2012 Registration is Now Open Guaranteed Spots for Return Campers Only Until September 1st Register Now at www.NorthStarCamp.com! Camp is now quiet. Well, almost quiet. It would be but for Leb performing his favorite annual cleanup task – Power Washing. But while he’s hard at work on the floor of […]
The Siren

Honor Leb’s 40th with Camp for All Kids
Help Us Carry On a Lasting Legacy to a New Generation of Campers Support the Camp For All Kids Event on September 10th We have a special request for you in honor of Leb’s 40th year at North Star. Do you remember Request Night, the last night of camp at […]

Around the Campfire – 9/10/11
We’re still busy at camp and have 90 post campers enjoying perfect summer weather. It is so much fun to watch families enjoy the Northwoods. We’ve got one more camping adventure planned for this summer. In the spring I wrote to you explaining that we were organizing an event entitled […]

Thanks for a Great Summer!
The dust has now settled on the Summer of 2011, and we can conclusively say that it was a great one. We have been hearing tons of positive feedback from the campers and their families and the Applications for 2012 are already flooding in. We cannot thank our campers, families […]

Lazy Day…More Like Crazy Day!
It may have started as Lazy Day, but it didn’t finish that way! Lazy Day is a chance to catch up on some Zzz’s and spend the morning living like a prince. After waking up at their leisure, the campers walk up to the Lodge in their pajamas or bathrobes […]

Pow Wow Day and the Big 10!
We woke up to a beautiful Northwoods morning with the hot sun burning the mist and dew off of the fields. It had the makings of a great Pow Wow Day right from the start, and it was. The entire camp was divided into four tribes – Apache, Hunkpapa, Mohawak […]
North Star News
Hi, One of my favorite nights of the summer is when Sue and I host the 2nd generation party at our house. At the conclusion of this evening’s Friday night service we had 40 kids over for ice cream sundaes. The kids represented hundreds of years at North Star. Even […]

Middle Aged Men at Work
We truly cannot say enough about the energy of our staff, and today was just another great example. For the yesterday’s Cruiser Day, the staff organized “Middle Ages Day” (pun intended) for our Intermediate Village. From the limitless brain of Village Director Ben Mizel came a day of events full […]

The Great and Glorious, Green and White, North Star Party
Sunday was a big day here in the Northwoods. Not only was it the conclusion of the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, where Jason Wynyard took home another title, but it was also the Green-White Egg Marathon and Elections to choose the President and Vice President of the Great and […]
The Big 40
Throughout the 67 year history of North Star, we don’t get to celebrate many firsts. This summer however, we have one worth celebrating: Leb’s 40th Summer! Anyone even remotely familiar with the North Star community understands the impact that Leb has had on the thousands of people that have passed […]

Bi-Camp
Today was an exciting day as many of our campers traveled to Camp Nebagamon in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. The purpose of their trip was to compete in 8 different events, including tennis, canoeing, sailing, archery, riflery, swimming, chess, and cross country. As important as how they played (if not more) […]