The Siren

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For most, Thanksgiving week is a time to get together with family and friends, eat a lot of food, and perhaps take advantage of Black Friday sales. A lot of people have a traditional “Turkey Bowl”, an annual football game played at a local park with friends. At North Star, […]

Noah Sherman had many NSC campers, counselors and alumni in attendance as he became a Bar Mitzvah. Here is an excerpt as he spoke about his Torah portion and how it tied to his experience at camp: To me a place is holy, not just because other people say it […]

Happy Thanksgiving from North Star! I wanted to take a minute to wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at North Star.  We are so thankful that you have chosen to be part of the North Star family, and so thankful that you have treated our family as part […]

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As the leaves have turned, now so will the pages of the November Siren. Go ahead and check it out: http://bit.ly/13novsiren!

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North Star Chicago Reunion Sunday, November 10th at 3:30pm Pinstripes Bowling – 1150 Willow Rd Northbrook, Illinois We hope that you will be able to join us next Sunday for the North Star Reunion. It’ll be great to catch up with friends, bowl and watch the Summer of 2013 video.  You […]

At North Star, we make good use of costumes! So Halloween is over, which probably means that you’ve made a dent in the top tier candy and are now ready to see Christmas displays on your next trip to Target. While we are doing our best to get the folks […]

Andy is hitting the road for his first slate of city visits and reunions. Here are the first few cities where you can catch up with Andy. We hope that all…All…ALL of our campers and staff in these cities will be at our reunions. If you know of any prospective […]

With school starting, you might think that camp has gone dormant. Instead, we are hard at work making improvements to the facilities! Here’s are some quick updates of what’s happening at camp: The Lodge has received a facelift, both inside and out. It has been refinished, stained and painted to […]

After his first summer at camp from Veracruz, Mexico, Alex Lara was back home celebrating El Grito, which marks Mexican Independence Day. As he was celebrating his heritage back home, he couldn’t help but daydream about his new home in Hayward. He had this to say: “I met amazing people […]