Camp Nebagamon

Updates

We’re Headed Your Way!

As Adam talked about in his article this month, the Camp Nebagamon Roadshow will look a little different this year! Below is a schedule of cities we’re planning on visiting for in person, socially distanced new camper presentations. Please note that these cities and dates are tentative, and may change based on where we have new campers to recruit. Out of caution, we will not be doing our normal camp reunions at this time, but we still need your help! Do you know a boy who’s ready for a summer at Nebagamon? Fill out this form, email us here, or give us a call at 208-345-5544 to set up a visit! We look forward to seeing you, outside and at a safe distance, soon!

Oct. 3 — Denver, CO

Oct. 4-5 — Kansas City, MO

Oct. 6-7 –St. Louis, MO

Oct. 8-10 — Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Oct. 11-15 — Chicago, IL

Oct. 16-17 — Detroit, MI

Oct. 18-20 — Katonah, NY

Adam is planning on trading out his RV for horseback out west

Oct. 21-23 — New York City, NY

Oct. 24-26 — Washington, DC

Oct. 27-29 — Atlanta, GA

Oct. 30 — Nashville, TN

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 — Memphis, TN

Nov. 2-3 — Houston, TX

Nov. 4 — Dallas, TX

Nov. 7-9 — Los Angeles, CA

Nov. 10- 13 — San Francisco, CA

Get a Piece of Camp for Your Home — Support CFN/CNSF!

We all have fond memories of the sign that greets each visitor to Camp Nebagamon with its iconic message of inclusion stating, “This Shall Be a Place of Welcome for All,” translated into 33 languages.

Camp has always welcomed people of all backgrounds. This creed began with camp’s founders Muggs and Janet Lorber, and inspired Nardie Stein to design and post the sign in the early 1970s. He and co-director Sally Lorber Stein and subsequent co-directors Roger and Judy Wallenstein, and Adam Kaplan and Steph Hanson have each continued this tradition — adding new panels in languages that reflect our ever-expanding camp family.

Welcome, kindness, decency and inclusivity are needed now more than ever during this quarantine summer. These remarkable times inspired us to create a tangible reminder of our Nebagamon values: a two inch by two foot replica of the welcome sign, which you can bring to your own home while supporting future summers of camping for children who need it most.

This replica can be yours for a suggested donation of $100 or more via this link at CNCharities.org. The preorder window closes on Monday, September 7th so be sure to place your order today!

Enrollment for the Summer of 2021 is Open!!!

As the most disappointing summer in Nebagamon’s history draws to a close, we are UNBELIEVABLY excited to get things moving towards the summer of 2021! We have learned from the successes, challenges, and even failures of camps around the country that were open this summer. By next year, we will have even more knowledge to ensure that we are able to provide a safe, fun and one-of-a-kind Camp Nebagamon summer. WE ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR A GREAT SUMMER OF 2021!

Below you will find our dates and fees for the upcoming summer. Steph and I want to highlight a couple of items. If the COVID-19 situation requires it, we will adapt our session dates as needed. In addition, we may need to implement a surcharge for COVID-19 related expenses not normally incurred during a camp season, including but not limited to PPE, testing, additional cleaning supplies, vaccines, and additional staff. Any changes will be made in the spring once conditions have become more clear and will be communicated to you all as soon as possible.

We also want to mention that with the inclusion of the 2020 9th graders as an additional group at camp this coming summer, camper slots may fill up sooner than usual. Please note that those families who either rolled over money from their 2020 tuition to 2021 or made a donation to camp are guaranteed a spot for their son at camp in 2021. All other registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, so we suggest that you enroll sooner rather than later this year to ensure your son’s spot. Even if you are one of those who are guaranteed a spot for next summer, it would be very helpful if you enrolled early so that we know how many spots are still available for other campers.

