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From MOCHA Mom Suzanne Mahoney comes this about Krispy Kremes:
Last year I looked into Krispy Kreme to see if a mom could bring them to my daughter’s class for a treat. I called and spoke with someone and also received a similar letter stating they they do not knowingly add nut product to he ingredients. However, they could not be sure that some cross contamination had not occurred where the ingredients were produced. I figured they were covering their behind.
I went on their web site and I believe it was under the Canadian part of the web site that listed all the ingredients. I found out that ingredients such as crushed graham cracker crumbs are added to give crunch instead of nuts. Things that may look like nuts are not.
I then called the exact location where the mom was to purchase the donuts. The counter representative I spoke with had worked there for many years. She told me that they decided to make all of their products nut free.
I allowed the donuts to be brought to class. I almost went to photograph my daughter eating her first donut and first commercial bakery good. It turns out she didn’t like them!!
In the 9/24 episode of Fox TV’s “The Simpsons”, according to Fox’s own description, “Bart uses Skinner’s peanut allergy to force the Principal to do his bidding.”
Let Fox know how you feel about this kind of trivializing of peanut allergies. Find your local Fox affiliate and contact them.
Dear Asthma Advocates,
If you are receiving this message, I know that you care about lung disease-especially the increasing cases of asthma that affects the Chicagoland Collar Counties. One of our Hospital Sponsors this year is Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, which provided me with these alarming statistics:
In 2005, there were 146,281 admissions, not including infants. Out of those admissions, 4,926 were due to asthma. That is 1.9% of their entire year.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE SUBURBAN HOSPITAL!
Why am I telling you this? Because I believe that asthma matters, and we need your help in resolving this problem.
How can you help?
Join us this Sunday, October 1, 8:30 a.m. at either Oak Brook Corporate Headquarters, or in Batavia at the Peg Bond center. If you have not registered, please let us know that you are coming. You can register on-line at www.lungil.org, you can call us at 630.260.9600, or you can fax your registration to us at 630.260.1111
If you CANNOT walk our very short 5K event this Sunday, we still need your help! Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the American Lung Association of Illinois today! You can donate to the walk on-line or mail a check to us at: 1749 S. Naperville Rd. Suite 202, Wheaton, Il 60187 Your donations are the only way we will be able to raise the necessary support to fund vital research initiatives on a national and on a local level to find a cure for asthma.
Remember, if you can’t breathe, nothing else matters. There has never been a more true statement, don’t you agree?
Thank you for your support. I will see you on Sunday!
Sally A. Ruecking
Vice President, Chicagoland
American Lung Association of Illinois
With more and more children with chronic illnesses in public
schools today, educators have no choice but to accommodate their
conditions within the confines of regular education. Children with
asthma, allergies, diabetes, etc. must receive their education with
their non disabled peers, to the greatest extent possible. Our
children’s conditions are such that they can be easily accommodated
with common sense and a lot of intuition.
Read more at www.my-section-504.com/
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 was all he needed to stop an allergic reaction to peanuts.
The cookie was actually a Little Debbie Nutty Bar, but it had been removed from its labeled box and placed on a plate when it was offered to Brent at a friend’s house. Caryl said it looks very much like a chocolate wafer cookie, the kind Brent loved. The individual portions of the Little Debbie snack are packaged in plain wrapping.
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A links of interest:
www.cbc.ca/outfront/webfeatures/sabrina/sab_shell.html
www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0605/feature4/index.html
kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/food_allergies.html
The August 15, 2006 issue of the Mayo Clinic’s “HouseCall” e-newsletter features their Allergy Center:
Wheat in ice cream? It’s true, and if you’ve got food allergies, you should know the surprising places where wheat and seven other common food allergens are lurking. If you’ve got kids heading off to college, be sure to brush up on your meningitis facts.
If you subscribe to either of these two magazines, check out the articles:
Allergic Living: p.49 (www.allergicliving.com)
Living Without: p.17-20 (www.livingwithout.com)
For those who don’t, we’ll include them in the next mailing.
The POCHA of Will County website is now LIVE!!! (Parents of Children Having Allergies). It looks amazing, thank you to our good friend, Bart! Bravo to Bart for the great web design he did organizing all this information for me!
Please check us out and let me know what you think! And, please forward to anyone you know who may also be dealing with food allergies so we can get the word out and keep the public educated!
Thank you for all of your support! Take care.
POCHA
From the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts HealthyMe! Health Update e-mail newsletter:
Traveling isn’t what it used to be. With long security lines, continually changing lists of restricted items, and cost-cutting by airlines, many people are deciding to drive more or simply stay at home. If you’re planning to fly in the near future, make sure you know what to expect at the security checkpoint. If you’re well-prepared, you’ll avoid delays and confiscations and arrive with everything you need. For more information, vist the Transportation Security Administration.
To read more, sign up for the newsletter here.
