No matter what role you take on this summer at Starfish, you will be eating with everyone in the Dining Hall! After your bunk is called by the do-it song to head into the dining hall, it is time to eat! You stop at the door, answer a quiet-hand-question (my favorite is blue or red), get hand sanitizer, and then find your seat.
You typically sit with your cabin mates, using 2-3 tables. Campers and Counselors sit in the same seat daily. While assigned seats can be annoying, it helps our healthy house staff find your seat and administer medications as smoothly and as quickly as possible!
How meals work:
As for the meals, the important part of the day, we eat “family style”. This means that we prepare foods separately just in case you like your food a certain way, or have sensory needs. So say we are having spaghetti and meatballs for dinner; the meatballs will be in one bowl, the sauce in another, broccoli, garlic bread, etc. all in its own bowl. We try to make our meals child-friendly as best we can!
For staff, while everyone is eating during this time, it is also your responsibility to engage campers, monitor portion control, and encourage and model appropriate behavior at the meal table.
Still hungry?
No worries! We offer other options just in case you don’t like what is on the table, or already finished your first plate of food. For breakfast, we offer multiple sugar-free cereal options, fruit, and yogurt. With lunch and dinner, we provide a salad bar, with many different topping and dressing options! We will also have either a make-your own sandwich bar or past bar. With sandwiches, we put out meat and cheese, and wow butter and jelly. Typically the pasta bar is just marinera, spaghetti noodles, and parmesan cheese.
We accommodate most allergies, and can make a plan if necessary. While we are making food for 100+ people, we aren’t able to make food “to order”. Please let us know if you have any dietary needs or questions we should be aware of before you arrive at camp.
1% Milk and ice water are always on the table; at breakfast we offer 100% juice, and at lunch, sugar-free, kid-friendly flavored juice (lemonade, punch, etc.). We don’t drink carbonated beverages or eat sugary desserts (we do s’mores on occasion and popsicles on hot days!).
Fresh fruit is always out and available at any time during the day. In the mornings at breakfast, coffee and tea are available for staff only.
Along with three meals a day, we offer two snack times as well. We always offer fruit, but otherwise we have snacks including cheese sticks, pretzels, goldfish, or something similar. Along with snack times, we encourage water at all times of the day!
A sample menu for a day at Starfish:
Breakfast:
Egg Patties
English Muffins
Sausage
Cheese Slices
Sliced Peaches
Tater Tots
Juice
AM Snack: Sun Chips
Lunch:
Grilled Cheese
Tomato Soup
French fries
Celery and Carrot Sticks
PM Snack: Cheez -itz
Dinner:
Tacos – Ground Beef
Hard shells
Soft shells
Tri-Tray: Salsa, black beans, lettuce
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
