A letter from our Food Service Director:
Camp's food service is in the forefront of the YMCA's Activate America initiatives. We support a healthy lifestyle in the foods we serve. We offer fresh fruits in our breakfast bar to include fresh strawberries, blueberries (when in season), cantaloupe, and honeydew along with canned fruits. In addition, we offer fresh vegetables on our salad bars for lunch and dinner and a vegetarian option to create a well balanced diet.
Over the past two years we have been reducing the fat and sugar in our menu while providing meals that campers will enjoy. Our spaghetti and ziti are now made with whole wheat. All oil is zero trans fat oil. Fresh fruit such as grapes has replaced snacks such as cookies. We use lean meat in our menu items like ground turkey and turkey hot dogs. Our pizza is made with a part skim mozzarella cheese, which reduces the fat. We are currently moving away from items like Danish and donuts, which have high fructose corn syrup, to homemade items like banana and pumpkin breads and a variety of muffins made with whole-wheat flour.
We can accommodate dietary needs to include vegetarians and children with food-borne allergies. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at ssumnick@ymcanyc.org.
Sincerely,
Steve Sumnick
Menu Options
**Please note choices are due to the Program Director TWO WEEKS before the trip occurs. Program Director will inform school coordinators if items will not be available.
*3 day group-eats 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners
*4 day group-eats 3 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners
*5 day group-eats 4 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 4 dinners
Breakfast-all includes hot and cold cereal, breakfast bar with yogurt and fruit
- Pancakes with bacon on the side
- Waffles with bacon on the side
- French toast with sausage on the side
- Scrambled eggs with biscuits (butter and jelly)
- Scrambled eggs with bagels (cream cheese and butter)
Lunch-all includes soup on arrival day and non-cookout or departure day, as well as salad bar and fruit
- Tacos – hard and soft shell may be available, with ground turkey meat on side ( bean for vegetarians)
- Grill Cheese and French Fries
- Pizza with pepperoni on the side
- Chicken Stir Fry with White Rice
- Sloppy Joes served on a bun
- Cold Cuts – Turkey, ham, salami and cheese served with sliced bread
- Cookouts-Hamburgers, hotdogs, veggie burgers, veggie dogs
Dinner-all includes salad bar and dessert
- BBQ Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans and rolls
- Baked Chicken, Rice Pilaf and Corn and rolls
- Baked Ziti with meat sauce on the side and rolls
- Spaghetti and Meatballs and rolls
- Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans and rolls
- Roast Beef, baked potato and a vegetable
