Do You Speak Deerhorn?
We love welcoming new campers into the Deerhorn Family. We do our very best to ensure their transition into camp is a smooth one. But those first days of camp, it can be a little overwhelming, especially when people around you are using words you’ve never heard before. It doesn’t take long before you know […]
Why Choose Deerhorn?
Parents these days are bombarded with endless choices for summer activities for their kids. On top of the numerous choices for summer fun, many sports extend into the summer, or go year-round, and increasingly teenagers feel pressed to do summer school in their high school years. Parents who don’t have prior experience with summer camp […]
Leading His Team
Many thanks to Andrea Macina, for sending in an incredible story about her son, Joey, and how he is Living the Creed in his daily life. We love hearing stories like this, and are proud to call Joey Macina a Deerhorn camper. If you have a story about how your son Lives the Creed, please […]
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 […]