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October 2007 Issue
Thank you to
Gak's Snacks
For sponsoring this month's newsletter!
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KFA Team Update |
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KFA extends a warm welcome to Yael Weinstein, who has joined us as Education Materials Coordinator, and to Michele Cassalia, who has joined us as Development Coordinator.
Yael's background is in early childhood education and Jewish studies. She's been the driving force behind the new free celebrating the holidays with food allergies booklets we will be featuring on our Web site. Yael's son is 18 months old
and has multiple food allergies and eosinophilic disease.
Michele is mom to two children, a daughter, age 8 and a son, age 5. Her 5 year old has food allergies. Michele's professional background is in marketing. She will be working directly with KFA sponsors and advertisers as well as with the
media.
Thank you both for joining our team!
Sincerely,
Lynda Mitchell
President
lmitchell@kidswithfoodallergies.org
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Become a Family Membership subscriber! |
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Information. Support. Understanding. Hope.
That's what parents have gained from Kids With Food Allergies Online Community. We invite you to become a KFA Family Member and gain the special privilege of full access to:
Our popular online support forums and quality educational resources
Our extensive database full of hundreds of allergen-friendly recipes;
Our KFA Iron Chef KFA recipe competitions;
Our beautiful quarterly e-publication, Support Net, featuring news, views and supportive information for families.
Family Memberships are $25 per year.
Fee Waivers are available to those unable to afford the cost of a Family Membership due to financial constraints. Register as with a free Associate membership, then read your welcome email for instructions on how to request a
Sponsored Family Membership.
Donations are always welcome and are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.
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Ways you can support KFA |
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KFA Allergy Buyers' Guide
Our Allergy Buyers' Guide features businesses offering foods, products, and services useful to individuals with food allergies. The featured businesses support Kids With Food Allergies when they place their business banner in our
marketplace.
Kids with Food Allergies online store
Our "Please do not feed me, I have food allergies" T-shirts for children are our most popular items, but there are also sweatshirts, coffee mugs, and other logo items for gifts or family. Cafe Press now offers $5 Flat Shipping--a shipping
rate of $5 for up to 5 items for orders shipped within the US. See the online store for additional details.
Amazon.com
Amazon contributes a percentage to Kids With Food Allergies for any purchases you make in our KFA Book Shop.
MedicAlert $10 discount
Our members and subscribers are eligible for a $10 discount for any new membership from MedicAlert. Sponsored MedicAlert membership information is also available for those unable to afford the cost.
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Contact us |
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Project Manager:
Lynda Mitchell
Editor:
Heather Hetler
Contributing Writer:
Amy Hugon
We welcome your suggestions and comments:
Kids With Food Allergies, Inc.
73 Old Dublin Pike, Ste. 10, #163
Doylestown, PA 18901
E-mail:
Webmaster
Fax: (215) 340-7674
www.kidswithfoodallergies.org
"A World of Support"
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Announcements |
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Please add lmitchell@kidswithfoodallergies.org to your address book so our newsletter won't go into your spam filter and images in our newsletter will automatically
display.
Companies showcase their new allergy-friendly food products
A KFA representative attended the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore in late September, and found a number of businesses showcasing
new allergy-free foods, including frozen meals, sunflower butter snack bars, all-fruit frozen push pops, mini-cookies, animal cookies, and more!
When anaphylaxis looks like asthma
Asthma and Allergy Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) announced yesterday that Paul Vonder Meulen, who shared his daughter Emily's story with AANMA readers in the Winter 2007 issue of Allergy & Asthma Today magazine, is scheduled
to appear on NBC's Today Show Thursday morning (October 25) on a segment about anaphylaxis. Check your local listing. You can also read Emily's story on the
AANMA Web site.
Online research surveys for peanut and tree nut allergies
The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network and researchers from the University of Michigan Food Allergy Center are conducting three surveys regarding allergic reactions to peanut and/or tree nuts. For more information about the surveys visit
the
FAAN Web site.
New for Halloween!
Download a delightful
free booklet from KFA with dozens of food-free craft and game ideas, trick-or-treating with food allergies tips and allergy-free Halloween recipes.
