Amazingly it has already been a week since camp ended. After the campers left, we had a great week of Post Camp with over 20 families. Now as they scatter around the country, camp is growing quiet. Even the animals have noticed as they have started to take camp back […]
Its hard to believe that its already been a week since second session ended. This morning, at the start of breakfast, Leb mentioned that it was exactly one week ago that the buses were on their way to Chicago. As most of you know, the buses leaving doesn’t exactly mean […]
The last week of the summer is always marked with lots of special programs and events. The start of this week is highlighted by Pow Wow Day, where the entire camp (staff included) is separated into four different tribes. This year those tribes were Yuki, Kickapoo, Stono and Cree. Our […]
We have had an amazing week at camp. It’s been action packed, so here goes nothing: Green-White Egg Marathon On Sunday we had our annual Green-White Egg Marathon, which is our biggest Green-White event of second session. To sum it up, it is a giant relay race around camp that […]
… it could be… it is! The Big Ten. At North Star we honor those people who are at camp for their tenth summer. We do this by inviting their family as well as friends from camp summers past, we tell embarrassing stories (all of which are 100% real), and […]
For our Senior Village campers, there are few things that they look forward to more than College Days. Over the course of the last three days, these young men were split into four teams for an ongoing competition that had them doing it all – testing everything from their athletic […]
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 […]
