Upcoming Events

September 20, 2024

An Evening Under the Stars Open House

Join us for a fun-filled evening under the stars at North Star Reach. Come enjoy live music, food trucks, a scavenger hunt, campfires, s'mores, and door prizes. With hiking trails, yurts, kayaking, archery, bunk houses, a charming tree house, swimming pools, kid’s kitchen, amphitheater, firepits, a state-of-the-art medical center & so much more, North Star Reach makes the impossible possible for children living with serious illnesses and their families, entirely free-of-charge.

This casual, family-friendly open house is free to the public. We invite our community to come explore our 105 lakefront wooded acres so that you, too, can experience the magic that is camp with a night of firepit fun & fellowship!

Special thanks to Applied Innovation and Lake Trust for joining our campily as event partners!

October 11, 2024

Fall Work Weekend

October 11-13, 2024

Join us for Fall Work Weekend and help build, clean, fix, and maintain stuff all around our amazing camp facility.

Show up Friday night and nestle into a cabin with old friends or even maybe some new ones. Hang out, play games, enjoy a campfire and just be here at camp. Saturday morning, get up, have breakfast and be ready to join a team of folks assigned to tasks around camp. We will keep you fed, have fun Saturday night with some No Hands Spaghetti dinner and a campfire, then get up and do it again on Sunday morning and get you on the road around noon.

Individuals, families, friends, and corporate groups are all welcome to join our campily and love the mooseness.

Click on Fall Work Weekend above to learn more and RSVP!

Recent News

May 03, 2024

Spring Work Weekend

May 3-5, 2024

Thanks to everyone who made Spring Work Weekend a great success. See you in the fall!

October 27, 2023

Fall Work Weekend

October 27-29, 2023

A work weekend is when we invite members of our camp community to spend the weekend at camp and help turn our Facility Manager’s “To Do” list, into a “To Done” list.

April 25, 2023

Virtual Camper Meetups

An extension of our camp programming, these virtual meetups give North Star Reach campers and their siblings, who are between the ages of 7 and 17, a chance to connect with peers in small online gathering spaces. 2023 registration coming soon.

April 25, 2023

Young Adult Meetups

These virtual meetups are an opportunity for former North Star Reach campers ages 18-24 to connect with peers in small online gathering spaces. 2023 registration coming soon.

March 19, 2023

Hockey Night in Brighton

Thanks to The Well Church for including North Star Reach as one of the nonprofits benefiting from the Annual Hockey Night Charity Event with the Detroit Red Wings Alumni on Sunday, March 19, 2023.

April 01, 2022

2021 Gratitude Report

Our 2021 Gratitude Report provides program highlights from the 2021 season and shares our heartfelt thanks to the generous donors, volunteers and supporters who made these life-changing experiences possible.

Archived News

January 1, 2022

2022 Program Announcement

Announcement about plans to begin safely welcoming North Star Reach campers back to camp onsite for the 2022 family and summer camp season.

December 12, 2021

2020 Annual Report

During a year of unprecedented challenges, see the positive impact our donors, volunteers, and staff made for hundreds of children living with serious illnesses and their families.

August 8, 2021

Sun Times News

A look at why North Star Reach is a place like no other for kids living with serious illnesses and their family members.

July 7, 2021

Concentrate Media

Funding supports year-round remote programming for teens with serious illnesses

June 6, 2021

MLive

$380K grant supports ideas for teen after-school programs in Washtenaw, Livingston counties

April 4, 2021

DBusiness

News about our 2021 camp-at-home summer prograrms.

March 3, 2021

The Sun Times News

Conference dedicated to helping parents and caregivers grieve the loss of a loved one, diagnosis of a child or family member with a chronic illness, or other life-changing events.

October 10, 2020

WDIV/Local 4

Experience drive-thru Halloween light show near Ann Arbor

June 6, 2020

WDIV/Local 4

WDIV/Local 4 series on North Star Reach's virtual summer camp programming.

August 8, 2019

Livingston County's North Star Reach Camp

It's a childhood staple: summer camp! But for children with grave diseases or conditions, 24-hour care makes this tradition nearly impossible. One Michigan camp decided to make it possible.

March 3, 2019

The Fresh Air Camp

From the 1920s through the ’70s, the University of Michigan offered a green sanctuary northwest of Ann Arbor as a retreat for kids in need of special attention. It was called The Fresh Air Camp. Today, the site is called North Star Reach. Read about the rich history that belongs to the place we now call home.

December 12, 2018

North Star Reach offers seriously ill kids camp fun

In just three summers since its opening, Camp North Star Reach, on 105 acres in Pinckney, Mich., has given 1,944 children with serious illnesses a weeklong summer camp experience free from barriers. And free of cost.

August 8, 2018

2018 Summer Newsletter

Our printed newsletter with features and news about our summer season. Click to view the PDF.

November 11, 2016

Celebrating Our First Fall Family Camp Weekend Season

We just wrapped up an incredible first-ever Fall Family Camp season. During our four weekend sessions, held from late September through early November, we hosted 48 fantastic families, which included 180 campers of all ages. Many thanks to our all-star team of dedicated volunteers: We couldn’t have done it without you!

September 9, 2016

A Groundbreaking First Summer

To each and every individual who joined us for an unforgettably inspiring first summer season—including our remarkable campers and their families, dedicated volunteers, and generous donors—we extend our deepest gratitude. We couldn’t have created life-changing camp experiences for more than 200 children without you.

July 7, 2016

30 Chicago-Area Children Coming to North Star Reach

With the help of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI), 30 Chicago-area children living daily with this genetic and chronic disease will arrive at North Star Reach today and spend a week at camp.