Duncan Lindsay joins us for his first summer, all the way from Te Anau in New Zealand. A world traveler, Duncan spent much of the last year in Scotland, where his father is from. He returned to New Zealand and worked managing a hostel. Currently Duncan is traveling again ahead […]
We’re excited to have Lucas Kasle back for his 10th summer at North Star. Lucas is from River Hills, WI, just outside of Milwaukee. He’s finishing up his freshman year at Muhlenberg College in scenic Allentown, Pennsylvania. There he’s studying physics and one day hopes to become an astronaut. At […]
Counselor Colm Doody comes all the way from Ireland to spend his first summer at North Star. Colm is from a small city in the west of Ireland called Galway, where he’s lived all my life. He go to the National University of Ireland Galway where he’s in his second […]
Oliver (L) in the Guten Gallow Go Big Red! Oliver Rockman is back for his 12th summer at North Star. It would be impossible to spend more than five minutes with Oliver and not know that he’s about as big of a Nebraska Cornhusker fan as you’ll find. He grew […]
Joining us for his first summer at North Star is counselor Bryan Matern. Hailing from Avon, Indiana, which is just west of Indianapolis, Bryan is a sophomore at Indiana University in Bloomington. At IU he’s majoring in human biology with a career goal of going into physical therapy. Bryan played […]
Nick Kasle returns to North Star for Summer #10. A native of River Hills, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee), Nick is currently a junior at High Point University in North Carolina. Right now, he’s actually studying abroad in Sevilla, Spain. During his time abroad he’s been able to travel around […]
Once again its time for all North Star people, past, present and future to join the NSC March Madness Challenge. There is no cost to participate and winner gets a wanegan of his or her choice, to be redeemed at camp, during the summer of 2015. …In true North Star […]
When Jordan Reiff moved to New York City to pursue a career in the performing arts, he didn’t know that his North Star connections would help him cast his show. Jordan wrote a play called “None Go There,” which he was also directing. When he found himself looking for actors, […]
North Star camper Jack Yonover has been working hard on a documentary about living with food allergies for the past few years. He started his project “That Bites” with a Kickstarter page and raised over $10,000 to help raise awareness about living with food allergies. Jack has been featured on TV […]
Its nice to be back home for a few hours, so I figured that everyone wanted to spend their Superbowl Sunday morning reading about my journeys across the Midwest. When you left me, I was in Athens, OH, after spending the day at Ohio University. I quickly started heading west, […]
I always look forward to the end of January and then February because it means travel for staff recruitment as well as the American Camp Association National Conference. You can check out the different stops that Andy and I will make over the next several weeks. On this current road […]
