We're busily planning for 2010 and hope we can count on you to help make our plans for families a reality. KFA is a one-of-a-kind organization—there is no other in the nation like it. KFA's ability to provide personalized food and cooking support 24/7, share important educational resources, and bring families together to provide a network of real-time support is unparalleled. To continue our mission in 2010, we need your support today.

Our plans for 2010 will help you to:

• Connect in person with other parents raising children with food allergies in your local community. With plans underway to launch our new KFA Friends Connection program, this will become a reality.
  
  
• Better manage a food allergy lifestyle. With plans to launch our new KFA Welcome Program, new and renewing members will soon receive a free educational publication introducing them to resources critical to managing food allergy.
  
  
• Gain more skills to cook and bake allergen-free. This means we need to strengthen our Safe Eats recipe database and add more tools and resources for food shopping, cooking and baking.

Your donation, large or small, is crucial for us to continue our efforts.

Even in these tough economic times, KFA has done an outstanding job of stewarding its funding so that it can educate and support as many families as possible. Our ability to help even more families and provide more resources faster is limited not by our desire, but by raising the funds to pay for the programs.

The value of every dollar you donate to KFA increases exponentially in the form of life-changing work we can do for families. Your gift to KFA really does make a difference.


Thank you so much for your support this year.

Kristin Johnston, Director
KFA Board of Directors

Click here to donate by mail, phone or PayPal.

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Celebrating Christmas with Food Allergies This free 10-page booklet presents great Christmas ideas for non-food related holiday crafts and activities, and tips for safe dining strategies. Christmas food allergy recipes include allergy-free gingerbread cookies, candy canes, rice nog and an egg-free alternative to royal icing to use for making gingerbread houses.

Celebrating Chanukah with Food Allergies Download this free eight-page booklet filled with food-free Chanukah crafts; games and activities to make and enjoy dreidels, menorahs and gelt; strategies for making meals safe; and allergen-free recipes for latkes and sufganyot.

1. Give a Gift Membership to a Friend or Relative Make an online donation of $25 (for a one-year membership) or $40 (for a two-year membership) "in honor of" your gift recipient. Indicate in the comments section that this donation is for a gift membership. Your recipient will receive a nice card from KFA and a Family Membership that gives them access to KFA's Support Forums, Safe Eats™ Recipes, exclusive food allergy articles and a subscription to Support Net®. 2. KFA Mugs, T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Aprons and More KFA logo items help spread food allergy awareness! 3. Books, Cookbooks, DVDs and More Visit our Food Allergy Book Shop to find books that have been approved by KFA's Medical Advisory Team. When you purchase items from Amazon.com through links referred by the Kids With Food Allergies Web site or eNews, Amazon will give KFA a portion of the proceeds. Bookmark this link and use it to enter Amazon's site when you are shopping for the holidays. This is a free, simple way to help KFA! 4. Christine Moskowicz's Barefoot Books Beautiful books and gifts for children! Select to "Support KFA" on the homepage before you start shopping, and 15% of your purchase will be donated to KFA. Enter "SNOWY" at the checkout and receive free shipping and 30% off all orders until 12/15/09.

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U.S. Allergy Recalls

• Rock Creek Nut Co.: Quick Fix Trail Mix (undeclared milk and soy)
• College Inn: No MSG Chicken Broth (undeclared wheat)
• Snacks in Pax, Inc.: Caramel Corn and Caramel Puff Products (undeclared milk)
• Sunny Lake Trading Inc.: Radix Polygonati Officialis (undeclared sulfites)
• La Espiga de Oro, Inc.: Fiesta Brand Flour Burrito Tortillas (undeclared milk)
• Riki USA, Inc. : Toi Sauce Thai Red Curry (undeclared shellfish)
• Vita Food Products, Inc.: Elf Branded Herring in Sour Cream (undeclared wheat)
• Unilever: Shedd's Country Crock Chilled side-dish products (undeclared sulfites)
• Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market: Pumpkin Cheesecake Pies (undeclared pecans)
• Superior Foods Co.:  Lemon Pepper Marinated Catfish (undeclared soy)
• Nassau Candy: Tasty Dish Snack Tubs (undeclared treenuts, peanuts, soy and milk)

Canadian Allergy Recalls

• No new recalls