Helping Animals
We kicked off the month of March on our Facebook page with a great story about two brothers who are showing the world how to Live the Creed. Drew and Wilson Bagnoli raised a lot of money for the Save the Animals Foundation, their local animal shelter. They shoveled snow and had a number of […]
How do YOU “Live the Creed”
The Deerhorn Creed is an integral part of daily life at Camp Deerhorn. It is the foundation upon which we were built and it continues to be the guiding force in creating the safe atmosphere where kids can grow. The Creed is mentioned many times a day as we talk about going out and “being a […]
The No Phone Zone
It was opening day of one of our sessions. The bus had arrived about an hour earlier, and kids were busy getting unpacked, taking swim tests, and meeting their koogeemates. The phone rang and on the other end was a very angry mom. “My son just got to camp and all of his friends are […]
Resolutions
Ahhhh, January…the month where you have to park four times farther from the gym in order to find a parking place. Or, as it’s affectionately known at our house, Cookieless January. By February, you can find a parking place closer to the gym, as many of the resolutions that were set seem to falter in […]
Camp Deerhorn is an Awesome Summer Camp
Our blog post today comes from Wes Baker, who is 10 years old. Next summer will be his third at Camp Deerhorn, after having come to Father Son camp with his dad and brother. Following is an essay Wes wrote about Deerhorn last spring. Many thanks to his parents for sharing it with us! Sometimes […]
Growth
This is Katniss…the newest addition to the Deerhorn Dog pack. We adopted her from a shelter in Tennessee in April, so 2015 was her first summer at camp. As soon as she came home, it was very apparent that, whatever her beginning had been like, she had not been exposed to humans. I want to […]
The Glue
Saturday night will go down in history as one of those epic Deerhorn nights. About 100 of us gathered in Chicago to celebrate the 50th birthday of a Deerhorn legend, Brian McFadden. Brian applied to work at camp in 1986, and was told by Big D that he didn’t need any more staff. Lucky […]
“All Boys Should Go to Deerhorn”
Today’s blog post is another essay written by a Deerhorn camper, Will Matthei-Schmidt. Truly, we love reading these and hearing a camper’s first person perspective about what life at Deerhorn is like. I love Will’s essay, because it shows such growth. Will came to Deerhorn for the first time this summer, as a 10 year […]
“Goosebumps”
Today’s blog post comes from an essay written by Matt Mastrapa. Matt was a camper for 6 years and returned in 2015 to be an assistant counselor. He wrote the essay after the summer of 2014, his last as a camper. Thanks, Matt, for sharing what you learned at Deerhorn! I woke up with my […]
Choosing
How is it possible that one job as a camp director can be the best part of our job as well as the worst? On the one hand, we are making dreams come true for four longtime Deerhorn campers. On the other hand, we are sharing news of disappointment to their peers who were not […]