Parenting With Kindness
Every day at Deerhorn, we talk about “living the Creed.” Kids hear us discussing what it means to “play every game on the level,” to “be a booster, rather than a knocker,” and to “be kind because manliness requires kindness.” When kids have to come to the office to discuss a disagreement they had […]
It Takes a Village
Our guest blogger today is Carol, mom of two Deerhorn campers, one of whom is leading our Apache team this summer! We have loved getting to know Charlie at camp over the past few years. He is one of those kids who makes our job as a camp director easier. He lives the Creed every […]
How Ernie Banks Lived the Creed
Anyone who has ever been a Cubs fan knows who Ernie Banks is. The man known as “Mr. Cub” played for the Chicago Cubs from 1953-1971, earned two MVP awards, a Gold Glove, and was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1977. His death yesterday has saddened many across the country who grew […]
Changing Lives
The holidays are over. The kids are (*finally*) back in school…until the temperatures drop into a dangerous windchill and school is cancelled just two days after returning from break. You’ve just spent the past two weeks with kids running around your house, and perhaps you’re thinking, “It’s time to plan our summer. What are those […]
Gratitude
Three years ago today I was bald…bald and just finishing up months of grueling treatment for breast cancer. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. But looking into the faces of my kids, who were 2 & 4 at the time, I would tell you that all of it was worth […]
Good Enough
I love this quote. It so perfectly sums up one of my favorite parts about camp, and also one of the most powerful. One of the things kids struggle with most in growing up, is the pull between really being yourself but also wanting so badly to be accepted and liked. At some point in […]
To Lose Gracefully
There is a line of The Deerhorn Creed that says “To play every game on the level, win modestly, lose gracefully, and have a kind word for the opposing side.” To live that line of the Creed isn’t always easy. Who doesn’t love to win and hate to lose? How hard is it to play […]
The 2015 Deerhorn Leaders
We are so excited to introduce you to the leader class of 2015. This was the hardest leader decision we as directors have ever had to make. Our class of 15 year-olds in the summer of 2014 was not only one of the best ever, but also one of the largest. We had over 40 […]
The Deerhorn Mural
Today’s blog post comes to us from Jesse Webb. He and Ryan Farrell created the amazing mural that now graces the wall of the upper bathhouse in koogee row. It was a project that, after they came to us with the idea, we all thought, “Why didn’t we think of this sooner?” It turned out […]
Back To School
Our kids went back to school this week. Ryder is in third grade and Rowan is starting kindergarten. Two years ago, if you had asked me what her first day of kindergarten would be like, I probably would have shuddered. Rowan has always been slow to warm up to people, balked at […]