Fun & Informative presentation to teach new campers (and adults) about the procedures for meatimes at Camps Whispering Oaks & Winacka. Intended to be "burned" and distributed to Service Units, along with hardcopy of presentation guide. Created as a Silver Award Project by Taylor Ingalls, Troop 5007

1. Meal-time 101
A how-to for breakfast,
lunch, and dinner at camp

2. Does this stuff really matter???
• YES!!!! This is pretty
important stuff.
• Next time you go to
Winacka or
Whispering Oaks
you’ll practically be
an expert. 

3. How does the meal-time routine work?
• The first thing that happens are the hoppers
coming in to set up
• Secondly, the adults come in before the girls,
and spread out through the lodge
• The third thing is all of the campers coming in
and sitting at the tables
• Next a greeting is sung
• After that everyone eats
• And last, but not least, is the clean-up

4. Table etiquette 
Meals at camp are always served “family Style”.
• Pass food around the table….not across
• Remember that there are 8 people at each
table. make sure everyone gets the same
amount of food.
• FEED YOUR HOPPER!!! Don’t forget about her!
She needs food too.

5. • You can get seconds when the Rusty/Chewy
sign is turned around so you can see their face.

6. Hopping
• Hoppers are the people who get
food for their table
• Hoppers come in early to help set
up the tables
• Please, carry the food with two
hands!!!

7. Just a note….
• When you are
hopping it isn’t
necessary for you to
actually hop to the
kitchen
• Remember, you are
not a bunny rabbit.

8. Whispering Oaks
• The hopper will go up to the big window to
get the food, carrying it with both hands
• Hoppers must walk through the center aisle of
the lodge to get there

9. Winacka
• The food will be found at the second window.
• There are red footsteps for you to follow.
Please, follow them!
• Once you get the food, keep following the
footsteps. You should end up on the opposite
side from which you came

10. Footprints? What footprints?
Follow the It’s not that
rusty hard….. you’ll
footprints get it. 
from the
right side of
the stage

11. This is the window at
Winacka where you Windows
get the food. the
serving dishes also
come back here.
This is the window at
Winacka that the
racked dishes come
back to.

12. More Windows!
This is the window at
Whispering Oaks that the
racked dishes, mugs, and
pitchers come back to.
This is the window at Whispering
Oaks where you get your food. The
serving dishes also come back
here.

13. Where do the hoppers sit?
Stage/ front of room
The hopper
sits here
The adult
sits here
The hopper
sits here
The adult sits
here

15. Setting the table:
start with the plate on the table

16. Setting the table:
The bowl goes down upside-down on top of the plate

17. Setting the table:
The cup goes on the top right corner of the
plate, also upside-down

18. Setting the table:
A napkin goes to the left

19. Setting the table:
A fork goes on top of the napkin

20. Setting the table:
A knife goes to the right of the plate

21. Setting the table:
A spoon goes to the right of the knife

22. • If you can’t remember which silverware goes
on which side of the plate….this may help.
• LEFT & FORK have the same amount of letters
• RIGHT, KNIFE, & SPOON all have the same
amount of letters

23. DISHES
Before taking your table’s dishes back, every
person at the table needs to:
• Separate the trash from the compost
• Clean off their silverware, and
• SCRAPE THEIR PLATE AND BOWL
WITH THE RUBBER SCRAPER!!!

24. DISHES (cont.)
• If the dishes aren’t properly cleaned you WILL
be eating sanitized bits of food from your last
meal.
• So, make sure you clean every piece of food
off of your dishes.
• The dishwashers aren’t like the ones at home,
they just sanitize the dishes

25. Another note…
• If you have something sticky, like syrup
on your plate, try using a leftover
orange to help get it off.
• Just make sure nobody wants the
orange first 
• Orange peels and banana peels also
work.

26. The dishwasher
In order to
get your
dishes
cleaned,
they have
to be
racked the
right way so
they fit in
the
machine

27. Dish Racks:
This is what
a PROPERLY
racked rack
of dishes
looks like:
It has 8
plates, 8
bowls, and
8 cups

28. Here’s what it looks like from another
angle:
8
7
8
6 8
7
7
5 6
6
4 5
5
3 4
4
3
2
2 3
1 2
1
1

29. What’s wrong with this picture???

30. That’s Right!!!
There 7 6
are 5
only 7 4
of each 3 6 7 7
thing… 2 5 6
5
4 4 There
1
3 3 needs
2 to be
2
8
1
1

31. What’s wrong here???

32. Wow…that was easy.
There
should
be one
And
row of
one
plates…
row of
cups
One
row of
bowls

33. Silverware
• The silverware needs to be cleaned off VERY
well
• On the table there will be a cylindrical white
basket with small holes in it
• Place your silverware into it, with the handles
up

