Seattle Area Summer Food Allergy Events!

Saturday, August 14 – Tweens/Teens (& siblings) Event, 1:00-3:00 PM - Hang out with Canadian food allergy musician and advocate, Kyle Dine at Camp Korey (Carnation, Washington)! Kyle will lead the group through team building exercises and fun games followed by a discussion. Siblings will have a separate discussion session with a FEAST leader. Registration fee - $20; includes Sept. 25 Conference (see below). Register at http://wafeast.org/Seattle_Conference.html.

Saturday, August 14 – FEAST Social at Camp Korey, 3-5 PM - Please join us for conversation, support and a nice cool swim in the pool! Please bring your own watermelon (or other summer fruit) to enjoy! Non-allergenic beverages provided. Questions? Kelly@wafeast.org.

Sunday, August 15 – FAAN Walk for a Cure, Magnuson Park - Washington FEAST is sponsoring the second annual Kyle Dine concert at the 2010 FAAN Walk. FEAST also has a team participating - consider joining or sponsoring us at http://tinyurl.com/feastteam!

Saturday, September 25 - NEW DATE! Washington FEAST Food Allergy Conference: “Living well with food allergies at all ages and stages” at the Talaris Conference Center in Seattle. Join us for an exciting day of presentations by food allergy experts from across the country, including food allergy author and expert Linda Coss and allergist and researcher Jennifer Kim, MD from the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. Participants entered in drawing to win food allergy products donated from Allerbling, Allergy Monkey and Namaste, among others. Registration is $50 on or before September 3rd; $60 thereafter.

In memory - This conference is dedicated to the memory of Daniel Sargent, who died from peanut anaphylaxis at a potluck party at Magnuson Park in 2008.

Washington FEAST (Food Allergy, Eczema, and Asthma Support Team) is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to improving the lives of food allergic individuals and their families through education, support and advocacy.
Washington FEAST
www.wafeast.org
Phone: 425-243-3278, email: leader@wafeast.org
Mailing address: 2400 NW 80th St., #315, Seattle WA 98117

Seattle Conference Registration Now Open!

You are invited!!!

Please join us at the first ever food allergy conference in our area.
"Living Well with Food Allergies at All Ages and Stages"
Saturday 9/25/2010 at Talaris Conference Center (4000 NE 41st Street; Seattle, WA 98105).
9:00 AM- 5:00 PM

We warmly welcome Linda Coss author of "What's to Eat?", "What Else to Eat" and "How to Manage your Child's Life Threatening Allergies". Ms. Coss is from Southern California and our Keynote Speaker.


In addition we are thrilled to bring in Dr. Jennifer S. Kim from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute in New York for a research update.

And there's more! Dr. David Naimi, Northwest Asthma & Allergy Center will head a panel discussion on anaphylaxis and epinephrine

Kelly Morgan, MS, MPA, Washington FEAST President will speak on school food allergy resources.

We are planning breakout support sessions for adults with food allergies and for grandparents and other caregivers.

Please visit our conference page for the latest developments:
http://wafeast.org/Seattle_Conference.html
Registration now open at http://wafeast.org/Conference_Registration_IUQ.html
Registration is $50 for adults (lunch provided) $30 for adults (who need to opt out of lunch due to food allergies that Talaris can't accommodate) and $20 for teen participants (who will need to bring their own lunch)

This conference is dedicated to the memory of Daniel Sargent, who died of anaphylaxis at Magnuson Park in July of 2008.