Your Child's Nutrition and Wellness at Blue Star, A Jewish Summer Camp for Children

Keeping Campers Happy and Healthy

Delicious, Nutritious, Kosher Meals

Blue Star's kosher meals are designed with the interests of kids and parents in mind! Like everything at Blue Star, our food is kid-friendly and includes tons of great options to accommodate every camper's needs. Campers wake up to delicious hot breakfast items like pancakes, French toast, and scrambled eggs, plus our daily cereal bar. Lunch and dinner offerings include hotdogs, hamburgers, pizza, pasta, grilled cheese, chicken and more.

Choice is always part of the Blue Star menu as we have a full salad bar every day at both lunch and dinner, and fresh fruit and PB & J at every meal. The Blue Star kitchen is run by a dedicated team of chefs and kitchen staff members who cook three fresh meals each day. Healthy snacks are also available throughout the day. Campers can choose from apples, carrots, and other selections if they get hungry in between meals. Where appropriate, we also serve cookies and milk every night before lights out.

Blue Star can accommodate special dietary needs including food allergies, vegetarian, vegan, and lactose-intolerant diets. If your child requires specific food considerations, please let us know.

Safety and Security

The health, safety, and security of our campers is our primary focus.

Supporting and protecting our camp community are:

• Health Center staffed 24 hours a day
• In-Camp Doctor and Nursing Staff
• Full-time Health Care Administrator
• Two Daily Health Calls
• 25 bed, Air-Conditioned Facility
• Day Room with TV/VCR
• Medical Specialists On Call
• 222 Bed Hospital: 10 minute drive
• 800 Bed Teaching Hospital affiliated with UNC Medical School in nearby Asheville ("Life Flight" accessible).
• Entrances Monitored With Multiple Video Surveillance Cameras with 10 Day Recorded Memory Capacity
• Staff interviewed for camp appropriateness
• Interviews and Staff Reference Checks including Required Criminal Record Checks
• Staff Training with Pre-Camp Distance Learning Technology
• 7-21 Days of In-Camp Staff Training
• Continuous Staff Evaluation
• All Cabins Equipped with Smoke Detection Devices
• Staff Practice Scheduled Fire, Aquatic and Emergency Skills
• Two Fire Hydrants located in our Lake.
• 24-Hour Security, In-Camp Emergency Response Team and "911" In-Camp Emergency Line.
• Accredited by the American Camp Association since 1950.
• Annual Insurance Safety Audit