Last month I wrote to you about the North Star Settle Up Challenge, a gift matching campaign that invited our camp alumni to match donations made by our current staff from their camp paychecks at the end of the summer for the benefit of Camp for All Kids. I am […]
Vickie and I hope you are enjoying your summer. Even though there is always “plenty of camping left,” it’s hard to believe there is only one more week left of second session. It’s been an amazing summer at camp with some big new additions. We built the brand new Fieldhouse, […]
Now that we are a couple days into second session, it is time for an update on how the first few days are going. After the busses rolled into camp on Sunday, we immediately got underway with unpacking and then challenge games. challenge games are when cabins compete with each […]
Now that we are a couple days into second session, it is time for an update on how the first few days are going. After the busses rolled into camp on Sunday, we immediately got underway with unpacking and then challenge games. challenge games are when cabins compete with each […]
The second session of North Star’s 72nd summer is officially underway! When we got off the bus, the staff and the 8-week campers were cheering like crazy to welcome our new campers. It was a beautiful sunny day and it dried out the puddles from last week’s rain. As the […]
One of our Intermediate campers summed it up this way. “Fourth of July is one of those days that makes you wish camp went on all year.” When you walk into the dining hall, the guys are singing and dancing. Born in the USA, Party in the USA, Proud to […]
Last night was our annual Hatchet Hunt! The Hatchet Hunt is an event where every cabin competes to try and find a hatchet hidden somewhere on camp property first. The game is a combination of a scavenger hunt and a race and requires every camper’s participation. During the hunt, the […]
It is hard to believe that it has been over a week since the busses pulled up and the first session of summer 2016 began. Now that we have finally settled into the camp routine, it is time for an update of how the session is going. We began our […]
At camp, not everything goes as planned. Tonight was supposed to be our opening Green-White Series, but the weather had other plans. Instead, we waited out the rain in the Lodge as only our guys can… Our first trips of the summer returned back to camp today with the return […]
After a busy day of swim tests, physicals, and capture the flag, we are finally underway with our normal schedule of activities. The day started with our oldest campers beginning the drive to Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada for their ten-day canoeing trip known as “The Canadian”. Our fifteen […]
All, all, all of the campers have arrived safely and North Star’s 72nd summer is officially underway! The boys arrived to a perfect Northwoods day of 77 degrees and sunny and were welcomed by the most energetic staff you could imagine, jumping up and down to celebrate their arrival. Thanks […]
