The Summer of 2025 is HERE!
We made it! The summer of 2025 is actually here! We kicked off our 1st Father Son camp this morning in the pouring rain, but luckily the rain quit by 10 and we had sunshine for most of the rest of the day. This is a great session of returning dads and also lots of […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Zach Osborn
Last, but certainly not least, in our Look Back at Leaders series, we look back at Zach Osborn’s years as a Deerhorn camper. He is a second generation Deerhorn camper, and his dad was a Leader as well! This year will be Zach’s 5th as a Deerhorn camper, and he is so excited to be […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Mark Nomellini
Today we continue our Look Back at Leaders series with our 2025 Deerhorn Bears Leader, Mark Nomellini. Mark is one of four brothers who have been coming to Deerhorn for years, and will be returning to camp this year for his 9th summer! Many thanks to his parents, Mark & Mary, for sharing their thoughts […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Walker Dulaney
Next up in our Look Back at Leaders series is Walker Dulaney. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be returning for his 7th summer to lead the Deerhorn Wolves. Thanks to his mom, Lee, for sharing her memories of Deerhorn and what it has meant to Walker. My son, Walker’s, time at Camp Deerhorn […]
A Look Back at Leaders-Bennett Blaustein
Every year, we ask four 16 year-old campers to lead our four camp teams, the Eagles, Bears, Bobcats, and Wolves. They are veteran campers who have shown themselves to be exemplary campers who live the Creed in their daily lives. And every spring, we ask the parents of those Leaders to write a blog looking […]
The 2025 Deerhorn Leaders
Today is always our most favorite day and our least favorite day. We get to announce the 4 Leaders for the upcoming summer, but we also have to send emails to all the incredible kids who weren’t chosen. We’re a little later than usual on the announcement this year. Half of our directors live in […]
Dear Mama
Dear Mama, I have been a camp director for more than 20 years. And in those 20 years, I have written lots of blogs to help first year parents prepare their kids for camp. How to talk about homesickness, how to set them up for success, how to let them help pack…how to get your […]
The Deerhorn Magic
And just like that, the summer of 2024 has come to a close. Our final Father Son session of the summer concluded this morning, and by mid-afternoon camp was taken down and the docks sat quietly on the beach, to wait patiently for the summer of 2025. Being a camp director is Hard. But it’s […]
Fishing in the Sun
It was another gorgeous day at the ‘Horn for our final full day of this 2024 Deerhorn summer. The waterfront was a hopping place to be, not only for some great Rave launches and trips down the slide, sandcastles and kayaking, but also for our guided fishing day! We had four guides going out all […]
Another Beauty
We could not have cooked up better weather for our final session of the summer of 2024! It was another day of blue skies and sunshine, perfect for every activity except sailing, since there was not much wind all day. But a few brave sailors tried it out anyway! We had sausage and biscuits and […]