Allergy Awareness

To create a safe environment for all campers and staff, food and drink with peanuts and tree nuts as an ingredient are not allowed at NEOC.

To create a safe environment for all campers and staff, food and drink with peanuts and tree nuts as an ingredient are not allowed at NEOC. All food and drinks brought by staff and campers are required to be peanut and tree nut-free. Counselors are trained to look at ingredient lists for the following: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, peanuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios, and walnuts.

NEOC counselors engage campers in a daily, morning safety check to review all packed food and drink items. If a camper has items that contain peanuts or tree nuts, the items will be discarded and a replacement will be provided. For example, a side might be replaced by a piece of fruit and an entrée with a sunbutter and jelly sandwich. All food provided by NEOC is peanut and tree nut-free!*

Soy butter and sunflower butter are allowed and need to be clearly labeled as such so that counselors can easily allow it.

These foods, that are often packed in lunchboxes, sometimes contain peanuts or tree nuts: mortadella, pesto, baked goods, granola bars, nougat. Items like this need to be checked to ensure they do not contain peanuts or tree nuts and clearly labeled as such so that counselors can easily allow them.

Also, please know:

• We have full-time, registered nurses on our team for the entire camp season.
• We have CPR & First Aid certified staff on campus and on all field trips.
• EpiPens are kept at the health center.
• Counselors are informed as to which campers have allergies, and to which foods (nuts, dairy, eggs, etc.).
• Campers are not permitted to share or exchange food.
• Snack and lunch time are closely supervised.
• Campers are required to wash their hands with soap and water before any snack times and before lunch.
• Groups that have campers with life threatening food allergies will wash their hands after any snack times and after lunch.
• Snacks that are brought to camp as an alternative to the one provided by NEOC, or in addition to, must be peanut and tree nut-free.

We ask that all camp families please respect our goal to create a safe environment for all campers and staff!

*All food provided by NEOC will not contain peanuts or tree nuts. In addition, the provided food will not have been processed in a factory that contains peanut and tree nuts.