FACST
Food Allergy: Connect, Share, Thrive
"Keeping Kids Safe & Parents Sane"
About Us
Mission- To provide educational and emotional support to families dealing with food allergies as well as, raise awareness in our community regarding the needs of people with food allergies.
Goals-
Goals-
- Offer local families opportunities to connect
- Provide a place to exchange information to keep kids safe & parents sane
- Offer safe social activities for kids, families & parents
- Increase food allergy awareness in our schools and community
- Individuals with food allergies
- Families of people with food allergies
- Anyone interested in information regarding managing food allergies
- Meet other families who “get it” to share stories & strategies
- Share Information- recipes/recalls/research/tips/ideas/product reviews/books
- Host guest speakers
- Offer a lending library of food allergy resources
- FAAN Walk
- Doctors Offices/Pediatricians/Allergists/Hospitals
- School Districts/PAT/Preschools/Daycares
- Health Food/Grocery Stores
- Newspapers/TV/Parents Magazine
- Moms Groups
- Website/Links to National Organizations
- Host Family Safe Party Nights- Winter Carnival, Spring Fling, Summer Splash, Halloween Safe Tricks & Treats
- “Take a Chef to Dinner Night” Social Dinner Party for parents- Educate your Favorite Restaurants & enjoy a dinner out
- Alliance with other MO groups to advocate legislation
- Guests- Allergists/ERDr/Nutritionist/Chef/Counselor/Therapist/Asthma&AllergyFoundation /SpEd Advocate/School Nurse Assoc
About Me
In early 2007, my oldest son was diagnosed with food allergies at 14months. Our entire lives have changed since then. As time has passed, his diagnosis has grown from being allergic to egg to now being diagnosed with allergies to egg, wheat, dairy, pork, peanut, dog and cat. We have slowly learned to adapt. We have had a few failures (I can remember my first attempt at wheat-less bread!) but we have had many more successes. I found myself searching and searching, trying to not re-invent the wheel every time a new issue appeared. I started to accumulate information but still found it nearly impossible to make contact with other families going through the same situation. Isolation plays a huge roll in the lives of people with food allergies when we live in a society where every event, every get together, every outing involves food. Most of us can probably relate to a time when we had to turn down an invitation because we needed to keep our kids safe or we didn't pack food in advance. Spontaneity is a luxury we can't afford.
So, here I am; a mother of two little boys, wife to a supportive, all-around-great-guy, a former teacher and now stay at home mom. I put together this group to reach out to other families, to help others find information, to lend an ear to frustrated parents, to get help, to give help and maybe have a little fun.
-Sarah
So, here I am; a mother of two little boys, wife to a supportive, all-around-great-guy, a former teacher and now stay at home mom. I put together this group to reach out to other families, to help others find information, to lend an ear to frustrated parents, to get help, to give help and maybe have a little fun.
-Sarah
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