34. This area is for…..

36. Silverware basket
Side view
Side view
of basket
with
silverware
Top
view
Side view
of Basket
With
silverware

37. Contents of the basket:
Basket
8 forks
8
8 2 serving
1 rubber knives
spoons spoons
spatula

38. Pitchers and Mugs
• At some point during camp, you may end up
using a mug.
• You can find the mugs at the front of the
room.
• Either on the stage (Winacka), or next to the
coffee machine (Whispering Oaks)

39. Pitchers and Mugs (cont.)
• Take your mugs and pitchers to the smaller
window.
• But make sure that there is nothing them first.
Punch pitcher
Water pitcher mugs

40. • Water can be
thrown into the This is
what the
bushes or dirt sink looks
outside like
• Leftover drinks
should be
dumped back
into the pitcher
to be dumped
down the sink.

41. • The chunks from
the soup can go
into the trashcan.
There will be a
colander there to
do so.
These are
the soup
• The liquids can go
pitchers back to the kitchen
be dumped in the
sink

42. Different kinds
of pitchers
Soup/hot
chocolate Water
pitcher…. pitcher
without
lid Drink
pitchers
Soup/hot
chocolate
pitchers Punch/
Soup/ hot lemonade
chocolate pitcher
pitcher
with lid

43. Which one do you think is the serving bowl?
How about the regular bowl?

44. •The serving bowls are different colors than the
regular bowls
•They’re usually pink or blue….

45. • A regular bowl is the bowl that you eat out of
• It’s the one on top of your plate
• The regular bowls also have a lip

46. Serving bowl or regular bowl?
SERVING BOWL!!!!

47. Which type of bowl is this?
REGULAR BOWL!!!

48. • The Salad bowls are
the ones that are
generally used for
salad
• They are the
clear bowls.

49. Greetings & Closings
• Before and after every meal there is a song
• The song before the meal is called a Greeting.
(Sometimes called a Grace.)
• Don’t start eating until after the greeting
• Some examples of greetings are:
– “Superman”
– “Neath These Tall Green Trees”
– “The Cowgirl Grace”
– Etc.

50. Greetings & Closings (cont.)
• The song after the meal is the closing song.
• After the closing song it’s time to clean up
• Closing songs can be any short camp song.
• Some examples of closing songs are:
– “The Alligator Song”
– “Buddies and Pals”
– “The Dinosaur Song”
– Etc.

51. The kapers for clean-up are:
• Taking the serving dishes back to the counter
• Sweeping
• Trash
• Compost
• Racking(as previously discussed), and
• Wiping the table

52. • The first kaper is taking the serving
dishes back to the counter.
• This includes:
– Serving bowls
– Pitchers
– Salad bowls and
– Various trays

53. This tray This one
is often usually
used for •There are a has eggs
veggies and
bunch of things
like that
different
trays
This is •Each one is
used for
things for a different A lot of
the
like
muffins
thing time,
this will
and have
bread fruit

54. SWEEPING
Don’t forget that after every meal you must sweep the lodge
• At Whispering Oaks go • At Winacka go through the
through the door at the back big doors leading outside
of the room and go to the and go down the ramp. At
left. There will be a closet the bottom to the right will
with brooms. be the brooms.

55. TRASH & COMPOST
• Trash (non-compost) includes: napkins, empty
packets, sausage, bacon, and cereal
• Compost includes: oranges, bananas, apples,
carrots, and celery
• If you aren’t sure if something is compost
or not, ask an adult.
Non-
Compost
Compost
(trash)

56. WIPING
• Go up to the front of the room and get a
sponge
• Once your done bring it back to the front
• Keep in mind: the sponges are NOT be used
for dishes!!!
• And don’t forget to clean the tables in
between the cracks.

57. Singing tree
• Once you’ve finished cleaning, ask the adult
at your table if you can go to singing tree
• The singing tree at Whispering Oaks is the
porch
• At Winacka the singing tree it’s the benches
outside the big doors
Picture: singing tree at
Winacka

58. • Don’t forget to drink plenty of water!!! You have to
drink at least 3 glasses at each meal.
• Sometimes the water at camp is a bit yellowish…..but
it’s not dirty It just has a lot of iron in it. The water
comes from the well shown here

59. That’s it.
• Now you know practically everything there is
to know about meal-times at Girl Scout camp.
• DON’T FORGET TO THANK YOUR COOKS!!!!
They’ll appreciate it. 
Girl Scouts are so
good that they
have an A rating!
Just like your
favorite restaurant