Two nights ago we welcomed back our Pine Manors campers from Canada!Our ten-day canoe trip through the Canadian wilderness is one of the most storied traditions at North Star. Rugged, remote, and relentlessly challenging, for almost all of our campers, it marks a major turning point. For one camper in […]
Tonight’s Friday Night Service focused on a theme that runs through every corner of camp life: Growth Mindset. The willingness to try new things, to make mistakes, and to learn from them is essential to the experience we aim to provide at North Star. Here, growth isn’t just encouraged. It’s […]
The drizzle started this morning and lingered all day. It was the kind of rain that never made much of a scene but didn’t let up either. Still, the campers and staff got out for the first day of our second week of activities. Rain jackets came out, projects pressed […]
We often get asked what we do on the weekends at camp, and people are often taken back when they hear that Tuesday is our weekend. Tuesdays are typically what we call Cruiser Day, which offer a break from our regular programming and allow campers to enjoy cabin-based activities on […]
During fourth period yesterday, everybody gathered around the flagpole to announce our first-session Green-White captains. One of North Star’s biggest honors, each village has two captains, chosen by their counselors for their leadership, sportsmanship, and a positive attitude in their cabins and around camp. In a special ceremony, the campers […]
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 […]
This morning, the Pine and Manor cabins officially set off into the Canadian wilderness in Quetico Provincial Park. Last night they stayed at Canoe Canada Outfitters in Atikokan, Ontario, where they got their final gear checks and slept in the legendary 4-high bunk beds. The place is part staging ground, […]
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 […]
