Today marked the beginning of our regular schedule. After a few days of orientation and connection-building, we stepped into the rhythm of daily camp life. There was great excitement around the flagpole as the kids as the kids prepared to see their first schedules. Our program works hard to strike […]
Today marked the first full day of the summer! We ended up with a beautiful Northwoods day in the high 70s. It was a perfect day for everyone to get familiar with each other and acclimate to the camp environment. Each village had a blast playing continuous dodgeball out […]
North Star’s 81st Summer is officially underway! Since 1945, North Star has taken great pride in being a place where nice boys from nice families can thrive, and we are thrilled to be kicking off another summer filled with fun, friendship, and growth.The buses had a perfectly timed arrival with […]
We are just days away from the beginning of the summer! We cannot wait for our buses full of eager faces to roll through the arches just in time for a wonderful first session at exactly 4:22 PM as they always do. But before all that fun can begin, we’ve […]
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 […]