Our dates for 2021:

1st Session: June 21 – July 17
2nd Session: July 19 – August 14
8 Week Session: June 21 – August 14

Tuition for 2021 breaks out like this:

Cash Price (check, money order, or wire transfer):
4 week tuition: $6,300
8 week tuition: $11,200

Credit Card Price:
4 week tuition: $6,500
8 week tuition: $11,550

Click here to enroll your son(s) online. (You will be prompted for the CampInTouch login information you used to complete your son’s camper forms this spring.) If you have questions about how to do this, contact Joe Briggs at 208-345-5544.

We wanted to take just a minute to explain a bit about how things will be slightly different next summer due to the inclusion of 10th graders as campers (the boys that were set to be 9th grade campers in 2020). Basically, we view what happened this summer as the postponement of the summer of 2020 until 2021. This means that our 10th grade campers should expect largely what a 9th grade camper would have normally experienced in past summers (with the addition of some staff training opportunities since they will NOT be required to take an off-year before applying to become junior counselors). This means that our 9th grade campers should expect a summer typical to an 8th grade camper in past summers (yes, this means ISLE ROYALE!!!). Likewise, our 8th grade campers will spend their summer in the Axeman Village and reap all of the benefits and tripping opportunities typical for Axemen which they missed this summer…..and down the line it goes for each grade. We want to ensure that no boy misses out on any of the unique opportunities afforded to campers at each grade level. Please feel free to contact us with any questions on any of this.

Finally, we understand what a difficult year this has been for everyone, most of all our children. We are just so excited to bring them all up to camp next summer to give them the summer that they missed and are yearning for…a Camp Nebagamon summer with great friends, learning, growth, and unabashed Northwoods fun!

Campingly,
Adam and Steph

Congratulations to our September Birthdays!

This month’s birthdays include…

September 1st – Amber Burvall, Zack Muzik, Memo Plancarte, Zach Riven

2nd – Noah Stein

3rd – Chris Chiles

4th – Seth Starhill

6th – Addison Burvall, Milo Solomon

9th – Heather Kennedy

12th – Simon Topf

13th – Ben Harrington

14th – Jacob Gonsky

16th – Sam Bloch, Alkey Kurmankulov

17th – Max Levy, Joey rivkin

18th – Brody Gutierrez, Stafford Klein, Stanley Klein

20th – Nicholoas Kallos

25th – Laurie Eastburn, Graham Rontal, Manny Ruiz

26th – Jack Fisher

27th – Felippe Ribeiro Rosa

27th – Shimpkins

28th – Jackson Green

30th – Elliott KleimanSet featured image

Congratulations to our August Birthdays!

This month’s birthdays include…

August 1st – Justin Navidad, John Osburn

3rd – Ian Soutiere

4th – Matthew Puin

5th – Sonny Goodman

6th – Leo Friedman

7th – Oliver Brenner, Asher Burvall

8th – Logan Hoffman, Jack Krupnick

10th – Leo Susser

13th – Ace Burvall, Ari Krupnick, Brian Pascual

15th – Linnea Moss, Gabe Sloan-Garcia, Jake Wallenstein, Ben Wolf

birthday camping trip isle royale18th – Max Yarbrough

19th – Ben Hesser

20th – Nurali Kuanyshbek

21st – Sawyer Connell

22nd – Jashua Sanabria

23rd – Owen Rosenthal

24th – Sam Cardenal

25th – Adam Lewis

26th – Adam Eberhard, Kobi Silver

28th – Will Needlman, Linus Quinn-Pasin

29th – Elliott Bigelow, Eli Karp, Ezra Maidenberg

Congratulations to our July Birthdays!

Han Skal Leve! July birthdays include…

July 1st – Eli More

2nd – John Bellaire, Charlie Heist, Ryan Mack

4th – Zach Ruwitch

5th – Simon Mann, Elana Scharff

6th – Nick Fleisher, Syd Rosenbloom

7th – Dylan Fox, Emmitt Gerstein

9th – Keno Maiz

12th – Asher Sigman

13th – Alex Gordon, Hudson McConnell

15th – Matthew Garchik

16th – Danny Schottenstein

18th – Jo Vesprey

19th – Jack Agran, Charlie Duncan

22nd – Benji Solomon

23rd – Caleb Caraway, Aidan Huberman, Benjamin Mack

24th – Jack Raatz

31st – Emmet Felner

A Letter from Camp

Hello Camp Family,

Attached here is our next Arrowhead monthly newsletter. We feel strongly about delivering the Arrowhead that people have come to expect to ensure that our kids (and all of us) feel some normalcy and predictability in what has become a fairly unpredictable world.

