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Kids With Food Allergies Announcements:

September 2011

• KFA Supporters Take Strides for Safe Kids

Hundreds of people attended our 3rd annual expo and fundraiser on September 11, 2011. We would like to thank all of our supporters who attended, made donations, supported a fundraising team or volunteered. It is with your help and support that our charity is helping families keep their food-allergic kids safe, healthy and happy.

• KFA is a Top 10 Finalist in the Philanthropic Classy Awards

On September 17, 2011, the Stay Classy organization held its annual Classy Awards in San Diego. KFA was honored to be a top 10 finalist (out of thousands of nominations) for the "Most Innovative Use of Social Media" category. KFA was represented at the awards by two KFA kids, one of our members and two of our staff. Kalika, age 11, and Alex, age 9, spoke with NBC San Diego on the red carpet to spread awareness about food allergies and KFA's mission to empower families to keep their kids healthy and safe.
Find Kalika and Alex at around the 3:30 mark in the video!

Visit KFA's Flickr page to see pictures of the Classy Awards.

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August 2011

• KFA Partners with Enjoy LIfe Foods to Offer "Are You a Savvy Label Reader?" Educational Campaign

We partnered with Enjoy Life Foods to offer a very popular ten-day online educational social media campaign on reading labels for the presence of food allergens.





June 2011

• KFA Editorial Offers Insights for Doctors Caring for Food-Allergic Students

KFA medical advisors Dr. Matthew Greenhawt, Dr. Michael Pistiner and Dr. Todd Green, along with KFA President Lynda Mitchell, recently submitted an editorial called, "Empathy, Understanding, and Objectivity Need to Prevail for Students with Food Allergies," to the current issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology that is in press now. Annals is the peer-reviewed journal published by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. This editorial will be published in an upcoming issue of Annals.

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May 2011

• KFA Celebrates Food Allergy Awareness Week with the Faces of Food Allergies Campaign

The Faces of Food Allergies Our community helped put a face to the statistics through an online photo sharing event for food allergy awareness week to show that kids with food allergies can do anything, despite their dietary restrictions! This slideshow-style public service announcement generated public awareness and gave children the opportunity to see that they are not alone in having food allergies.

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March 2011

•KFA Exhibits at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

We exhibited at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. We shared information about KFA, our community and our mission with hundreds of allergists from around the country. We also distributed patient education materials for physicians to share with their patients.

•KFA Updates its Name and Logo

We've been going through a strategic planning process over the past few months, which has resulted in a refined mission statement and name change to better reflect our commitments to the food allergy community.

Our new name for KFA is Kids With Food Allergies Foundation.


We've also updated our logo to include the new name - look for it as we update our print publications and website.

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February 2011

• KFA Launches New YouTube Channel

We launched our new YouTube Channel as an additional way to educate and support families and to raise awareness about the work of the Kids With Food Allergies Foundation and its mission to improve the lives of families and to empower families to create a safe and healthy future for their children.

• KFA Welcomes Two New Members to Our Board of Directors

Fishman earned her M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. She has prior service on several nonprofit boards of directors. In addition to serving as a board member for KFA, she has also taken on the role of treasurer. Cathy shares her expertise in strategic planning as well as financial control and information systems.

Cohen earned her undergraduate degree in advertising and sociology from Pennsylvania State University and is the parent of a son with food allergies. She has more than a dozen years' experience in market research, and will be sharing her expertise in strategic marketing, branding and publishing.

We are grateful for their volunteer service as board members and for helping us shape the future direction of KFA.

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January 2011

• KFA Updates Its Mission Statement

As we approach our 6th anniversary, we've updated our mission statement to better explain our values, priorities and why KFA is here to serve families raising children with food allergies.

We improve the day-to-day lives of families raising children with food allergies and empower them to create a safe and healthy future for their children.

Read all of KFA's Announcements for 2010