Famous Faces of Summer Camps
Have you ever thought about what your bunkmates might be doing ten or twenty years down the road? Maybe you have said to one another that you want to come back some day and be counselors, division leaders, and maybe you even dream of being a head counselor. But did you ever consider that the camper in the bunk next to you may end up on the big screen, in the final seconds of the Super Bowl, or even behind a big wooden desk in the White House? Well it may seem crazy to consider now, when you see them all decked out in Starlight gear and occasionally shaking their napkin, but this is the reality of many former campers around the country. It is very surprising to find out how many of the who’s who in American society once found themselves spending their childhood summers in the magical places known as summer camps!
Here are a few famous faces that spent their summers at summer camps around the country:
| Cindy Crawford, model | Bob Dylan, folk singer |
| Tre Cool, Green Day drummer | Jamie Lee Curtis, actress |
| Bill Clinton, US President | Candice Bergen, actress |
| George W. Bush, US President | Michael Jordan, professional athlete |
| Jeff Daniels, Dumb and Dumber | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress |
| Robert Downey Jr., Actor | Dustin Hoffman, actor |
| Conan O’Brien, TV Host | Chris Farley, actor |
| Denzel Washington, actor | Chevy Chase, actor |
| Ruth Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice | Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court Justice |
We searched the stacks of Starlight history to find our sole most famous person to walk down camp road. We found most definitely that man is Paul Simon! But what does our future hold? Maybe you will be Camp Starlight’s next claim to fame!
Tags: American summer camps, benefits of camp, Benefits of Summer Camp, Bill Clinton, building character, building character at camp, Camp Starlight, Conan O'Brien, Paul Simon, summer camp 2011
