For the First Time in Forever
There were trips down the waterslide…sailboats ripping across the lake…kids learning to shoot archery…horses ridden on trails…laughter, running, KIDS at camp! How do we even begin to put into words what this day means to all of us? Not just us as directors and staff, but as parents and kids and humans who have lived […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Jack Rhyner
Our final blog in our “Look Back at Leaders” series features Jack Rhyner, co-Leader of the 2021 Apache. This will be Jack’s 7th year at Deerhorn. Many thanks to his dad for sharing his memories of those early years at Father Son camp with Jack! It didn’t happen right away. It took a little while, […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Owen Flom
Next up in our “Look Back at Leaders” series features Owen Flom. This will be Owen’s 8th year at Deerhorn, and he will be co-leading the Chippewa this summer. Let’s see what his mom has to say about his years at camp! Owen’s first trip to Camp Deerhorn was when he was just 6 months […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Nate Affolter
Next up in our Look Back series is Nate Affolter, co-Leader of the 2021 Navajo. This is his 6th summer at Deerhorn and he hails from Chicago, IL. Here’s what his parents have to say about his years at Deerhorn. Summer 2015. We packed up the car and took a family trip to Rhinelander, Wisconsin […]
2021 Leader Update
We shared the news yesterday on our social media, but we wanted to update our blog as well. We’ve had a change to our 2021 Leader crew. Sadly, Jack Pavia is unable to join us this summer at Deerhorn to co-lead the Apache with Charlie Halpin. We will really miss him at camp this summer, […]
His First Year at Deerhorn
We can’t it’s almost May! It won’t be long before Deerhorn will open its doors again to hundreds of excited campers, many of them returning for another unbelievable summer of fun. But we also have 150 campers who will be joining the Deerhorn Family, coming to camp for their first summer at Deerhorn on their […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Will Strickland
Every spring, we ask the parents of our Deerhorn Leaders to write blog about their son’s time at Deerhorn. This year, for the first time ever, we will have 8 Deerhorn Leaders at camp. Will Strickland will be co-leading the Iroquois with JP Koehl. Will hails from Los Altos, California and this summer will be […]
Che’s Lounge
As if 2020 was not already hard enough, last summer the Deerhorn Family lost someone who was near and dear to our hearts. Chetan Phadnis was someone who radiated kindness. Our staff looked up to him, he was friends with all the dads, and he was endlessly supportive of the kids around him at Father […]
Hopes and Plans
I read a quote once that said “Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn’t permanent.” That felt like such an accurate description of hope, holding onto the idea that no matter how hard life felt right now, eventually things were going to get better. Ten years ago this month I […]
The Long Haul
This blog is a repost of an article from the Washington Post, written by Christine Koh. It spoke to me deeply as a parent, and was a good reminder that I wasn’t alone. With warmer weather and more vaccines on the horizon, and cases on the decline, there are many reasons for hope. But the […]