Tonight was our first Friday night of the summer, which marks our first Friday Night Service. Every Friday the whole camp gathers at the Council Ring (see below) for a values based campfire program. For 71 years at North Star, the first one has been the Friendship Fire. When Lou […]
Tonight, in Southern Ontario, 24 campers, four counselors and two trip leaders are spending their first night in Quetico Provincial Park after their first day of paddling, portaging and exploring one of the great wilderness paddling areas in North America. The Canadian canoe trip has become one of the hallmark […]
While most of the days during orientation are spent training hard, we still manage to have a lot of fun too! Thanks to Derrick Morrin for putting this together.
We couldn’t ask for much more than we had today! It was a perfect day in the Northwoods – 80 degrees and sunshine. And when a day includes arriving at dinner like this, it’s pretty hard to beat. Before we get into our regular programming tomorrow, we first had to […]
The campers have arrived safely and North Star’s 71st summer has officially begun! We arrived to sunshine and a warm and wild greeting from our staff. We gathered straight around the flagpole to announce the cabins. The campers and staff alike jumped for joy! And as we were about halfway […]
I’m Josh Lederman, and I’m from Highland Park, Illinois. I just finished up my junior year at Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield, Illinois. At CJHS I was on the golf team and was actively involved in DECA. My school was fortunate enough to compete in the North Suburban DECA […]
Elliott Goldberg is back for summer number eight. Elliott lives in Wilmette Illinois with his parents, brothers Ike and Miles, sister Ella and dogs Kubbie and Lacy. They all recently went to California for a family trip, though we assume that Kubbie and Lacy didn’t make the trip. Elliott just […]
Thomas Fies returns to North Star for his fifth summer, but his first summer on the NSC Staff. He just finished his sophomore year at Evanston Township High School. At ETHS he’s on the swim team and plays waterpolo. He’s also on the ultimate frisbee club. Thomas will only be […]
Sean Doyle joins the NSC staff for his 1st summer. Sean lives in Holland, Michigan, but he spends most of his time these days abroad. He and his wife teach English in other countries. Amongst the places he’s taught are China, New Zealand and Brazil. After camp ends, he’ll head […]
Sifiso Tawane comes all the way from Johannesburg, South Africa to spend his first summer at North Star. Despite being from South Africa, Sifiso has quite a bit of camp experience. He has worked at Camp Sizanani of Global Camps Africa. Global Camps Africa provides “HIV/AIDS prevention education and training […]
Ryan O’Hara will cross the Atlantic in a few days to join the NSC staff for his first summer at camp. A native of Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, Ryan is currently a student Amersham And Wycombe College. He is a second year student and is currently studying music and […]
