The Siren

The Canadian Returns

The Summer of 2024 is off to an amazing start! Enjoy the video highlights here from our first week.

We saw perfect 75-degree weather today for our regularly scheduled day of activities, a beautiful scene in the Northwoods with the sun out and shining. Campers saw a full day of the program and an organized free, followed by a lovely fifth period of some friendly Green-White competition! We sent […]

We often get asked what we do on the weekends at camp, and people are often thrown back when they hear that Tuesday is our weekend! Tuesdays, known here as Cruiser Days, offer a break from our regular programming and allow campers to enjoy cabin-based activities on a more relaxed […]

Our Sunday nights end with Cabin Campfires, a time for cabins to reflect on the week behind and set goals for the week ahead. This Sunday morning began at our flagpole announcements with an unannounced attack from alien invaders. You have got to love everything that can happen in a […]

Tonight we kicked off our Green-White competition for 2024, and the energy was high! Our camp colors are Forest Green and White, and all of camp is split up between the two teams for a full summer competition. First year campers had big smiles and new paint on their faces […]

Tonight marked our first Friday Night Service, our 80th Friendship Fire. The Friendship Fire is a celebration of all of the friendships that form at camp between people from all over the globe. One of the annual traditions that separates the Friendship Fire from other Friday Night Services is forgoing […]

Tonight’s Evening Program was called King’s Candy. Each cabin is led by a guide in search of the King’s Candy around camp, which came in the form of different colored balloons. They had to help the King’s Guard protect the candy from the Oompa-Loompas who were trying to pop the […]

Our oldest campers left this morning on their Canadian, a 10-day camping adventure. They will paddle on beautifully preserved lakes, portage through amazing trails, and experience the challenges and fun that comes with spending time in Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. The park is so well protected that it remains […]

Today marked the first full day of our 80th summer! While the weather forecast had looked bleak, we ended up with an 82-degree day with sunshine and a strong breeze. It was a perfect day for getting to know each other and to know camp. Each village had a blast playing […]

North Star’s 80th Summer is officially underway! For 80 years, North Star has taken great pride in being the camp for nice boys from nice families and we are so thrilled to have such an incredible group of campers and staff for this special year. The buses had a perfectly […]