Tagged With "holidays"
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Read Every Label this Holiday Season
The holidays are a time of traditions and sharing food. Good food allergy management is especially important when sharing food. It includes reading every label, every time. Ingredients or manufacturing processes can change at any time. Manufacturers are not required to alert shoppers that ingredients or manufacturing processes have changed. The only way to know is to read the entire ingredient statement every time you shop. This is particularly important around the holidays when you may...
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The Balancing Act® Focuses on Kids with Food Allergies
As part of its programming dedicated to help raise awareness and offer resources for kids with food allergies, The Balancing Act® will feature the non-profit organization Kids With Food Allergies in the show airing on Thursday, November 20 at...
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Tips to Safely Celebrate Chanukah with Food Allergies (New Handout)
Chanukah is a fun and exciting holiday for children. Children look forward to the candles, games, gifts, parties and fun. Since many Chanukah celebrations center around food, it takes extra planning to make sure everyone has a safe and happy holiday....
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Tips to Safely Celebrate Christmas with Food Allergies
AT HOME: While most children are excited about the prospect of gifts under the tree, it‘s helpful to remind them why you are celebrating and to reinforce your family’s beliefs. It is also a wonderful time to create your own...
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Tips to Safely Celebrate Easter with Food Allergies
Easter is a season of joy and celebration. Decorated eggs, chocolate bunnies and other candies can all be unsafe for someone with food allergies. There are many non-food alternatives for celebrating Easter, whether at home or at school.
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Allergy-Friendly Stuffing Recipes for Thanksgiving
Are you frantically composing your allergy-friendly Thanksgiving menu? We're here to help and today we offer two stuffing recipes. Both recipes are made without milk, eggs, nuts, fish, shellfish and can be made soy-free and...
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My Favorite Egg-Free Holiday Cookies Recipe
Egg-Free Holiday Cookies by LSK (Lynn) We have a huge collection of cookie cutters for different holidays and all sorts of other occasions. Our kids love to help make the cookie dough and cut out the cookies. Sometimes we leave the...
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Navigating the Holidays with Food Allergies
Presented by Kids With Food Allergies Foundation: Two allergists share their own families' stories about dealing with food allergies during the holiday season. Learn new strategies and tips on how to keep your children safe from unsafe food. ...
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How Your Holiday Shopping Can Help Kids with Food Allergies
If you'll be shopping on Amazon.com for Cyber Monday (or anytime, really), bookmark this link to use and you'll be supporting Kids With Food Allergies (KFA): http://www.amazon.com/ ?tag=kidswithfooda-20 When you enter the Amazon site using this...
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Keep Kids with Food Allergies Safe During the Holidays
Keep the holidays happy this season! Educate your loved ones about your child's food allergies before holiday events to help keep them safe and happy. Today more than 6-million kids and their families are managing a food allergy. Holiday time can be...
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Food Allergy Tips for the Holidays: Keep Safe Foods Safe
The holidays are a time for family, friends and food. Make sure everyone who prepares, handles and serves food that your child will eat knows how to prevent cross contamination. Wash hands before and after eating or handling food, or keep wipes on hand. Hand sanitizer will not remove food proteins. Read the labels of all food ingredients. Be sure you know all the label reading tips ! Wash all prep areas and eating areas with a paper towel and commercial cleaner, or a new...
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Free Webinar: Food Allergy Confidence During the Holidays
RSVP: Reserve your seat by registering WHEN: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 TIME: 1 PM – 2 PM Eastern time WHERE: Your computer, iOS or Android device The holiday season is coming! You may have...
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Help Twice as Many Children with Food Allergies
FOUR DAYS ONLY: Your Gift Will Be Matched! Dear Friend of Kids With Food Allergies, You are why we can help families with children with food allergies live healthier and safer lives. Now until the end of December, every dollar you donate...
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Food Allergy Confidence During the Holidays (Video and Resources)
Kids With Food Allergies (KFA) , a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America , hosted a webinar with Sloane Miller, MFA, MSW, LMSW, called Food Allergy Confidence During the Holidays. View video on YouTube Ms. Miller...
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Food Allergy Safety Tip for the Holidays: Wait to Try New Foods
As a parent of a child with food allergies, you know how exciting it is to introduce a new food to your child's diet or to find a new food or product that everyone is talking about! December is a busy time with holidays. If you want to try new foods, wait until you have a peaceful day. Avoid feeding your child something new in a strange place or during a hectic time. These are not the optimal times to try new foods: While you are traveling (whether by air, a long car...
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Tips to Safely Celebrate Passover with Food Allergies
Passover is a holiday that is rich with meaning and filled with traditions, many of which involve food. If you are managing food allergies, this guide will help you create a safe, fun, and meaningful celebration.
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Celebrating Hanukah When Your Child Has Food Allergies
Celebrating Hanukah When Your Child Has Food Allergies by Yael Weinstein In a few days, Jews all over the world will be celebrating Hanukah. Hanukah is a fun filled holiday, but like many Jewish celebrations, food is a highlight to heighten...
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Celebrating Thanksgiving – Focus on the Day, Not on the Food
Celebrating Thanksgiving – Focus on the Day, Not on the Food by Tami L. Pyles My family manages food allergies on a daily basis - and our job becomes even more important as we head into the holiday season. As we begin our...
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Re: Celebrating Thanksgiving – Focus on the Day, Not on the Food
Good Morning! I'm a Mom of 2, ages 3.5 and 18 months. In our household we have an anaphylactic dairy allergy and a corn allergy. I am the one with the anaphylaxis and I've lived WELL with this allergy all my life. I'd just like to say that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and if there is extended family and friends who will cooperate with your food allergies, you can have a safe and delicious Thanksgiving. It's about trust... and about education... and possibly about providing recipes and...
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Re: Allergy-Friendly Stuffing Recipes for Thanksgiving
Thank you so much for this. Will try it before the big day
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Re: Allergy-Friendly Stuffing Recipes for Thanksgiving
I updated the error on the photos so they should be visible to all, now. Danielle, you're welcome---we hope you like the recipes!
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Re: FREE Webinar: Navigating the Holidays with Food Allergies
I am thrilled this is during DS's nap time!!!!!
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Re: FREE Webinar: Navigating the Holidays with Food Allergies
Most people work during the day.........
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Re: Tips to Safely Celebrate Passover with Food Allergies
Thanks for all these great ideas and resources!
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Re: Tips to Safely Celebrate Passover with Food Allergies
I'm going to create a crocheted "egg" for our Seder!
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Re: Free Webinar: Food Allergy Confidence During the Holidays
I'm trying to join this but when i click on the link there is a big box that says "Image not found". I don't see any links or numbers to get into this webinar. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Kids With Food Allergies < support@kidswithfoodallergies.org> wrote:
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Re: Free Webinar: Food Allergy Confidence During the Holidays
You should be able to use this link Reserve your seat by registering
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Re: Celebrating Hanukah When Your Child Has Food Allergies
Thank you for writing this article. It makes me feel less alone.
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Re: Celebrating Hanukah When Your Child Has Food Allergies
Thanks so much! We also love "KFA Celebrates Chanukah" and have sent copies of this great resource to schools, family & friends: http://www.kidswithfoodallergi...ebrates-Chanukah.pdf