Also freely available in our
resources section:
Halloween can be a witches' brew; plan ahead to keep your allergic little pumpkin safe from scary stuff
Coming in November: Check our home page, www.kidswithfoodallergies.org, for two free booklets for celebrating holidays with food allergies: one for Chanukah and one for Thanksgiving.
Doylestown, PA FAAN walk October 28th
Kids With Food Allergies will staffing a display table at the FAAN walk. Please stop by - you can sign up if you'd like to be a part of a local Doylestown-based food allergy support group planned for 2008, and if you tell us you're a KFA
member, we have a special logo item for you.
Food allergy awareness holiday card sale
Kids With Food Allergies holiday cards can be
ordered now. Ask your friends and family if they'd like to order these cards as well to spread food allergy awareness!
Cards come in packages of 15 cards for $19 or 30 cards for $34, with one design (polar bears or snowmen) in each package. Prices include shipping. All proceeds go to funding our programs here at Kids With Food Allergies.
Artwork for each of the cards is by a child of a KFA member, and the layout is by a graphics designer and mom of a food allergic child. Cards include a food allergy awareness message on the reverse side. We know you will really like these
adorable cards!
Orders placed will start shipping in early-to-mid November by priority mail.
KFA Family Membership renewals
We have many Family Members and sponsored Family Members whose memberships are coming up for renewal this month. Please
follow this link if you need to find out how to renew your membership.
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A message from our sponsor |
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At Gak's Snacks, you can find award-winning organic packaged treats so good the whole family will enjoy them together. Started by the mom of a child with multiple food allergies, our dedicated facility is free of peanuts, tree nuts, eggs,
and dairy. We use no wheat (though there can be traces in oats), no seeds, and the only soy is soy lecithin (in all but our new oatmeal cookies).
While everyone loves eating the treats, you can love that they are full of all the good things, with no cholesterol, trans fat, or artificial anything. Current dietary guidelines recommend that kids eat three daily servings of whole grain.
Gak's Snacks packages proudly bear the Whole Grain Council stamp certifying that with every delicious Gak's Snacks treat, your child is eating at least ? serving of whole grain! Imagine that, from a cookie!
Want to bake your own treats, for snacks, birthdays, parties, or holidays? The new edition of the Gak's Snacks Allergy Cookbook, now called Allergen Free Baking, is full of great tasting, easy to make treats, including some
that are gluten free. With sections for every occasion, you can serve Thanksgiving treats such as cranberry crisps and pumpkin pie that everyone will enjoy together. We also offer our very own carefully selected and allergen tested baking
ingredients for carefree baking. Special for the holidays, use POFAK coupon "PAK" for $4.00 off the cookbook or the "cookbook and starter kit" through 12/10/07.
Gak's Snacks cookies can be found at a growing number of schools and stores ? most recently the bakeries of Hannaford Supermarkets. And of course, you can always find all of our products at
www.gakssnacks.com.
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Active forum topics |
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Editor's note: Our forums provide a place to discuss many issues related to food allergies and your family.
Registration as an Associate Member is at no cost to you, and allows you to read the current topics and messages listed below.
Some of these topics discuss foods. Remember to always verify the safety of any products mentioned on our forums to make sure they are truly safe for your child's unique food allergy issues.
Do you have your kid's allergens in the house?
What do you tell your toddlers before/during their food challenge?
Halloween 2007
What do you give out for Halloween?
At what age can you teach your little ones about food allergies?
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Allergy Buyer's Guide |
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advertisements
Simple Soynut Butter
Five delicious flavors of Simple Soynut Butter created especially for kids. Guaranteed peanut-free, tree-nut-free, gluten-free, organic, vegan and kosher. Simple Soynut Butter is carefully produced in its very own dedicated facility. Try
the chocolate variety today! For sale at Wild Oats Markets!
Enjoy Life Foods
At Enjoy Life?, we make allergy-friendly foods that keep people's insides happy. Our cookies, snack bars, granola, trail mix, chocolate chips and bagels are yummy! They contain NO wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish or
shellfish and are made in a dedicated nut- and gluten-free bakery. Available at natural food and grocery stores nationwide.
