Visiting Weekend At North Star Camp For Boys

Visiting Weekend will occur over changeover weekend between first & second sessions. For this year’s Visiting Weekend date, see our Dates & Fees page with session information. 

While most visitors will be for our 8-week campers, some first session camper families choose to come for Visiting Weekend too. Parents, grandparents, guardians, and siblings are all welcome at Visiting Weekend, but please leave your furry friends at home (no pets allowed).

Here is the approximate schedule for Visiting Weekend:

• Friday Night – Visitors may arrive at 7 PM. Your camper will find you once they finish dinner. After gathering around the flagpole, we’ll all head up to the Council Ring for our weekly Friday Night Service. Our Friday Night Service is a calm, reflective time where we sing songs, participate in readings on that week’s camp value and enjoy the sunset on Clear Lake. We ask that visitors with young children are respectful of those around them who are enjoying the reflective nature at the Friday Night Service. Visitors will depart camp at 9:15 PM so that all campers can return to their cabins for a final candlelight ceremony to end first session.
• Saturday – At 9:30 AM after first session campers have departed, visitors may come back into camp. At this time, campers and their visitors are welcome to tour around camp, participate in some open activities and enjoy a picnic lunch. In the afternoon (or anytime before), 8-week campers may depart camp with their visitors to enjoy a day in town. Campers stay out of camp on Saturday night with their visitors.
• Sunday Morning –  Between 9:30 – 10:00 AM, visitors will drop off the camper at a designated meeting point in Hayward.

First session campers who are traveling home with their visitors will depart for home on Saturday morning. Their gear will be packed up so they are ready to leave once first session buses roll out.