There are two things that can utterly ruin a Scout camp experience: bad weather and bad food.
You can’t control the first, but you can control the second.
Upper Crust Food Service, the presenting sponsor of the 2025 National Annual Meeting, is a food service management company based in Columbia, Missouri, that already provides excellent food service at multiple Scout camps across the country.
Yours could be next.
“We staff it; we oversee it,” says Shana Smith, Upper Crust Food Service’s vice president of strategic partnerships. “We provide the staff, buy the food and work with the camp director on the menu. We handle all of it.”
Serving food at camp is tricky. There are food allergies and other dietary needs that could change from week to week. There’s the complicated business of purchasing food then storing and handling that food. There’s the business of maintaining the equipment in the kitchen as well.
Most camp directors do what they do because they love delivering the Scout program to youth. Food is the last thing they want to deal with.
Upper Crust is the solution.
“All of the pieces — the cleaning, the opening and the closing of the kitchen — all of it goes through us,” Smith says. “Our goal is to take that whole thing off the shoulders of the camp director or the program director so they can do what they really want to do.”
What Upper Crust can do for your camp
Upper Crust Food Service provides trained chefs that use fresh ingredients to create exciting and nutritious meals for your campers and staff. Their team also handles all the dietary requirements of your hungry — nay, ravenous — campers.
From made-from-scratch French toast at breakfast to s’mores around the campfire at night, Upper Crust Food Service does it all.
If your council is considering outsourcing its summer food service, Upper Crust offers a trusted and proven solution. From sourcing ingredients to serving with care, the Upper Crust team is dedicated to delivering consistent, high-quality meals that fuel adventure and support the mission of Scouting America every step of the way.
They handle the daily logistics of running your kitchen, including hiring and training staff, purchasing goods from vendors, cleaning the food service areas, creating delicious menus, handling insurance and workers comp, meeting with your campers to gain feedback, and much more.
Do you already have fully functioning kitchen facilities? Upper Crust can work with that. Do your facilities need an upgrade? Upper Crust can advise you on that too.
The 2025 NAM silver sponsors are …
Scouting America is proud to partner with the following silver-level sponsors for the 2025 National Annual Meeting:
- Microsoft Tech for Social Impact is committed to providing relevant, affordable, and innovative cloud and AI solutions to help nonprofits tackle the world’s biggest challenges. To ensure affordable access to technology, Microsoft provides grants and discounts for Microsoft cloud solutions, including Azure, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365, to nonprofits around the globe, along with helping nonprofit professionals with digital and AI skills to accelerate mission impact.
- Black Pug Software can give your council the tools it needs to deliver a great program. And best of all, they know Scouting America. Their software is 100% focused on the Scouting programs. They know our business; they speak your language.
- From patches and pins to buckles, coins and more, SymbolArts has you covered. They are fully licensed to produce Scouting America-branded items, each of which is fully customized for your council, troop or Scouting America event.
- PermaCard, a manufacturer of Camp cards, one of Scouting America’s most popular fundraisers, has been a licensed vendor with Scouting America since 2016. They offer Camp cards in a variety of styles and formats with a quick turnaround to meet your fundraising needs.
The rest of the 2025 NAM sponsors are …
Scouting America is also proud to recognize the rest of its 2025 NAM sponsors: HSR Inc. accident insurance solutions/Chubb accident and health insurance; ALPS Mountaineering; the 9/11 Memorial Museum; Image Group Creative Solutions marketing agency; 4imprint printing solutions; ADP payroll, human resources and tax services; Disney Imagination Campus; PacAPit portable fire pit; Birkholm Direct nonprofit marketing agency; Kay Park outdoor commercial furnishing manufacturer; PyreLogs reusable campfire bases; Jostens; and Amazon Web Services for Nonprofits.
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