Healthy Kids • YMCA Camps and Outdoor Education
Lunchie Comes to YMCA Day Camps
25 April 2016 - by Elizabeth Burrows
As campers and parents get ready for summer at YMCA of Greater Toronto Day Camps, one thought surely crossing their minds is ‘what to pack for lunches.’
With all the activity packed into each camp day, it is important that campers come with the fuel they need to keep their energy high and ensure they get the most out of their camp experience. For families at a selection of YMCA Summer Day Camps in the GTA, an easy way to make sure lunches are taken care of is by signing up for the bagged lunch option provided in partnership with The Lunch Lady.
Many families are familiar with The Lunch Lady offerings as they have been providing healthy lunches in many local schools across the GTA since 1993. Founder and head lunch lady, Ruthie, started The Lunch Lady to provide simple healthy meals for children.
For $30/week, campers will receive a nutritious lunch each day at camp. Families can choose between a standard or vegetarian option, which all include an entrée, a piece of fruit, a granola bar or cookie, and 100% fruit juice. Each week's menus include kid favourites like chicken strips with plum sauce, Tex-Mex egg wraps and pizza pasta salad.
To view all the menu options available at these camp locations this summer, Summer Day Camps website.
Want to learn more? The Lunch Lady mascot, Lunchie, will be celebrating Healthy Kids Day this year with us! Come join us at Toronto Sheppard Ave YMCA, Toronto West End College St YMCA and Toronto Central Grosvenor St YMCA on Sunday, May 1st to meet Lunchie and learn more about our bagged lunch program!
With all the activity packed into each camp day, it is important that campers come with the fuel they need to keep their energy high and ensure they get the most out of their camp experience. For families at a selection of YMCA Summer Day Camps in the GTA, an easy way to make sure lunches are taken care of is by signing up for the bagged lunch option provided in partnership with The Lunch Lady.
Many families are familiar with The Lunch Lady offerings as they have been providing healthy lunches in many local schools across the GTA since 1993. Founder and head lunch lady, Ruthie, started The Lunch Lady to provide simple healthy meals for children.
“At the Lunch Lady, our concept is not complicated. We want to make a healthy lunch simple, safe and enjoyable for everyone," says Ruthie. “We prepare classic and popular favourites in our nut-free kitchens using high quality ingredients to create individually catered meals that are always lower in sodium, fat and sugar and higher in whole grains, fruits and veggies and fibre.”
For $30/week, campers will receive a nutritious lunch each day at camp. Families can choose between a standard or vegetarian option, which all include an entrée, a piece of fruit, a granola bar or cookie, and 100% fruit juice. Each week's menus include kid favourites like chicken strips with plum sauce, Tex-Mex egg wraps and pizza pasta salad.
To view all the menu options available at these camp locations this summer, Summer Day Camps website.
Want to learn more? The Lunch Lady mascot, Lunchie, will be celebrating Healthy Kids Day this year with us! Come join us at Toronto Sheppard Ave YMCA, Toronto West End College St YMCA and Toronto Central Grosvenor St YMCA on Sunday, May 1st to meet Lunchie and learn more about our bagged lunch program!
