Yesterday our 64th Season Became a Precious Memory and
Today We Begin to Celebrate Blue Star’s 65th Anniversary Season.
Our last day of camp is always a little heartbreaking for all of us at Blue Star. It makes us sad that we will not see our camp friends, at camp, until next summer. It helps all of us to know that this season’s special moments will always be a treasured part of who we are and who we will become.
As it should be, closing day is acutely bittersweet for good friends who are parting . Living together as a happy summer family is a wondrous experience. When we Dream BIG and LiveCourageously, camp life today becomes a clear reflection of Blue Star as the three Popkin brothers envisioned it back in 1948… “A Summer Camping Adventure With A Purpose”.
Each and every summer since 1948, Jewish campers have been comfortably immersed in Blue Star’s relaxed Judaic culture. Our campers have been inspired to build friendships, learn skills, expand their self-confidence, and successfully navigate cabin life. These successes are huge accomplishments for any young camper, and what helps make Blue Star their “home away from home”.
Blue Star aspires to be the place where campers begin to express their independent personalities and developing identities. Blue Star encourages campers to feel safe and protected so they can unplug from the confines of everyday life at home. In the space between what campers already know and understand about themselves and the amazing possibilities of wholesome growth and new adventure is that unique terrain where” Blue Star Magic” actually becomes reality.
One of our major goals this season was to help our campers believe in themselves as confident and kind young people. It is our hope this season’s campers will always remember that it was at Blue Star during the summer of 2011, that they first discovered they could Dream BIG and Live Courageously!.
For all this and more we are grateful and thankful to all the camp families, staff, and friends who have nutured and sustained Blue Star through three generations!
Rodger, Candy, Jason and Lauren
and of course,
Roscoe and Zeke too!