I just returned to camp from a three day trip to Columbus, OH. My leaving for an extended period of time in the middle of the summer isn’t usual, but this weekend marked a special occasion. I had the honor of attending the wedding of NSC alum Aaron Hamer to […]
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Tonight was our first Friday Night Service of second session, and it was a huge success. Friday Night Services are at the core of our philosophy at North Star. All week long, the campers play hard at their chosen activities all over camp, then on Friday Night we take time […]
We are off to a great start with second session! By now our second session campers have settled in, made new friends and reunited with old. They have played at least two games of dodgeball, been in the lake for swim tests, and spent several activity periods at their favorite […]
The campers have arrived and camp is in session! The buses arrived ahead of schedule to beautiful weather and some very enthusiastic staff. As we announced the cabin assignments around the flagpole our counseling teams were having dance parties, building human periods, and having mock tea parties. Anything can turn […]
There was Magic in the Northwoods tonight. Where else can you find 15 years old playing soccer, football, tennis and softball at the same time… with 9 years olds who were also playing all 4 sports at the same time… on the same field? I venture to say that this […]
As we prepared for North Star’s 2010 United Nations Day there was some question as to whether or not the day would even happen. Last night the odds of rain consuming the day looked like a decent possibility as thunderstorms were foretasted for much of the day. We arose half […]
We’ve had a busy few days at camp since the 4th of the July. There’s been so much going on at camp, it’s been hard to find time for a Rambling! The Green-White Marathon We had a great Green-White Marathon on Monday, and though the White team jumped out to […]
As the rest of the nation celebrates our Independence Day with fireworks and parades North Star gets together with Camp Birch Trail for our annual social. We were serving as the host camp this summer and that sprung our staff into action. About a week and a half ago I […]
Evening program tonight is a camper favorite… Glen’s Game! This game sees our staff set up four different spots that campers need to get to by the end of the game. These spots are unknown to the campers at the start of the game and once they find out what […]
Who is Connor Jackson? That is the question haunting Leb over the course of the past week. We have no campers at North Star by that name. We have no staff by that name. We do not even have any alumni by that name. Yet Connor Jackson is the biggest […]
