A NIGHT UNDER THE STARS, Celebrating Camp Bovey

Family fun with live music, food trucks, crafts, singing, dancing.

I learned to love nature at Camp Bovey, the summer camp for kids and families of Northeast Minneapolis, located in the woods of northern Wisconsin. Come celebrate–in person or in spirit--at A Night Under the Stars with G.B. Leighton on October 1st at East Side Neighborhood Services and help the next generation of Camp Bovey families enjoy high quality experiences in nature. Every donation helps! Proceeds will go towards the Camp Bovey restoration campaign. Click HERE for the link to tickets/donations.

Camp Bovey

Camp Bovey is operated by East Side Neighborhood Services in Minneapolis and was founded by my father when he was the director. My first visit to Camp Bovey was in 1949 and I went there every summer after that until 1966, when our family moved to California. I went swimming, fishing, boating, made lanyards in the craft cabin, played Capture the Flag, and sat around the campfire listening to stories about the Hodag, a creature with the head of an ox, feet of a bear, back of a dinosaur, and tail of an alligator. The Hodag is the camp’s mascot. After I became a children's book writer, the Hodag became the subject of two of my fiction books.

Visiting Camp Bovey in 2018. Wearing my staff sweatshirt, saved from 1966.

I have been involved in a fund raising effort to make much needed upgrades to keep Camp Bovey the wonderful place it has always been for kids and families of Northeast Minneapolis. I’d love to have you participate.