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Kids With Food Allergies Announces Disaster Support for Families and Communities
Kids With Food Allergies Announces Disaster Support for Families and CommunitiesVolunteer Emergency Readiness Committee to Serve People with Asthma and Food Allergies Who are at Higher Risk when Disasters Strike "Disasters often make...
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Helping Allergy Families Affected by the Illinois Storms
Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, is asking you to help our fellow families in Illinois who have been burdened, displaced or evacuated due to severe storms and tornadoes. Families who have...
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Colorado Floods: How to Help Families with Food Allergies
Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, is asking you once again to help our fellow families in Colorado who have been burdened, displaced or evacuated due to extreme floods. Families who...
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If you use this link to Amazon.com to purchase shelf-stable, allergy-friendly foods, about 4% of the purchase price will be given to KFA and can help us with organizing disaster relief efforts and provide support to families in need. http://www.amazon.com/?tag=kidswithfooda-20
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Donate Allergy-Friendly Food to People Affected by Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence has made landfall and is having a devastating effect on the Carolinas and surrounding areas. And the impact will last for weeks, leaving many families with food allergies without access to safe food.
You can help get safe food to affected families. Below, we have listed Amazon Wish Lists that local groups have created for food banks in the evacuation areas that are currently accepting allergy-friendly food donations.
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Fourth Grade Student Collects Allergy-Friendly Food for Children in Oklahoma
Kids With Food Allergies gives a big thank you to Cassie Hagler, a fourth grade New Jersey student who answered our call for allergy-friendly food donations for those affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes. Cassie, who has food allergies herself,...
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How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by Colorado Wild Fire
When Kids With Food Allergies created the disaster relief committee, made up of volunteers throughout the country, it included some of our food allergy parents and members with asthma who had been through the Colorado wild fires of 2012. They had...
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How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the Oklahoma Tornado
How to Help Food Allergy Families in Oklahoma Monday, May 20, Moore, Oklahoma experienced a tornado. The tornado caused vast devastation, including many fatalities and injuries. As Food Allergy parents, some of us survivors of the recent Hurricane...
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A Collaborative Effort to Provide Disaster Relief for Families With Food Allergies
Karen Harris has managed allergies all her life. She was diagnosed with a tree nut allergy and oral allergy syndrome as a child. As an adult, she developed asthma and a soy allergy . She has three kids between the ages of 10 and 23. They all have asthma and/or allergies. Her oldest daughter, Lauryn, is also allergic to tree nuts. Her son, Layne, is allergic to insects. And her youngest daughter, Mika, is allergic to tree nuts , milk , eggs , most grains and some seeds. They all carry...
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Re: Helping Allergy Families Affected by the Illinois Storms
If you're buying items via Amazon.com to send to the shelters, consider using KFA's Amazon Affiliate link! They can earn a small percentage on each purchase, at no additional cost to you. http://www.amazon.com/?tag=kidswithfooda-20
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Re: Colorado Floods: How to Help Families with Food Allergies
We apologize for any inconvenience and confusion -- the zip code listed above was wrong. It has now been corrected. Thank you so much for your support.
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Re: Colorado Floods: How to Help Families with Food Allergies
Our Disaster Committee has found another location that will receive donated allergy-friendly and gluten-free foods. They will distribute to several disaster centers in the region. ATTN TONY ALEXIS ALLERGY-FRIENDLY / GLUTEN-FREE FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES 10700 E 45TH AVE DENVER, CO 80239 Food Bank of the Rockies (a member of Feed America ), will collect and distribute allergy-friendly food to flood victims in the areas of Boulder, Larimer County, Loveland and more.
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Re: Colorado Floods: How to Help Families with Food Allergies
We have confirmed another food bank that will distribute allergy-friendly foods to families in need in Colorado: ATTN TOM REED ALLERGY-FRIENDLY FOOD COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE 650 S TAYLOR AVE LOUISVILLE, CO 80027 Community Food Share (a member of Feeding America ), will collect and distribute allergy-friendly food (large pallets and individual boxes) to flood victims in the areas of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Community Food Share is committed to helping in the long term recovery process of...
