The Siren

New Camper Open House Pizza Party Saturday, May 14, 2011 12:00pm – 1:30pm Barnaby’s Pizza 960 Skokie Boulevard, Northbrook, IL Join us on Saturday, May 14 at 

While April 22nd marks the official Earth Day, all summer long we have the opportunity to realize the importance and beauty of the place that we live. I thought about writing a blog entry in honor of Earth Day that discussed the values of environmental conservation that are reflected at […]

Visit North Star in store and Save 10% at Uncle Dan’s April 16, 10am – 2pm April 17, 11am – 3pm April 23, 10am – 2pm 3551 N. Southport 901 Church Street 621 Central Ave Chicago, IL Evanston, IL Highland Park, IL North Star and Uncle Dan’s have teamed up to offer […]

The Investigative Journalists of Leb’s Ramblings have been hard at work over the past week to bring you the story of PsychoZ50, this year’s NSC March Madness Champion. After going undercover in Nashville, Tennessee, we have discovered that a boy of not yet 10 years old came out of nowhere to […]

As you may know, we’ve spent some time redesigning our logo apparel and we’re happy to announce that Cloz, our apparel outfitter has (more or less) finished their update of the store. There are a few items that will be added, but if you are interested in checking our our […]

We are excited to announce a new option that we are offering this summer. Julian Iannini, a former camper and recent graduate of film school in Los Angeles will be joining our staff to produce our camp reunion movie. As in years past, every camper will receive a copy of […]

“Bully for Leb! Bully for Leb! Bull-bull-bully for Leb! First in war, first in peace, first in the hands of the city police! Boom-ditty-atta, boom boom! Speeeeeech…” North Star’s very own Robert “Leb” Lebby is turning 60 today and on behalf of the North Star community, we want to wish […]

Many of our campers and staff may remember a visitor that we hosted at camp during the summer of 2009. Phil Lilienthal founded Global Camps Africa after owning and directing Camp Winnebago in Maine for 30 years. Global Camps Africa provides a 10-day camp experience for children living in South […]

We in the North Star offices take March Madness pretty seriously. There is no doubt that the first weekend of the tourney is amongst the greatest sports events of the year and while North Star takes pride in its non-competitive philosophy, we all love the non-stop action of the opening […]

There are many things in life that we take for granted. Modern conveniences are at the top of this list but when you’re a North Star staff member and you spend two months at camp, you give up some of these things, that changes. From mid June through mid August […]