NorthStar Youth Ministries Helping Youth Find Their Direction

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CalendarMay 7 Soccer End of Season Celebration

June 6 First Day of Camp NorthStar

June 24 Camp NorthStar McWane Science Center Lock-in

July 15 Last Day of Camp NorthStar and Alabama Adventure Day Trip

In This IssueNorthStar Soccer Club Spring Recap - Spring 2011 was one of the best seasons yet for NorthStar Soccer Club! Page 2

Spring Gala Report - The Annual Gala was truly a success! Read of the event’s financial impact and how far we have to go to be fully funded for Summer 2011! Page 3

Camp NorthStar Funding Needs - Our participants are eagerly anticipating the friends and fun of Camp NorthStar this summer. We cannot provide them the program without your financial support! Page 4

When you Invest in Camp NorthStar, You Are Touching Every Aspect of a Child’s Life• ChurchGroupsarevolunteeringtoprovideagreatBibleCampProgram!• EducationStudentsareworkingnowtoprovideahighqualitycurriculum• Yourinvestmentmakesadifferenceinourfuture!

May 2011

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If you have been on the Camp NorthStar team in the past, thanks! We need your support again. Full-time staff work on planning for the program throughout the year. Camp Counselors pour out their energy each summer to provide the very best for the children we serve. For the second year in a row, the Birmingham-Southern Education Department has recruited Academic Instructors who are Education Students. It’s a great experience for them and is continuing to boost the quality of the academic program for our kids. Church groups commit to a week and provide a fun and impactful week of Bible Camp. Camp NorthStar is helping youth find their direction. When our youth find their direction, we all benefit.

Many of you provide sponsorships to make our need-based approach to fees possible. Whether you have done so in the past or not, please consider sponsoring a child this summer.

Sponsorship is $600 for one child for the summer or $300 for half the summer or $100 for one week.

Color Printing donated by Wolnski Scheduling Services

Educational Enrichment, Fitness & Sports, Bible Camp all a part of this dynamic program

• CampNorthStarwelcomesourfirstEntrepreneurshipIntern

• LauraBethAllenbringingcreativenewideastotheNorthStarMarket!

MiddleSchoolEntrepreneurshipProgram

Setting up middle school students in their own micro-business for the 6 weeks of Camp NorthStar is not new for us. Having an intern focused on the program is new. Welcome Samford student Laura Beth Allen in this role this summer. To be successful she needs your help.To volunteer as a Business Mentor contact Paul Neville at pneville@northstaryouthmnistries.org. Business mentors will meet with their students one hour per week for six weeks.

CampNorthStarActivitiesReading, Math, Science, Computer, Art, Financial Literacy, Music, Swim Lessons, Rec. Swimming, Fitness & Nutrition, Team Sports, EntrepreneurshipPLUS! --> all participants are invited to participate in the daily Bible Camp hosted by local church groups.

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NorthStar Soccer Club Spring RecapThe spring 2011 season was one of the best we’ve had as a soccer club. Among the highlights from this season are: • U8 teams participating in Homewood Soccer Club’s

Saturday Patriot League learning the basics of soccer AND playing games in the same day

• U10 girls team fi nished second in their GOLD division in the MARS League

• U9 boys were fi nalists in the silver division of the Hoover Havoc Tournament

• We saw consistent participation from all players throughout the duration of the season

• All players learned what it means to play for God’s glory and memorized 1 Corinthians 10:31

• Season concluded with a Club-wide End of Season Celebration at the NorthStar House!

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Role: NorthStar Soccer PlayerSchool: Princeton Elementary, 4th GradeNorthStar Experience: “Amazing”“My friends at NorthStar are really fun. I didn’t know they had that much talent before I started playing soccer with them! You can learn and have fun at NorthStar.”Future plans: When she grows up, Parrish wants to be a pediatrician or scientist. She said she likes playing with babies and doing science experiments.

“Stars of NorthStar”Parrish Wells, Participant

Parrish Wells at Soccer Practice

Parrish Wells, Participant

Interview conducted and written by Lauren WomackTo read about all of the Stars of NorthStar interviewed this Spring, visit: http://starsofnorthstar.wordpress.com

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Spring Gala Report

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Thanks to everyone who supported us at the Spring Gala on April 14! We had close to 200 people in attendance – our largest crowd ever. Food was great. The auction was fun. Many of you got a good introduction to NorthStar. Others, hopefully, learned some new things about the ministry and what has been happening the past year. Did you like the slide show and Val’s interviews with kids?

The net proceeds from the night were approximately $17,000 – several thousand more than last year.

Couldn’t make it to the Gala? That perfect auction item got away from you? The spirit of the Spring Gala is to support Camp NorthStar. You can still do that! Consider sponsoring a child for the summer. Funding for our summer programs

comes from four streams: grants, Gala proceeds, parent fees, and sponsorship contributions. The rest of May is the time to gather in the spon-sorship contributions. We need an estimated $16,000

to come in through sponsorship contributions. Please pray for this need and please do your part, however small or large.

NorthStar Gala Event Sponsors

• A-1 Products• ACCi• Elegant Earth at the Arbor

Thanks also to our table sponsors, table recruiters, and the many who

contributed items to the auction

Thanks to our event planners:

Sara DunganJulie Stogner

Suzanne Goddard(Suzanne and Sara pictured left )

Volunteers at the Check-In TablePictures taken by Kelly Connor

A Glimpse of the Atmosphere!

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“I can’t wait for the summer!” Robert* informed me one day when I was giving him a ride home. “Why is that Robert?” “Because we have Camp NorthStar,” he

replied with a tone of bewilderment, as if to say, “Why are you even asking such an obvious question?” Robert is relatively

new to NorthStar. He started with us at Camp NorthStar in

2009. He returned the next summer to Camp and began telling us that he “couldn’t wait until the Fall so he could play soccer” (are you picking up something in this boy’s personality at this point?). Robert is from a single parent household. His

mother works but is clearly lower income. He attends a Birmingham City School. The largest percentage of participants in Camp NorthStar fi t Robert’s general profi le. Robert is who Camp NorthStar is designed for. Robert, and many others like him, is who benefi ts when you become a Sponsor. Help make Camp NorthStar available for Robert by sponsoring a child (or more this summer).

*Robert is not his actual name.

Pictured Above: Last summer’s youngest group at the Shark Tank in the McWane Science Center. Each group takes a weekly fi eld trip to McWane. In June, all campers have the opportunity to stay overnight at the Science Center with the Camp-wide lock-in.

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NorthStar Youth MinistriesPhysical Address: 700 - 8th Ave. W, Birmingham, AL 35204

Mailing Address: PO Box 11512, Birmingham, AL 35202

Phone: 205-322-9296 Fax: 205-326-1488

Paul Neville, Executive Directorpneville@northstaryouthministries.org

Val Kikkert, Soccer Program Directorvalkikkert@gmail.com

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Sponsorship Breakdown Levels

•$600sponsorsachildforoneweekofCampNorthStar•$300sponsorsachildforhalftheprogram•$100sponsorsachildforoneweekofCampNorthStar

To sponsor a child make your check payable to NorthStar Youth Ministries and designate it for “CampNorthStarchildsponsorship.”

You can mail it to us:P.O.Box11512/Birmingham,AL35202

or contribute through our website: www.northstaryouthministries.org.

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