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 […]
Today marks the unofficial kick-off of our new staff hiring season. We’ve actually been hiring new staff for a few weeks now. This is on top of a great returning staff that we are putting the finishing touches on as well as a great group of Counselors in Training. While […]
We’re almost ready to turn the calendar from 2014 to 2015, we’re excited about the great campers that will be at North Star this summer. Below is our latest update of campers. We’re excited to have the following returning campers back at North Star: Chicago, IL: Aaron Stone Deerfield, IL: […]
Is it really almost winter break? Many of you are down to your last few days of school for 2015 and we know that you are looking forward to a few weeks off. For some that may mean some time to relax at home, catch up on shows that have […]