Having said that, we wanted to give all of you an update as to plans for the upcoming summer at Nebagamon.

To be clear, we continue to plan for a summer as normal at camp. We are hiring staff, discussing programming, planning trainings, and our caretakers are physically getting the grounds ready for the summer. With that said, we have been engaging in unique planning around this summer as well. We are creating new cleaning and hygiene protocols, discussing potential new Rec Hall procedures, and generally how to keep our campus as contained and clean as possible. We have plans….and back up plans…and back up plans of our back up plans!!

As I have shared in previous correspondence with the camp family, we are staying in contact with experts within our camp family. We are following developments at the CDC who is working with the American Camp Association to develop specific guidance for summer camps. We are staying in close touch with our contacts at the state and county levels of government.

With all of that said, I wish that I could share some concrete plans for what this summer will look like today. I want to provide a timeline for how/when camp will open, but with the fluidity of almost everything, it’s just not prudent to give you an exact timeline yet. I believe that at some point in mid-May the state and national agencies will be providing guidance for camps. Once that happens, I will be in communication about our plans more specifically. If I have information to share with you earlier, I will of course do so. I know that the waiting and uncertainty is tough on everyone…parents, staff, camp directors(!), and most importantly…the boys.

Rest assured, that the boys and all of the other members of the camp community are paramount in our planning and decision making. This is our most important and solemn obligation.

Thanks for your patience. We will be in touch.

Stay safe and healthy, and Keep The Fires Burning

Please Remember to Return Your Camp Forms by May 15!

With the 2020 camp season quickly approaching, we would like to issue a few reminders that will help to answer questions and make the transition into camp run as smoothly as possible.

  • All families should have received our email containing the instructions for completing your camper forms. All the forms need to be submitted by May 15. If your doctor cannot schedule the physical exam until after May 15, that is OK, but please complete the health history form ASAP. We read every form in its entirety, and the information helps us provide a fun and healthy summer for each camper. Please be diligent in filling them out.
  • If your son will be using any daily medication in pill form, please note the due dates for CampMeds, a prepackaged medication service. (May 18 for first session and eight-week campers, and June 16 for second session campers.) This information can be found with the rest of the online forms here.
  • Please make travel arrangements as early as possible. If you are using the Official Travel Agency of Camp Nebagamon, Travel One, contact them at 1-800-245-1111.

A Letter From Adam

As I write this today, the entire Camp Family — in fact, the entire World Family — is working through truly unprecedented and challenging times. All of us are learning how to manage the shakeup in our lives that the Coronavirus situation has thrust upon us. And, knowing the Camp Family as I do, I am sure you are all figuring out how to navigate it. We are hopeful that this pandemic has directly affected as few of our camp families as possible, but for those of you whose lives it has touched, please know that our hearts and thoughts are with you.

In the camp office, we continue to move ahead with exciting and fun plans for the summer, as well as creating new protocols, cleaning procedures, and policies that will ensure a safe and healthy summer for all.

As I wrote in my note to all families two weeks ago, please know that we take our role very seriously and are closely monitoring the situation. We are receiving information and recommendations from our state and local health departments, the American Camp Association, and our own network of infectious disease doctors and other camp directors. This information is critical to us, and we will continue to stay on top of it.

