Diane from POCHA sends this reminder:

Check your 504 plan accommodations! Make sure you have in writing that your child’s classroom will be allergen-free 100% of the time!

MOCHA’s Cheat & Eat dinner group will be meeting on Monday, October 23 at 7pm. We are going to try something new this month. We will be going to Panera Bread for dinner, snacks, or just to hang out with the group.
This is a great way to meet other members and speak […]

From Our Stolen Future:

The prevalence of allergic reactions has been increasing rapidly in the developed world for the last several decades. This has been happening during a period when overall air quality has been improving and during which there is no reason to believe that allergens like dust mites or cockroach dandruff have become more […]

Dear AllergyKids Friends-
To help identify your AllergyKid for Halloween, we are giving away a FREE AllergyKids tag with every purchase at www.allergykids.com. Attach the AllergyKids tag to your child’s Halloween bag when he is trick or treating so that he can quickly and easily be identified as a child with food allergies.
AllergyKids’ […]

MOCHA Mom Julie G. had this to say about her family’s participation in the Food Allergy Study:

[We] participated in the study last month. [Our daughter] had to have her own clinical tests, so the did them at the same time as the study. Angela worked with Christine and Dr. Kim at Children’s to get everything […]

Starting November 8th, the Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview will be able to accomodate the Children’s Memorial Allergy Study.
So….no more excuses for driving downtown.
Call Deanna Caruso at (312) 573-7755 to schedule your appointment.
For more info. go to FoodAllergyProject.org.

A Parent’s Guide to Section 504

Roche Laboratories, maker of flu the vaccine Tamiflu, has a site with a wealth of information about the flu:
flufacts.com

The folks at Northwest MOCHA have opened up an on-line forum where you can post questions, comments, thoughts, whatever you would like to share. Others can read and respond with answers. There is a section for Introductions, Daily Discussion Allergy Topics, A place for thoughts unrelated to allergies, Cooking questions, and a place to […]

As you know, FAAN has been working on behalf of you and your children to
make American schools safer for children with food allergy. A vitally
needed piece of legislation has been working its way through the Congress
since late 2005, and in recent weeks there has been a new development.
But, we are almost out of time! […]