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Nonuttin'
Nonuttin' products get raves! From trail mixes to baking ingredients, vanilla cinnamon granola clusters to the new double chocolate chunk granola bars, delicious is our middle name. Try a sample pack and see for yourself why "The
Taste Says Yes!"
www.nonuttin.com or toll free 1-866-714-5411.
Kyle Dine's food allergy music CD for kids
Children are going nuts for the first CD all about food allergies! After much anticipation, Kyle Dine's You Must Be Nuts! is now available! The CD is jam packed with 14 fun and educational songs that promote allergy awareness and
important messages such as staying safe both at home and away. Go to
www.kyledine.com to have a listen and get your copy today!
Allergy-Free Passport award winning book series
Let's Eat Out! Your Passport to Living Gluten and Allergy Free, helps you and your family safely eat away from home. The series covers ten food allergens to help you identify hundreds of key ingredients, food preparation
techniques and safe meal options! Visit
www.allergyfreepassport.com for book information and educational materials.
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KFA Iron Chef Battle Lunchbox Entrees |
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The recipes were made and tasted. Votes were cast and tallied. And the winners of the Iron Chef Battle Lunchbox Entrees competition are
Chicken Salad Unsandwich by rachelandtyke, and
Rainbow Scoops by Clay'smommy1.
Congratulations to both winners! We thank all of the entrants as well as everyone who helped in the judging of these great recipes.
Stay tuned for more Iron Chef from KFA.
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News and research |
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Our News and Research Forum is updated daily with new articles related to food and food allergies. You can read the articles, as well as join in a discussion on individual
articles. Here are some recently posted news items:
Hyperlinks to these newstories have been removed from archived copies of KFA e-news since many are no longer working at this time
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Safe Eats recipes |
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Quick Candy
Sometimes everyone needs a quick treat! It's much more complicated, however, when you can't just run down to the corner store and pick up a candy bar. Try one of these easy recipes for a quick indulgence soon (for you, or for your
child!). For more recipes to make your cooking easier, from breakfast through dessert, visit our
Safe Eats Recipe Database.
Reminder: These are recipes donated by members and have not been tested in a test kitchen. Be sure to verify the safety of all ingredients.
Chocolate Sunbutter Bark
Recipe created by Karen Eck
Made without milk, soy, peanut, egg, tree nut, gluten, wheat, corn, fish, shellfish, sesame.
Ingredients
1 cup sunflower butter
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Instructions
Melt chocolate chips and sunflower butter in saucepan on medium low heat. Spread on parchment paper. Break into chunks when cool.
Substitutions
Sunflower seed butter can be replaced with peanut butter, soy nut butter, or other nut or seed butter that is safe.
Use dairy, soy, gluten, nut and/or corn free ingredients as needed.
Fudge
Recipe Created by Beth Joyce
Made without milk, soy, peanut, tree nut, wheat, gluten, egg, fish, shellfish, corn, and sesame
Ingredients
4 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup milk or dairy-free milk alternative
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Instructions
Combine sugar & cocoa in microwave safe bowl. Add milk and butter. Microwave 2 minutes. Stir and pour into greased pan or mold. Refrigerate until firm.
Substitutions
Use safe milk substitute if avoiding dairy. Use dairy, soy and/or corn free margarine as needed. Lard will work also.
Use corn and/or wheat free confectioner's sugar as needed.
New recipes accessible to Family Membership subscribers:
Pumpkin Honey Streusel Muffins/Donuts
Chicken Pasta Boats
Crepes with Mushrooms
For the entire list of new recipes added this month, go to the
Recipe Database and click on "new recipes" in the left navigation menu. |
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Food allergy recalls |
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Food alerts! Have you checked the
food alerts section at KFA recently?
All of the food allergy alerts from the U.S. and Canada are listed on our Web site and are also posted in the News And Research Forum. You can also find links to the U.K. and Australian alerts, as well as kosher alerts.
The following foods were recently recalled. Check our Web site for complete details:
U.S. allergy recalls
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Shain's of Maine Kahlua brownie Ice cream and double fudge brownie ice cream (undeclared eggs)
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Lochmead Farms country fresh chocolate premium ice cream (undeclared almonds)
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Dairy State Foods Minnie's Bake Shop chocolate chunk cookies (undeclared macadamia nuts)
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