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Your Help Is Needed for Tornado Victims in the South and Midwest
When Kids With Food Allergies created a disaster relief committee made up of volunteers throughout the country, it included some of our food allergy parents and members with asthma who had been through the Colorado wild fires...
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Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the West Virginia Floods
Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), a division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) , is asking you to help our fellow families in West Virginia who have been burdened, displaced or evacuated due to severe storms and flooding. Families who have children with food allergies encounter challenging circumstances during emergencies. Some of the unique requirements of this population after disasters include: 1. Shelters without animals, with safe kitchens and asthma/allergy-friendly...
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Re: Sephora Fundraiser Will Benefit Kids With Food Allergies
This is not an online event, correct?
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Re: Sephora Fundraiser Will Benefit Kids With Food Allergies
Correct, Steph! It is an event being held at the Sephora location in Brooklyn. Thanks for asking!
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Re: How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the Oklahoma Tornado
Here is a picture from Carrie Black, one of KFA's long-time members, and OKC resident, who has helped with the recovery process: "Food allergy safe food for Moore citizens with special diets. Keep them coming!" --Carrie Black
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Re: How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the Oklahoma Tornado
Peanut Free Planet is still accepting donations for the Oklahoma tornado disaster. Their first shipment has already been processed, but they will be sending another next week. Many allergy-friendly companies have also contributed. From Peanut Free Planet : "If you would like to send a food donation to the food allergy families that have been victims of the Oklahoma Tornado you can order on our site. PFP will cover the shipping of the gift DIRECTLY to the Oklahoma Food bank SPECIFICALLY SET...
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Re: How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by Colorado Wild Fire
Thank you to Nicole Smith of Allergic Child, Katie Pritchard of Colorado Springs MOSAIC and Lisa Giuriceo of Food Allergy and Asthma Support of New Jersey for helping with this effort.
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If you have been evacuated and are in need of food allergy friendly food or epinephrine auto-injectors, please contact Katie Pritchard at (719) 235-3277 or kpritchard@csmosaic.org !
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Re: How to Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the Oklahoma Tornado
Here are more images from Carrie Black showing the food being donated to families with food allergies. Families in the area are starting to receive these foods. Thank you!
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Re: Preparing for Natural Disasters When Your Family Has Food Allergies
The one thing that's not stated here is children that are seriously allergic to red dye that is in almost all foods, I have kids that are seriously allergic to red dye and made many trips to the emergency room cause of it, I found that really only organic and all natural foods don't have it and that can be really expensive to buy all the time so making your own foods is best for that one.
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Re: Preparing for Natural Disasters When Your Family Has Food Allergies
Welcome, @Crazy dragon mama ! You're right that it's really hard to deal with a food allergy to an ingredient that's in many foods. We have other folks who deal with "non Top 8" allergies like your family's on our forums ... why not hop over to our Food and Cooking forum and start a topic to share some of your tips and tricks? I'd definitely be interested in comparing notes!
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Re: A Collaborative Effort to Provide Disaster Relief for Families With Food Allergies
Shout-out to my fellow Georgian and a real force for good when it came to disaster response! Thank you, Karen, for all that you did during Irma!
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Preparing for Natural Disasters When Your Family Has Food Allergies
You have daily food allergy management down pat. Two epinephrine auto-injectors go everywhere. The allergist is on speed dial. You know the best local stores and restaurants for safe foods. You've trained babysitters and the staff at school....
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Re: Help Families with Food Allergies Affected by the West Virginia Floods
The West Virginia Children's Allergy Alliance (WVCAA) suggests purchasing foods like these: Peanut butter alternatives such as Sunbutter and Wowbutter, by the jar Crackers Dried fruits They ask for all allergy-friendly foods to be Top 8 allergen safe. In addition to items for our West Virginia families with food allergies, they will also accept donations for those with Celiac, diabetes, or any other dietary issue. If you have shopped for a certain condition, please label your package as such...