A Look Back at Leaders-Diego
Last year we started a fun new series where we asked parents of our Deerhorn leaders to look back at their son’s first year at Deerhorn, and reminisce about their experience. It’s such a treat to get a glimpse of these grown-up 16 year-olds when they were first year campers! Our first in this year’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
And Then All Was Quiet…
It’s been five days since camp officially ended. Usually I write a blog on the last day of Father Son camp, bringing the summer to a close. But somewhere along the way that last day, as I said goodbye to so many good friends, helped take down camp in the driving rain, and took a […]
The Water Campfire
What a day…it’s hard to put into words the last day of a Deerhorn summer…but I will try! We’ll get the menu out of the way first…cinnamon toast for breakfast, pizza bagels for lunch, and chicken fajitas for dinner. It doesn’t get much better than that. And the weather…the sun shone most of the day, with […]
HOORAY!
What a day! The sun shone once again, we had a banner day of coffee cake for breakfast, grilled cheese for lunch, and chicken alfredo for dinner (with dirt cups for dessert!) But the best news of all is our Voyagers have come home! The bus arrived around 4:00 this afternoon, the PA announcement was […]
These Boys
Sometimes, when I sit down to blog at the end of a long day, I think, “What can I say? How do I put into words the amazing things that happen around this place?” I could tell you that we had blueberry scones for breakfast, ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch, and meatloaf for dinner. […]