NEW DATE FOR CONFERENCE

**IMPORTANT UPDATE POSTED 7/15/2010** Due to low registration numbers, we have postponed the conference to Saturday 9/25/2010. It is our hopes that after summer vacations are over, more can attend. Apologies to any who this inconveniences. If you are one of the few who registered, we will be in touch personally. WA-FEAST has already committed to bringing Kyle Dine to Seattle for a concert at the Seattle FAAN Walk on Sunday 8/15/2010, so we will likely still have an awesome WA-FEAST event for tween-teens only on Saturday 8/14 with him. Thank you for your support.
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We are super excited to bring back Kyle Dine from Ontario, Canada. Mr. Dine is a food allergy musician as well as the Youth Advisory Panel Program Coordinator for Anaphylaxis Canada's WhyRiskIt teen food allergy resources. He will lead a tween-teen session Saturday 8/14/2010 including a canoeing excursion at the University of Washington Waterfront Activity Center. WA-FEAST is also sponsoring him in concert at the Seattle FAAN Walk Sunday 8/15/2010

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If you are an individual with food allergies or are a parent, grandparent, family member, school employee/nurse or are otherwise interested in severe food allergies you are invited to please join us for a food allergy conference.
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.
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)

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

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.

Opportunities to sponsor the PNW first food allergy conference!

The food allergy conference is really taking shape! Please visit http://wafeast.org/Seattle_Conference.html for the latest. I hope you are saving Saturday September 25, 2010!

Our goal is to make the conference affordable to all who would like to attend so we are looking for sponsors. Would you (or someone you know) like to be a part of the first ever Pacific Northwest food allergy conference? Our conference sponsorship invitation is found here (and as follows . . . )

Washington FEAST (Food Allergy, Eczema, and Asthma Support Team) is excited to announce the Pacific Northwest’s first food allergy conference. The conference will be held on Saturday September 25, 2010 at the Talaris Conference Center in Seattle.
So far we have the following line-up of speakers:
· Linda Coss, from Orange County, California and author of How to Manage Your Child's Life-Threatening Food Allergies. Ms. Coss is the conference keynote speaker.
· Jennifer S. Kim, MD, Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Pediatrics (New York, New York). Dr. Kim will present food allergy research updates.
· David Naimi, DO, Northwest Asthma and Allergy, Dr. Naimi will steer a panel discussion on anaphylaxis.
· Kelly Morgan, President of Washington FEAST. Ms. Morgan will instruct on school food allergy resources.

WA-FEAST is a 501(c)3 non-profit support and education group organized by volunteers. We have a listserv with over 500 members and we sponsor quarterly speaker meetings. We will be promoting this conference regionally. Many families in the area cannot afford to attend FAAN conferences in other parts of the country, so we would like to price this conference at a reasonable rate for those living in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, and British Columbia.

To achieve our goal of affordability, we are seeking sponsors and are offering conference sponsorship opportunities at three different levels (see next page)UPDATE! ALL benefits are now available for only $100 as a special introductory rate!. We believe this is a mutually beneficial arrangement since we will be reaching out to hundreds of families who will hear of your product or service through our conference promotion.

Thank you for taking the time to consider sponsoring the first-ever Seattle food allergy conference. We look forward to hearing from you!

Jana Robertson, Vice President
Kelly Morgan, President and Board Chair

Washington FEAST
http://www.wafeast.org/
leader@wafeast.org
Phone: 425-24FEAST [425-243-3278]



2010 Washington FEAST Food Allergy Conference

Sponsorship Levels
$100 “Space Needle” level
Listing in conference materials
Placement of brochures on general information table
Verbal acknowledgement at conference
Acknowledgement on Washington FEAST web site and listserv

$250 “Lake Washington” level
All items listed for $100 level above
Half table in vendor area for display of information and product sales
Your logo in conference materials if desired (grayscale)

$500 “Mount Rainier” level
All items listed for $250 above
Full table for display of information and product sales
Your color logo on Washington FEAST web site for one year
Noncompetitive tagline in conference materials


Allergen-friendly food product samples are welcome; however, Washington FEAST reserves the right to determine how and when samples are distributed during the conference. Samples should be in single serving-size packages. Samples that contain peanuts or tree nuts will NOT be permitted in our venue.

Parenting Children with Health Issues. With Lisa Greene

WA-FEAST is sponsoring a parenting workshop designed for parents of children with life-threatening food allergies. Please join us.

Date: Saturday June 5, 2010
Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Community Center at Mercer View
8236 SE 24th Street
Mercer Island, WA 98040
(206) 275-7609


Parenting Children With Health Issues: Tools, Tips & Tactics for Raising Kids with Food Allergies
With Speaker Lisa C. Greene, BS CCP;
Parent Educator, Author and Mom

This 90 minute workshop will introduce you to Love and Logic concepts as applied to parenting children with health issues. The tagline, "Essential tools, tips, and tactics for being a great parent when every moment matters," sums it up nicely. Whether a child has life-threatening food allergies or any other life-long medical condition, parenting presents similar challenges. What will you learn in this workshop? You'll discover how to:

- Motivate children to make wise choices about food and medication.
- Promote responsibility without nagging, lecturing or bribing.
- Answer your child's tough questions about their special needs.
- Raise children who make wise self-care decisions- even when you're not around.
- Avoid power struggles and other common parenting traps.
- Handle refusal to take medication and do medical treatments.
- Avoid the dangers of over-protection.
- Prepare your child for the transition to independence.
- Empower your child to be positive, hopeful and independent.

Visit http://www.parentingchildrenwithhealthissues.com/index.html for more information.

Seattle Mariner's Peanut-Controlled seating!

The Seattle Mariner's are again offering "peanut-controlled" seating this season! The next game is Friday June 4th. Not only is it a Friday night game against our main division rival, the Los Angeles Angels, but it is also Felix Hernandez Train Night - the first 20,000 fans entering the ballpark receive a train car with the likeness of King Felix on it. These seats are regularly $27 but they are offering them for only $11.

Visit http://www.mariners.com/nopeanuts to order your tickets for Friday June 4th, Wednesday July 21st and Tuesday August 10th!

Hope to see you there.
Play ball!!!!


Photos from the first peanut-controlled zone game August 5th, 2008

Washington FEAST

We are a support and education group with participants mostly in the greater Seattle area but we welcome anyone from the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

We are in the early planning stages for Seattle's first ever food allergy conference. Please check out website for the latest!