Summer at Norwood-no refrigeration for lunches!?

[Anonymous]

OP, you should have enrolled your DC at ESF Summer Camp on Georgetown Prep's campus. We have a DC there and they actually DO refrigerate lunches for the children. Plus they offer a hot lunch option.

Here is the link. Scroll down to the question that asks, "Do you offer a lunch program?"

http://esfcamps.com/GeorgetownPrep#1f1abaca-dde5-4c6b-aa66-f995f33aa289:faq

[Anonymous]

15:00 Poster here.

I think there's a wide variety in the quantity that kids will eat. My particular kid is never too distracted to eat (neither is his mom, which might explain why I could afford to lose a few pounds), and likes variety. I should also add, in the interest of full disclosure that in typing that list I listed things that I thought would appeal to a mom who objected to bread in the original post -- I don't have that objection so we do sandwiches more often than not.

I'm also much more of the "send the veggies to camp and stop for ice cream on the way home" type mom than the "slip the oatmeal cream pie into the lunchbox". I figure that way I get the treat too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any info on Summer at Norwood?? We are about to send our almost 4 year old twins there and have just been informed that they do not provide refrigeration for lunches! I would think that this would be a basic service, so the kids could have a balanced, nutritious meal, instead of crackers or other junk. Any ideas on what can be packed for lunch that won't go bad without refrigeration, yet will provide good nutrition??

I know we can put a lunch in an insulated cooler, but refrigeration is much more reliable and consistent and safe. Everyone we have talked to-mom's, the pediatrician, think that not providing refrigeration, which is so basic, is weird. Had we been informed of this before we signed up, we may have opted not to enroll our kids-but it was disclosed only a couple of weeks before the start date! A little untimely in my view. Are they just being cheap (hard to believe with their resources, what we paid for the camp, and knowing that refrigeration is very basic).

Also any other info on Norwood's summer camp would be helpful-I was a lttle bothered about the refrigeration thing, especially considering their resources and so called "commitment" to kids-so now I'm just wondering about the rest of the program.

Any info would be very helpful. Thanks!

This may of been mentioned already but there is a little wonder called an ice pack that works wonders.

Throw in an ice pack, or freeze a water and include that. You can still pack sandwiches, etc. You can also use a thermos to pack a hot lunch. Many programs don't offer refrigeration, same with schools. Where would they have the space to refridgerate lunches?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the last 2 posters who obviously are very angry, frustrated and volatile (get laid much?), it's clear that perhaps you eat to much junk food yourselves; it's been shown that the brain is definetely affected by what we eat. Mood swings, energy levels, depression, anger (take note last two posters) are sometimes directly affected by diet.

Woudn't it be ironic if we sent our kids to school to get a good eduaction, yet we forget or don't care what we feed them, thereby depriving them of their true potential and ability to concentrate, assimilate ideas and learn? Yet that is the reality in most schools-give them an apple and they'll be fine, as the cursing mommy poster says. Why would they need a nutritious, balanced meal asks cursing mommy, when it's so convenient to just stuff an apple and some crackers in their back pack and shoo them out the door? Second class citizens these kids-mommy is to busy (trying to get laid maybe? Gotta deal with that anger somehow!) to advocate for decent meals-I mean they're just kiddies after all- an apple should do.

Meanwhile the teachers (in the case of the camp-unpaid interns) get use of the refrigerators for their food-but they have such an important and difficult job, and they are adults after all-why deny them that perk-I mean they might quit if they didn't have a nice teachers lounge with a fridge. But the kiddies? no need to provide for them-if cursing mommy says an apple will do, then cursing mommy is right, and who am I to argue?

And as far as the kids needing to get away from me as the enlightened poster said-that's actually correct-thanks for your brilliant insight-this is the time for kids to learn about independence, so that's precisely why they are going to camp! Just brilliant, I tell you.

Now cursing mommy and brilliant insight poster, go back to kicking back on the couch and popping doritos and potato chips in your pie holes and don't forget about the playdate at Mcdonalds, where I hear the food is really nutrititous, and good for you!

Wow OP, bitter and spoiled much?

This isn't bitter mommy and even though I think bitter mommy could of found a better way to state things you responding with insults puts you in the same category as her.

Many schools and camps don't offer refrigeration for lunches...can you imagine how many refrigerators would be needed? Most schools don't have the space.

Having a nutritious meal with an ice pack in a lunchbox won't hurt your kids. Many of us grew up doing that going to school and camps. I'm a teacher and I still do it since there is not enough room for all of the teachers to put their lunches in our fridge (we have enough room for milk for the kids for lunch time and snack as well as some other food for special snacks). I'm not dead yet, I eat healthy, and I'm fine.

Get an insulated lunch bag and an ice pack or two. It will keep your kids lunches plenty cold. Make sure your kids have a fruit, a carb, and a protein for lunch and they will be fine for the camp day. They don't need a five star meal.

For sandwiches you can pack a PB&J, a sandwich with lunchmeat, a cheese sandwich, etc. You can also pack lunchmeat wraps (i.e. roll ham, cheese and mustard). You can pack quesadillas with cheese, salsa, you can also add guacamole to dip if your child likes that.

You can also pack pasta salad (pasta, italian dressing, feta cheese, cucumber, you can also add provolone and ham or salami). That's a great cold lunch for the summer

For a fruit/veggie option you can pack celery with peanut butter and raisins on it, an apple, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, etc

As far as making assumptions about other posters just because they don't agree with you--get a grip and a backbone OP. Your child will survive!!! The most important part of a camp program regardless of the cost is that it should take good care of your kids. Enough fridges for lunches wouldn't be at the top of my list at least...an ice pack will suffice.

[Anonymous]

OP,

Just wondering.

Did you and your kids (and Norwood!!) survive summer camp?