Camp Nebagamon

By Noah Stein The first few days of each session are prime time for what we call “rank work.” Almost all of our projects have a system of ranks that campers work through by learning skills and gaining mastery in the respective program areas.  For example, at our sailing program, ranks begin with “3rd mate.”…

Admittedly, the first few nights of camp this session have been a bit chilly.  Still, the fact that a second four week camper had donned his bright orange goose down jacket this morning and refused to take it off seemed to be signaling something deeper than his seeking protection against climatological challenges. If you have…

Changeover is a great two day period here at camp.  Having a camp with only 60 or so kids in it allows us to do some things that we normally would not be able to do because of our numbers.  On the first day we all enjoyed a beach morning followed by an iron chef…

Greetings from Camp! Admittedly, today is my second least favorite day of camp every summer.  It is Packing Day…Yuck. Without a doubt, for all of us, this is a bittersweet time. For the 104 kids that will be boarding busses tomorrow, there is excitement and, yes, even joy at the prospect of heading home to…

By Noah Stein There was no wakeup bell this morning. Instead, campers arose to the excited cheers of four of our oldest campers, running from cabin to cabin, blowing whistles and shouting into bullhorns, “Wake up; it’s Paul Bunyan Day!” For our new readers, Paul Bunyan Day is our first session all-camp competition day. Camp…

By Jason Hirschhorn “Today’s exciting Independence Day softball game between the Junior Counselors and the Senior Counselors is brought to you by seagulls!” “Seagulls?” “Yes, seagulls!” “Why seagulls?” “Well…look up…they’re flying overhead at the moment!” “Ah, yes, the traditional seagull flyover…let’s play ball!” And on and on it went between our two announcers for the…

By Jacob Hoffman PhD When Noah asked me to write this update, my first thought was redundant.  “It feels really good around here”. Since we can’t write two updates in a row about the same thing, I thought we could dig in a little bit deeper.  Though the good feeling remains around camp, it also…

Happy Fourth of July!  Ok…kinda the Fourth of July. Today at camp, we are celebrating Independence Day! (For some reason, the Village of Lake Nebagamon had to host the fireworks on July 5 instead of July 4, so we adapted!) There is nothing quite like the Fourth of July at Camp Nebagamon.  For my money,…

Sorry all…too much 4th of July fun happening here…and well, we just have not quite finished the update yet! It will be out to you all tomorrow. Just know, that we have had a lovely first run at the 4th of July today, but since the village of Lake Nebagamon is having their fireworks show…

Greetings from Camp! Last night was our second cabin cookout of the summer.  On Monday nights, cabin groups head into the woods to designated cookout sites to cook their dinners over an open fire. Now when we cook over an open fire here at Nebagamon, we are not talking about hot dogs on a stick,…