Still, with all of these challenges, I am sure that many of you have noticed unexpected positives as well. The massive amounts of family time that we have all been gifted by this situation will undoubtedly strengthen and deepen our family connections. Truth be told, I had thought this degree of time with my family (one of whom is in college and the other two at an age when their non-family life becomes increasingly important) was gone forever…that I would never again have the special time with my kids that childhood affords. And now I have that time…. we all do. In all of our families, we are coming to understand each other in ways that “normal” life would not have allowed. In the long run, it is my belief that this will lead to healthier family relationships and closer families. Also, I am betting that this increased home time has decluttered many “just throw it in there” closets, junk drawers, and garages as we all find productive ways to spend our time. (Not sure my kids have viewed this as a positive. Except maybe my son, Ben, who now realizes he DOES have enough MATCHED socks to make it through 10 days. In the long run, he may appreciate denying his 17-year-old pals THAT avenue of attack in the future….and it might help him get a date too!) Additionally, I am betting that we are all becoming better and more creative cooks as we learn to make do without the exact items we want for a given recipe. (I have found that chocolate chips are an excellent substitute for just about everything!)

To be sure…I don’t mean to suggest that what we are all dealing with right now is a good thing. Rather, there are some positives that come of it, and it is healthy for us to remind ourselves of this.

It is with this in mind that we present our annual April Arrowhead. If you have been a reader of these monthly newsletters over the past 17 years (yes, I know….that means my dad, one mom in St. Louis, and an alumnus from Seattle) you might remember that the lead article of April’s Arrowhead is always intended to be a lighthearted prank on my vast readership. And I see no reason to deny you that piece of normalcy….

Take care everyone, and feel free to reach out to us for anything.

Adam

 

The 24th Annual Ice Breaker Contest Starts Today!

It’s time for the annual icebreaker contest! We’re hoping spring will soon be upon us, so when exactly will the ice break? That’s the question facing us as we begin this year’s contest.

Aficionados will recall, in 2012 Lake Nebagamon experienced its earliest icebreak on record, falling on March 21st. The latest ice breakup was on May 14th in 2013. The Official Lake Nebagamon Ice Recorder is none other than our own Andy Mack. He is already monitoring the lake for the village and will let us know as soon as the ice disappears, whether it happens mid-afternoon or at 3 a.m. Yes folks, Andy spends every waking moment (eating, sleeping, and working!) on the very shores of Lake Nebagamon to let us know EXACTLY when the ice breaks up (correct up to the second)!

To enter, simply fill out the form below. All entries must be received by April 1st. Of course, it would be wise to read the fine print below before making your guess. Winners could be contacted by Bravo TV, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, and other major networks and will receive prominent mention in The Arrowhead. So, don’t wait until the last minute. Send us your guess right away!

The Following Applies to the Sweepstakes Above:

Sweepstakes begins on the day you receive this Arrowhead and all entries must be received by April 1st. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible or postage-due mail. Entries become the property of Camp Nebagamon LLC and will not be returned or acknowledged. Any prize notice that results from a printing, production, typographical, mechanical or other error will be void.  If due to an error, more than one prize notice is issued, the prize will be awarded in a random drawing among all such notices issued and received. Sweepstakes open to the residents of the United States and Canada and to residents in selected parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, North America and South America, where made available and where permitted by law.  Employees (full-time) of Camp Nebagamon LLC and members of those employees’ immediate families are not eligible. Select camp dogs permitted to submit entries; cats prohibited. This offer is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations and is void whenever prohibited or restricted by law. Winner selection and random drawings are under the supervision of Ostrow Reisin Berk and Abrams Ltd., an independent accounting firm whose decisions are final.  Random drawings will be held within 5 days of the ice breaking, no later than 5:00 p.m. at 877 Chardie Road, Boise, ID 83702.  Winners will be notified within 10 days of the selection/drawing.  Any prize or prize notification returned to the sponsor as undeliverable will result in the awarding of that prize to an alternate winner in a random drawing. Prize is not transferable except to a surviving spouse.  Substitution for the prize may be necessary due to unavailability, in which case a comparable prize of equal or lesser value will be awarded. In countries where cash prizes are prohibited, substitute merchandise of comparable value will be awarded.  Taxes (and any expenses not specified herein) are the responsibility of the winners.  Entry and acceptance of the prize constitute permission (except where prohibited by law) to use the winner’s name, hometown and likeness for purpose of advertising and promotion on behalf of the contest sponsor without further compensation. If you’ve read this far, congratulations!  The fine print is a joke, but the contest is for real!

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