Seattle Food Allergy Conference

Support, Education and Prizes!

Food Allergy Conference

“Living well with food allergies at all ages and stages”

Saturday, September 25, 2010
Talaris Conference Center
(4000 NE 41st Street; Seattle, WA 98105)

Join us for an exciting day of presentations by food allergy experts from across the country

Linda Coss is our keynote speaker from Southern California. Ms. Coss is the author of several food allergy books.
Jennifer Kim MD from New York will report on exciting food allergy research. Dr. Kim is an allergist and researcher from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Jaffe Food Allergy Institute.
David Naimi DO of Northwest Asthma and Allergy Seattle will lead a panel discussion on anaphylaxis.
Hilary Stephens RN will represent Seattle Children’s Hospital Food Allergy Community Health Education Program
Kelly Morgan MS, Nutrition Science and Policy; MPA WA-FEAST President and others will present family, community, school, and restaurant food allergy resources.

Attendees will be eligible for prizes!!
Registration is $50 on or before September 3rd; $60 thereafter.
Registration page: http://www.wafeast.org/Conference_Registration_IUQ.html

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

Kelly Morgan, President, Conference co-organizer
Jana Robertson, Vice President, Conference co-organizer
Washington FEAST, http://www.wafeast.org/
Email: leader@wafeast.org
Voice-mail: 425-24FEAST(425-243-3278)
Mailing address:2400 NW 80th St, #315Seattle WA 98117
Thank you to conference sponsors Allerbling, Allergy Monkey, Coconut Bliss, Dey (The makers of Epipen), Microsoft Employee Giving Programs, Spokane Food Allergy Support Network

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Kyle Dine Tween/Teen Event and WAFEAST Family Social

What a BEAUTIFUL day for a Kyle Dine Tween/Teen event and Washington FEAST family social! Good times at Camp Korey in Carnation, WA

Support, Education, Fun and Prizes!

Support, Education, Fun and Prizes!

Saturday, August 14 - Tweens and Teens (and siblings) Event, 1:00-3:00 PM - Door prizes! Win a $50 gift card to Amazon! Join us for an afternoon of fun with Canadian food allergy musician and advocate, Kyle Dine at Camp Korey (Carnation, Washington)! There will be games and discussion followed by pool time at 3PM. Siblings will have a separate discussion session with a FEAST leader. Registration fee is $20 and includes the September 25 Conference. Register at the conference registration link - http://wafeast.org/Seattle_Conference.html

Saturday, August 14 – FEAST Swim and Social at Camp Korey, 3-5 PM – More door prizes! ! Allergy Monkey t-shirt! At 3 PM we’ll open up the pool to all FEAST members. 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! Beverages provided. All participants will be required to sign a pool waiver. Request but do not require RSVP by 8/11, 10PM, Kelly@wafeast.org. Please alert us to any fruit allergies!

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! Finally, if you plan to come to the walk, stop by the FEAST table to say hello. Registration starts at 9 AM, Walk at 11 AM. Kyle Dine Concert time to be announced soon!

Sunday, September 19 – Microsoft Golf Club Charity Tournament - Washington FEAST will again be the recipient of the Microsoft Golf Club’s Charity Tournament proceeds. Procuring donations that will make fun door prizes for the golfers is our way of thanking the golfers for their support of FEAST. We could not host these wonderful activities listed here without their support! An updated donation procurement letter will be on the website soon!

Saturday, September 25 - 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 will be entered in drawings for door prizes including donated products from local companies (e.g. Allerbling, Allergy Monkey and Namaste, among others). Registration is $50 on or before September 3rd; $60 thereafter. Registration page: http://wafeast.org/Seattle_Conference.html .

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. We hope to raise awareness among adults about the risks associated with eating food prepared by others at social events and the importance of having an emergency care plan that includes having epinephrine on hand at all times as well as transport to the nearest emergency room if epinephrine is administered.

Please visit http://www.wafeast.org/ , for more information about Washington FEAST.

Kelly Morgan, President, Conference co-organizer
Jana Robertson, Vice President, Conference co-organizer
Washington FEAST, http://www.wafeast.org/
Email: leader@wafeast.org
Voicemail: 425-24FEAST(425-243-3278)
Mailing address:
2400 NW 80th St, #315
Seattle WA 98117


Thank you to conference sponsors
Allerbling http://allerbling.com/
Microsoft Golf Tournament
Spokane Food Allergy Support Network http://spokanefasn.org/

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

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.