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.
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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 […]

From the Massachusetts Republican:

Caryl Schivley has the cookie that killed her son Brenton. A piece is missing where Brent took a bite of the peanut butter-based cookie.
A friend who was with him when he ate the cookie told Caryl that 16-year-old Brent said, “I shouldn’t have eaten that.” He took Benadryl, an antihistamine, which usually […]

Do you know of any members who have a child or a spouse whose allergies include all of the major allergen groups: Dairy, egg, gluten, soy, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, shell fish and fin fish. I have one of each and am trying to find new items for travel that do […]

A MOCHA member writes:
“Does anyone have experience or information about how the Buffalo Grove School Districts 102 and 125 handle food allergies? We’d be in Tripp Elemantary, Meridian Middle, Aptakisic Jr High and Stevenson HS. Any info on the area preschools?

Another asks:
“Does anyone know of a homeschooling support group for children with food […]

We will be at the FAAN Walk on Saturday…
MOCHA and the Food Allergy Project need everyone’s help in trying to get MORE people to sign up for the Children’s Study. We are half way there. (Have 200 families- need 200 more) Come see us at the Children’s Table.
THANKS to everyone who has participated. If you […]

No meeting in Sept! Whole Foods River Forest store is having an Allergy Fair next Tuesday, Sept. 12, 4-7 p.m. and POCHA will have a table in the cafe. If you can spare a half hour or so to help staff the table, answer questions, hand out brochures, demonstrate epi-pens, please let me […]