Dear CAL Youth Camp Parent,
This summer CAL Recreational Sports is excited once again to be partnering with Kid Chow, the Bay Area's premier kids' lunch caterer, to provide delicious, nutritious chow to its campers. Kid Chow's lunches are packed with food your kids will love: sandwiches, salads, vegetarian sushi, , fresh organic summer fruits & veggies, cheese, yogurt tubes and sensible treats. It's a perfect lunch for your child's active camp day.
Kid Chow is offering lunches to the following CAL Youth Camps: Explorer at Strawberry Canyon, Blue Cubs at Golden Bear, Blue Bears at Golden Bear, Blue Grizzlies at Golden Bear, Skateboarding Camp at Golden Bear, Science and Sport at LHS, CILT – Blue at Golden Bear, and CILT – Explorer at Strawberry Canyon. THERE IS NO LUNCH SERVICE TO ANY CAL Adventure Camps at Berkeley Marina (including Afternoon Adventures, Discovery Camp, Rock Climbing, Sailing, Sea Kayaking and Windsurfing and NO LUNCH SERVICE TO SPECIALTY CAMPS (including ATDP, Art Camps, Cal Athletics, Gymnastics, Rugby and Martial Arts).
The summer lunch menu is attached and is nut-free in accordance with the camps dietary policies. Each Kid Chow lunch is comprised of an entrée and 2 lunch sides. You are welcome to order a 3rd side or bottled water for an additional cost. Lunch prices are: $5.25 (Prek-2nd Fall ‘10), $5.75 (3rd-8th Fall ’10 and Staff). Lunches are served cool to room temperature and will be delivered in brown lunch bags with an ice pack each morning by 11:00am.
How Do You Order Lunches?
Kid Chow is 100% online. Payment is via credit card (MC/Visa only)
If you are new to Kid Chow, go to
www.Kidchow.com and click the Register link under the 'New to Kid Chow?" section. We encourage you to read our
Ordering Instructions below before ordering.
If you are an existing Kid Chow school customer, go to
www.Kidchow.com and login in as usual. Please note, you will need to change your child's assigned school to the specific camp your child will be attendingbefore placing your order. Click MANAGE ACCOUNT and then click
edit child to make this change. If you are still ordering for the school year, you will need to change your child's assigned school from
the assigned camp back to their current school to continue your school lunch ordering.
Kid Chow’s ORDER DEADLINE is Monday at midnight, 1 week in advance of each camp week. For example, the order deadline for the camp week of 6/14 – 6/18 is Monday, 6/7 at midnight. You may order as often as you want. Kid Chow’s CANCEL DEADLINE is the same as the order deadline, Monday’s at midnight, 1 week in advance of your camp session. There are no exceptions to these deadlines including changing camp weeks and unplanned camp absences.
Feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions at chow@kidchow.com or 415.830.0089. We look forward to serving your child fun and healthy food this summer.
Camp Lunch Ordering Instructions
Kid Chow Registration -- Go to www.kidchow.com
There are 2 steps to set up a Kid Chow account: Register and Add a Child.
Click Register/Login on the home page to display Kid Chow’s login page.
- REGISTER - Click Register under the ‘New to Kid Chow?’ section. This will display the Kid Chow Sign Up page. Please enter contact information and login information that you would like us to use for order confirmations and correspondence. Once entered, click Accept to display the Add a Child page.
- ADD A CHILD – Please add your child’s name. For school/Camp, select the specific camp section from the drop down list. Provide your child’s grade and age (this determines the lunch portion size and price.) Click ‘Add the Child’ to complete your Account setup process. If you have another child, you can repeat this process. You are now ready to place your lunch order. You will be logged out and asked to log bag in this first time. Ordering Lunches: There are 2 steps to Order: Lunch Selection and Checkout.
Step 1 – Lunch Selection
- Once you login at www.kidchow.com, click ORDER LUNCHES and then select the child you are ordering for (the name appears in the white box) and click the Order button next to the name.
- The Order Calendar page should now be displayed. Click on a date that you would like to order lunch and our lunch order form for that day will appear. Select 1 entrée and 2 sides (a 3rd side and drink may be optional depending on your camp program.) You will be asked for condiments, if available, for the selected entrée. If you have any special requests or need to highlight any information, you can enter it in the Special Request section on that lunches order form. Examples might be ‘no crust’, ‘light on the mustard’, ‘allergic to strawberries’, etc. Once you have selected your lunch items and entered any special requests, you click Add to Cart. This will place this day’s lunch in your lunch shopping cart. You can see a summary of days you have ordered in your shopping cart on the left side of each page in the purple section. To see the lunch details, you can click on View Cart.
- After clicking Add to Cart the calendar for selecting more lunch days will be displayed. You can continue selecting lunch days and ordering lunches or proceed to Checkout to complete the ordering process.
Step 2 – Checkout
There are 4 steps to Checkout -- All 4 steps MUST be completed to process orders this first time. Once you are setup in our system, we store your card information and have a 1-step checkout process.
Step 1: Review Shopping Cart – Click the large CHECKOUT blinking icon in the left purple section on the side. Your lunches to be ordered will be displayed. Once complete, click the Step 2 link at the bottom of the cart page.
Step 2: Enter Credit Card Information – Kid Chow takes Visa/MC only. Once complete, click the Step 3 link at the bottom of the cart page.
Step 3: Authorize Payment – Kid Chow uses this step to pre-authorize that your card is valid. Once complete, click the Step 4 link at the bottom of the cart page.
Step 4: Complete Order - At the completion of Step 4, your order receipt with the details of your lunches will be displayed. Feel free to print it out as a reminder of your upcoming lunches. You can always view your orders online.
CAMP LUNCH IS IN THE BAG!!
Chow
Chefs