Tom diving in the Red Sea Hi, my name’s Tom and i’m 21 years old. I come from the UK. I was born in Bedford, but the majority of my life is now lived in Leicester as that’s where I study at University – studying Geography! Last summer I volunteered […]
Jacob on the field at Soldier Field Jacob Sherman returns to North Star for his ninth summer. A native of Oak Park, IL, he’s just finished his second quarter at at Northwestern University. He’s a second generation camper and staff and his family has been coming to post camp for […]
I’m Nick Meyer and I’m excited about returning to North Star for my second summer. I’m currently a student at Winona State University in Minnesota. I’m a native of Hamburg, Germany, and recently picked up a second major (Political Science) in addition to my previous major Recreation & Tourism. At camp […]
My name is Jeff McCormack and I will be the CIT Director and NSC Disc Golf “Course Manager” at camp this summer (I need that title added to my contract). This will be my 18th summer on staff at North Star. Prior to being CIT Director I was a counselor, […]
Camper Jacob, who is gearing up for his second summer at North Star, had an assignment to write a poem about 30 seconds in your life that had meaning. This is what he wrote: We had been on a fancy coach bus for over eight hoursbut everyone was getting restless,Then […]
Hi, I’m Jordan! I spent five years as a camper at North Star and four years as a counselor from 2002 to 2010 (meaning that Jordan is returning for his Big Ten!). I was born and raised in Skokie, Illinois, where I graduated from Niles North High School in 2009. […]
New counselor Zach Bantle hails from Adams, Massachusetts. He’s currently a freshman at Western New England University in Springfield, MA, where he’s majoring in Mechanical Engineering.There he’s a varsity wrestler. Throughout high school he wrestled, played football and lacrosse. He’s also big into the outdoors and over spring break he […]
Danny Verb returns for summer number nine. A native of Riverwoods, IL, Danny is a senior at Deerfield High School. Like our other second year Junior Counselors, Danny has been occupied with the college search process. He’ll be heading south for his higher education as he’s off to New Orleans […]
Back for summer number eleven, Its Crazy Legs Rodheim! There have been many tall tales about how the nickname Crazy Legs came about, but if you see Andy running around camp, it will be no secret how he garnered the moniker. At camp, Andy is one of our Village Directors. […]
Jeremy Palgen returns for summer number three. A native of Manhattan, IL, he’s currently at the University of Illinois majoring in biology and is the former President of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He’ll graduate in the fall. Jeremy has also done a bit of recruiting for us, bringing a few […]
Add Oliver Rockman to the list of Big Ten men. At North Star, its a fairly big deal when you celebrate your 10th summer at camp. We honor that achievement with a special evening program roast, the date and time of said Big Ten being a surprise to all of […]
