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	June 29, 2009 Summer camp? Don't let anyone tell you that they won't give your child epinphrine if needed. The Americans with Diabilities Act Title III states they must give it. Read the Dept. of Justice Guidelines about child care centers. It applies to summer camps too. Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Act S. 456 introduced on 2-23-09. Call Illinois Senators and tell them to be sponsors. Summer camps for kids who have asthma: Fox Lake at Camp Duncan, and Carlinville IL.Scholarships available for Fox Lake . See www.lungil.org for details. The Hike for Lung Health is back. CDC 2008 study showed 29% of food allergy kids have asthma. Support IFAEA and healthy lungs. IFAEA is now on FACEBOOK. Visit us. What does the FDA requires on food information labels? Click here to learn. New grant money given to researcher to develop a commercial test to detect fish allergens in food. CAll Gov. Quinn's office. House bill 0281 has been sent to him and now it awaits his signature. Click here for number and what to say. IFAEA IS ON YOUTUBE. SEE THE 25-SECOND ANIMATED VIDEO TO REMIND TEENS TO CARRY THEIR MEDICINE. New allergy friendly store at14482 South LaGrange, Massachusett's Food Allergy Awareness in Restaurants bill signed into law!! Asthma death of a 10 year old when no school nurse was in the building. EpiPen and albuterol were at school but not used. This is why every school needs a school nurse. EpiPens latest ad featuring someone drying their hair while standing in water does not make its point to always carry an EpiPen. Why feature a dangerous activity? Peanut allergy immunotherapy. See article. Closest trials to Chicago: LaCrosse, Wisconsin: at Allergy Associates of LaCrosse. IFAEA President quoted in Chicago Tribune, March 20. NEW SUPPORT GROUP! POCHA NORTHWEST: serving Wauconda, Island Lake, Lake Zurich, Barrington, Hawthorn Woods, Crystal Lake, Cary, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin, and McHenry. Contact: Nancy Wood (enajwood@hotmail.com ) phone # 847-639-0671. CDC released the largest study of food allergy patients 18 and under. Click HERE for: Allergen labeling issues: recalls of imported food, how to make a complaint because of a food allergy reaction, and how to receive FDA recalls of food with undeclared allergens NEW MASS. law requires restaurants to display a poster about food allergy awareness for staff and food allergy advice on menu. View the South Carolina survey which found that food allergy actions plans are grossly underutilized. Make sure your child has a food allergy action plan!!! U.K. 56-page guideline for restaurants explains how to handle food allergies. Great reference for food service at school. There is a new food allergy support/advocacy group in the Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, area. We are called Food Allergy Network of Bloomington/Normal (FANofBN). The contact person is Marsha Veninga at FANofBN@yahoo.com. Quebec Food Allergy Association released its 2008 edition of its Food Allergy Management Manuel for Restaurants and food Services. Alergia a Alimentos >> More News & Events Read the most extensive school food allergy policy developed in Wilmette, Illinois. Learn: Schools must give your child a safe substitute food if they get federal money. Download the USDA form and view its Guidelines. View the most definitive school food allergy policy in the country developed for the Massachusett's Department of Education. Think AAA - Awareness, Avoidance and Adrenaline™ Choose a Food Allergy Action Plan for Your Child  •  English  •  Spanish  •  Polish - EpiPen  •  Polish - Twinject (Polish Coming Soon) Action plans reprinted and adapted with permission from The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.  •  New Law: Self-administration of medication - Lets kids carry epinephrine at school.  •  Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act - Campers can carry epinephrine at summer camps.  •  POCHA (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  POCA of DuPage (Parents of Children with Allergies)  •  POCWAW (Parents of Children with Allergies-Wilmette)  •  CIFAN (Central Illinois Food Allergy Network)  •  POCHA of Will County (Parents of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - Chicago (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA - North (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  MOCHA Northwest (Mothers of Children Having Allergies)  •  Peoria Food Allergy Parents  •  Stateline FAST (Stateline Food Allergy Support Team) View more resources
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