WELCOME HOME TO OLIN–SANG–RUBY UNION INSTITUTE!
We are so excited to welcome your child to camp this coming summer. Whether this is their first summer, or they are returning for another year at OSRUI, we know it will be an amazing experience filled with friendship, laughter and fun. As always, please reach out if you have any questions. Our camp team is always available to help ensure that your entire family has a memorable summer experience.
Dear OSRUI Parents,
I am so excited to welcome your camper(s) to OSRUI this summer! Having grown up at camp as a camper and staff member myself, I know firsthand the power of OSRUI. Camp is a place where kids build lifelong friendships, explore their Jewish identity, and have the time of their lives. The staff and I are eager to create that experience with, and for, your family.
Whether this is your first, fifth, or twentieth summer at camp, I have no doubt that the experience at camp will be formative. OSRUI is a place where kids get to be themselves, try something new in a safe environment, and be part of a caring community. I can’t wait to welcome you home for a summer full of fun, friendships, growth, and learning.
Throughout the site, you will find helpful information to help you prepare for this summer. Please do not hesitate to be in touch with me, or any of my colleagues, with questions as you get ready for camp.
In addition to the information throughout our website, there is, of course, one more critical piece we need for the summer, and that is the most important one: your family. On behalf of all of us at OSRUI, we can’t wait to welcome you to camp!
Thank you for choosing OSRUI as your summer home!
Getting Ready for the Summer
FORMS CHECKLIST: THE FINE PRINT
In order for us to be prepared to welcome you to camp, we need to collect some important information from each camper. It ensures we are prepared to properly welcome you and set up for an amazing summer together. We made a list below to help you track the forms and tasks that need to be submitted by April 15! All of these forms can be found online in your CampInTouch forms dashboard. Most forms will be available starting in February.
Required Forms
- Camper Information Form
- Code of Conduct Form
- Health History Form
- Camper’s Medical Examination Form
- Immunization History
- Insurance Cards
- Medical Authorization Form
- Family Handbook Acknowledgement Form
- Medical Action Plan Questionnaire
- Medication Information and Order Form
- Current photo uploaded
Optional Forms
- Bunk Request Form
- Parent Letter to Camper’s Counselor
- All About Me for My Counselor
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring Form (if you requested tutoring for campers who will celebrate a bar/bat mitzvah in August, September, or October 2025)
SUMMER STAFF
Our summer staff members are carefully selected from among applicants from all over the United States, Canada and Israel. More than two thirds of our counselors have grown up as OSRUI campers and can’t wait to be back in Oconomowoc with you this summer! This provides us with the opportunity to know them well and continue past traditions. Before campers arrive, all staff members participate in an intensive training program. This on-site training includes workshops led by our camp directors, outside professionals, and industry experts in order to ensure we are ready to have a fun, safe, and healthy summer.
Bunk staff are Jewish college-aged young adults who bring abundant warmth and energy to our camp community. Many of them are former OSRUI campers, comfortable at camp, familiar with camp routines and traditions, and eager to share their love for OSRUI and Reform Judaism with this next generation of campers.
Click here to get to know our Director Team. And check back in early spring as summer staff is hired and we will post their information.
FACULTY
Throughout the summer, more than 50 rabbis, cantors, and educators from Reform congregations volunteer to spend two weeks at camp. Our faculty works in partnership with our staff throughout all of the areas of camp, shaping the learning activities, guiding worship experiences, lending a knowledgeable helping hand in bar/bat mitzvah preparation, and having fun with our campers. It is always great to see familiar faces from your congregation at camp!