Camp Nebagamon

Apologies for being a day late on this update…If I am being completely honest, I really have been procrastinating sitting down to write this one. I think I will procrastinate the hard part of the update as well. Let’s talk about the past couple of days… The truth is that the brilliant people who established…

I realize that much of my focus in these updates is, as it should be, on the kids’ experience here at camp.  I realize that for the most part, the readership of these updates is simply desperate to get some sense of what their child’s experience at camp is like given the typical quality of…

In 2006, I was lucky enough to be in the audience for perhaps the single most famous GTC (camp talent show) act in the nearly 100-year history of Camp Nebagamon. I am speaking, of course, about the incredible diablo yo-yo act of Hayato Okamoto. I wish I could adequately describe the thunderous reaction and ovation…

By Stephanie Hanson Usually it’s the bell. But once a year, it’s the drums. The resonating gong of the bell is a staple at Camp Nebagamon. We have an iconic bell, an old locomotive bell from the days when railroads were a modern marvel, that sits outside the Rec Hall, and it is what wakes…

BY JOE BRIGGS If you have ever met me, you would know of my obsession with the odd and quirky artifacts of camp. My desk is often littered with rusty railroad spikes, broken parts to trip stoves and, of course, unnamed lost and found. (Please label your stuff!) A few years back, a bright green…

Yesterday, we had our every-fifth-year visit from an inspection team of the American Camp Association (ACA).  The ACA is the primary association of camps in the country.  With over 2,400 member camps, the ACA’s accreditation process is a rigorous one (not all of the member camps actually become accredited) with approximately 170 separate standards.  Without…

By Noah Stein It’s a beautiful Sunday at camp today. Those of us who are here enjoyed a great Sunday Service this morning and are looking forward to pizza night and Council Fire this evening. But many campers aren’t here to experience this great Sunday. As I write, fifty four campers are out on trail! …

Greetings from Camp! Yesterday was our annual Bi-Camp Meet. The opportunity to get together with our good friends from Camp Northstar once a year for a great day of competition is one of the more prideful days for me each summer. First, it should be noted that there are not a ton of camps out…

By Spencer Brown When Adam asked me to write this update, I thought about the last few days and all of the exciting opportunities and moments we had together.  These few days just seemed magical and just seemed to fall in perfect line with each other.  It is almost as if the stars aligned to…

Yesterday was our first Sunday of the second session. When I speak about the first few days of any session, I often talk about the fact that the tone set in those first few days is very important and sets the standard for the rest of the session. If yesterday was a tone setter for…