http://www.mochallergies.org Mothers of Children Having Allergies Thu, 15 May 2008 02:36:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Illinois House Bill 5338 - School Food Allergy Guidelines -- passed the Illinois House and is moving to the Senate. The bill... Requires the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Public Health, to develop and make available to each school board guidelines for the management of students with ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/05/14/legistlation-update-school-food-allergy-bill-passes-il-house/ From the Asst. Director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services: The purpose of this letter is to extend a personal invitation for you to attend the 2008 State of Illinois Food Allergy Awareness Week Campaign Kick-Off Event. The Campaign Kick-Off event is scheduled to take place on ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/05/11/illinois-food-allergy-awareness-week-campaign-kick-off-event/ Listen online to WGN Radio's Food Allergy Series, originally aired April 30, and May 1-2, 2008. The series included interviews with Children Memorial’s Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic, Dave, Denise, Bryan and Daniel Bunning. http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/05/04/listen-to-wgn-radio-food-allergy-series/ WGN RADIO AM 720 will air a three day Food Allergy Series on Wed. April 30, Thursday May 1, and Friday May 2 at 7:00am, 5:00pm and 11:00pm. Children Memorial’s Dr. Jacqueline Pongracic, Dave, Denise, Bryan and Daniel Bunning as well as many others were interviewed for this piece. We ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/04/29/mocha-reminders-for-may/ We are collecting information from parents about what Illinois School Districts are doing either district-wide or on an individual school basis to make a difference for Children with Life Threatening Food Allergies. We feel that by collecting this information, each school district should not have to reinvent the wheel, just ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/03/27/action-item-please-take-our-survey-about-il-school-districts/ REMINDER: MOCHA Meeting is Monday, March 10, 7:00 p.m. at Highland Park Hospital, Meeting Room 2 in the basement. Our speaker is Jodi Laimacher, MC, RD, CDE. Jodi is a professional dietician who has two food allergic sons. She will talk about how to give a child ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/03/07/march-update/ We need your help! A few of us have been working with Rep. Tom Cross' office (IL Republican Leader of the House) on legislation to help our children who suffer from food allergies be safe in school with a policy that is consistent throughout the state. Please sign our on-line ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/02/28/action-item-illinois-house-bill-on-school-food-allergy-policy/ "As CBS 2's Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reports, there's new research that turns some old advice upside down in dealing with this potentially deadly epidemic.": Growing Epidemic Of Severe Food Allergies In Kids http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/01/12/mocha-family-featured-on-cbs2-chicago/ From the American Academy of Pediatrics: This clinical report reviews the nutritional options during pregnancy, lactation, and the first year of life that may affect the development of atopic disease (atopic dermatitis, asthma, food allergy) in early life. It replaces an earlier policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics that ... http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/01/12/change-in-food-allergy-recommendation/ Our Monday, January 14th, 2008, meeting at Highland Park Hospital from 7-9 PM will include us showing the Edible Enemies DVD and then having open time for questions. As always, we are lucky to have Christine Szychlinski, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from Children’s Memorial, at our meetings. http://www.mochallergies.org/2008/01/12/january-meeting/