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DDC 2025 by Nell Choi, age 17

On the third night of WriCampia 2025, sitting on the wet benches of the camp office porch, I was surprised to see so many familiar and new faces. It was the second DDC meeting of 2025, including four new counselors to my

Letter to Our Campers by Nurse Ruth and Nurse Helen

Dear campers, As the summer sun begins to fade and the days shorten, we, your camp nurses, want to send you off with a warm embrace and some final thoughts before you head home. The past two weeks have been filled with

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Unplugged at Camp by Nell Choi, age 17

As the Upper and Senior Campers of the UWS bus stepped onto the gravel roads of Camp Danbee’s entrance, they were surprised—and a little excited—that they were still carrying phones in their bags, Maxanne W-S., 16, explained. When no one approached them

Living with a Health Condition at Camp

By Nell Choi, age 16 Just two years ago, I didn’t think I could go to sleepaway camp with a chronic health condition. In the days leading up to camp, many of us were feeling excited about seeing our friends again and

The End of Animal Testing? by Brian Zhao, age 13

In this day and age, many of our medicines bring with them not only the ability to help our colds, but the end to thousands of animal lives. Animals are used in the millions to test different drugs, and most of them

Hannah Davis: COVID Long Hauler by River Kuo, age 11

NEW YORK, NY— On Day One, March 25, 2020, Hannah Davis couldn’t read a text message. “It wasn’t about anything complex—just trying to arrange a video call—but it was a few sentences longer than normal, and I couldn’t wrap my head around