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Happy Thanksgiving!

Jamie Stern - Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

I hope this finds you all healthy and getting ready to welcome family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday.
There are many things to be thankful for this year...( I know...and some not so much!)

I have a few links to share with you before I head out for a family reunion in Texas...yeehaw!

Kids with Food Allergies has come out with a great guide for new and not-so-new parents of children with food restrictions. Please take a moment to check it out, or share with your family.

An article in MedicalNewstoday.com that discusses the increasing numbers of children diagnosed with food allergies.

And finally, one more mention of our walk for FAAN
Here is our Corporate Mascot with our Honorary Walk Chair, Kristy Kiernan...

I tried my hand at "movie making" and put some video footage on YouTube.
There were too many cute kids to include everything, but I did my best. Check it out: Tampa Walk

P.S. FAAN's new website is up too!

That's it for this week. Please enjoy this time with your loved ones. Allergiesandme.com has some great new products and recipes coming online in December...so check back.

Have a fantastic holiday!

Jamie

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FAAN Walk a Total Success!

Jamie Stern - Friday, November 20, 2009

The walk last Saturday was awesome.

We ended up with close to 430 walkers ( final numbers tbd) and think we are near $40,000 raised!
It was such a wonderful atmosphere with happy kids, relaxed parents and supportive family members. As the co-chair, I ran around like a "chicken with my head falling off", but managed to get some great video of some of these gorgeous kids. As soon as I have my video edited, I will share this as well.
Andrea of FAAN was a great support and really pitched in to help.

Here's a couple photos that my Walk Chair sent me...I look a little "worn" at this point!

Wearing my FAAN award on my head...it had been a long day!

Wrangled my hubby to help us with the "bouncy houses"...it was hard keeping him out of them!

Thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors that participated!

Have a wonderful and happy weekend!

Jamie

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Whole Foods 5% Day a Success

Jamie Stern - Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Whole Foods 5% Day benefiting our local FAAN Walk was a success. We don't know the total donation amount yet, but store traffic was brisk!
I am also promoting the FAAN Walk tonight at the store for another fundraiser "Taste of the Seasons". Please come by if you are local.

Here's are some photos from yesterday, the cute kid in front is Billy,one of our Honorary Ambassadors for the Walk. He has a severe Peanut Allergy. Also, I got to meet Remy, his Peanut Dog. I was told not to touch the dog, but as you can see, she needed attention, and I just couldn't help myself!

Thanks to all the volunteers for helping yesterday!
Jamie