!! T-A-N-S go TANS!

How do you keep in touch with your camp friends?
My camp friends and I keep in touch mostly through Facebook but I do still talk and see a few in person!

Where do you live now?
I live in San Diego, Ca. Since 1983.

What do you do?
At this stage of my life I bowl, I just started playing golf, and I enjoy spending time with my family my husband of 33 years,Toby (male staff ‘81), Karen (CRC ’94-’04), Lisa (CRC ‘98-’06) and her new husband Eric!

What do you miss most about camp?
What I miss most about camp is being able to spend 8 weeks of my life at the happiest place on Earth with the people who to this day are my best friends!

As far as the pictures…
-The cabin picture (on the steps) is from 1973 and I’m the one in white pants sitting on the last step.
-The cabin picture near the water is from when I was a counselor.
-My girls (Karen and Lisa…AKA Gorods) the summer of 2001.
-A sort of Chippie reunion at Lisa’s wedding in October…
Back Row:
Bobbi Levin(Feldgreber), Betty Kreimerman (Bazbaz), Nora Pupko (Silberstein), Lizzie Wagner, Nina Portugal, Alli Weiner, Monica Sclar.
Front Row:
Karen, Me and Lisa….
And missing but at the wedding Jessica Kreimerman, Stephanie Silberstein (Plotnik) and Carla Itzkowitch