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June 14, 2011
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A Magical Announcement from KFA
 We are thrilled to announce that Melissa "Lissa" Critz and My Magic Journeys are partnering with KFA to offer you something magical! Now and for the next year, if you book a Disney vacation with My Magic Journeys and mention "KFA"— 4% of your package total will go back to KFA!
You'll get the guaranteed lowest price, personalized itinerary planning, including assistance with Disney's Special Diets teams, and you'll help support the good work that KFA does for food-allergic families. Even if you already have a Disney vacation booked, you may still qualify for the KFA promotion!
Lissa is uniquely qualified to help guests with special dietary needs and has worked with the Disney Special Diets team extensively in the past. As an advocate in the food allergy community, Lissa is passionate about helping parents realize their dreams of providing a safe and magical childhood experience for their own food allergic children. Disney is recognized as being an industry leader in safety for special needs guests and she will work with you so that you feel completely comfortable with your vacation.
Just follow this special link and enter the promo code "KFA" in your quote request!
How to Travel, Camp, and Attend Summer Camps Safely With Food Allergies
 Planning a vacation? A night out camping? Sending your child to summer camp? Whatever your travel plans might entail, don't depart until you're armed with knowledge that will keep your food-allergic child safe. Follow these tips to ensure a safe...and fun...travel experience.
Kids With Food Allergies Is Competing for $250,000! PLEASE VOTE DAILY— STARTING TODAY!
We're excited to announce that KFA advanced to the final voting round for the Vivint Gives Back Project. Thanks to amazing supporters like you, KFA now has a chance to win a very large grant that would enable us to help many families with food allergies!
You can help thousands of food-allergic children with just a few clicks:
Go to the Vivint contest; login with Facebook and "Like" Vivint (if you haven't already); allow the app to access your profile (required to count votes); then vote for Kids With Food Allergies Foundation.
You can vote once daily (starting today) until August
27, 2011. The charity that earns the most overall votes will be awarded $250,000. The remaining charities that earn the most from their region (KFA is in the eastern region), will each receive a $100,000 donation.
Game-a-thon Champions YOU ROCK!
 A special thank you to everyone who participated in last month's game-a-thon for Kids With Food Allergies. It was a fun way for members to interact, have fun and support our cause. We'd also like to thank our top fundraiser: "Team Haylee and Ryan" (pictured right). Way to go!
Congratulations to the top game scorers as well: aost, Shelter Dogs, rplamkin and thebollers.
New Summary for Patients/Families on NIAID's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States (PDF)
This booklet summarizes the most important information from the Guidelines
and provides a starting point for patient-doctor conversations about food
allergy. We hope that this information will empower patients, families, and
caregivers with the knowledge they need to manage the disorder and, in turn,
experience a better quality of life.
Multiple, Severe Allergies Haven't Affected Tom Poti's NHL Career
"Severe food allergies sometimes keep Poti away from the dinner table, but they haven't prevented him from becoming an NHL veteran."
First Study: Long-Term Outcomes for Children with Eosinophilic Esophagitis
"The first study of its kind to examine the long-term natural history of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) reveals that children with EoE who also have other allergies are most likely to suffer severe complications from the disease. They also face higher risk of symptoms lasting years into adulthood."
A Message from Our Sponsor
With summer heat and Father's Day approaching, now is the time to check out new (and old favorite) recipes in Safe Eats! KFA's recipe collection is a benefit of Family Membership. If you are not yet a Family Member, sign up today and receive a welcome kit that includes a recipe booklet! KFA also provides sponsored memberships to families who cannot afford the membership fee.
Over 50 New Allergy-Friendly Recipes NEW!
New ice creams, cookies, puddings, summer vegetable dishes, lasagna, BBQ sauce, tamale pie, muffins, pancakes, pickles, salads, and no-bake treats!
14 Summertime Recipes (Grillin' and Chillin')
These recipes originated from a KFA fundraiser in 2008 and offer great options for outdoor cooking/entertaining, Father's Day lunch or dinner and cool treats.
Visit KFA's Allergy Buyer's Guide to find foods and products that cater to the food-allergic consumer. Please let our sponsors know that you found them through KFA!
Click to visit the website of Wegmans.
Click to visit the website of Medic Alert. MedicAlert is offering a special discount to KFA families: Save up to 25%
Protect your child (and yourself) with a MedicAlert medical ID; the only medical IDs with exclusive, live 24/7 emergency response and family notification services. For the KFA-exclusive price of $25, your child will receive one year of MedicAlert Kid Smart membership services and a FREE MedicAlert ID. Additionally, MedicAlert is offering KFA families a 25% discount on MedicAlert Advantage membership (for adults 18 and older).
Use Promotional Code 9039 (Adults) and 9040 (Kids) during check-out to receive this KFA-exclusive discount.
Sign up for an Associate Membership (no fee) to participate on our online support group forums.
Mystery Reaction From Possible Peanut Contamination in Kitchen
How do you explain to family members about the severity of an allergy and teach them how to keep your child safe?
Wacky Cake Variations
Members help a mom make her child's first birthday cake with just a few safe ingredients. Find out how to make plain, vanilla, orange, lemon, blueberry, carrot, chocolate, apple spice and more!
Do You Eliminate a Food Allergen from the Whole House?
"Do you still keep unsafe foods in your home? I have a 3 year old so it's hard to keep her yogurt hands from touching my allergic infant and everything else! How do you handle this with little ones running around? What about cooking?"
Food Alerts! Have you checked the Allergy Recall Alerts section at KFA recently? The following foods were recently recalled:
U.S. Allergy Recalls
- Kim Son Food Co.: Cooked Beef and Pork Meatball products (undeclared wheat)
- Fresh and Ready Foods: Asian Chicken Noodle Salad (undeclared egg)
- Transpecos Foods, LP: Onion Ring products (undeclared milk and egg)
Canadian Allergy Recalls
- Farm House Pie: Multi-Layer Black Sesame Pie (undeclared peanuts)
- Gagan Foods International: Gulabjamun Traditional Indian Sweet (undeclared wheat and gluten)
- PTI Foods: Ghar Se Apple Murabba (undeclared sulfites)
- Sumiyaki: 3 in 1 Coffee Mix (undeclared milk)
- T & T Supermarket Inc.: North flavored Pastry brand pastries (undeclared shellfish)
- Prairie Mushrooms: Premium Sliced Mushoroms with Gourmet Teriyaki Seasonings (undeclared wheat and soy)
- Quality Natural Foods, LTD: Rasgulla and Petha Cubes (undeclared sulfites)
- Brothers Bakery: multiple products (undeclared milk, eggs, and sulfites)
- Nonuttin' Foods: multiple products (undeclared sesame)
- Quality Natural Foods LTD: Haldiram's Rajbhog (undeclared sulfites)
- Gagan Foods International: various snacks and desserts (undeclared wheat and sulfites)
- Jasmine Mediterranean Foods LTD: Tahini (undeclared peanut)
- North Flavored Pastry brand: Black Sesame Flavored Pastry (undeclared peanut)
- Mamta Mom's Best brand: Punjabi Wadi (undeclared wheat)
- Kasugai: Peanut & You (undeclared shellfish and fish)
- Nikita Foods & Spices LTD: Kamal Premium Quality Spicy Dumplings (undeclared gluten)
Project Manager: Lynda Mitchell
Editor: Melanie Carver
Proofreaders: Jennifer Blanford, Melanie Croft, Elyse Hahne, Laura Healy
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