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POCHA of Will County is not a professional or medical organization.
It is a group of parents sharing information and supporting each
other. The discussions, meeting minutes, handouts, speakers,
agendas, and other products of this group do not constitute medical
and/or legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Always
discuss individual health/medical concerns with a qualified personal
physician. |
Events - Archives Affiliated with Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL Medical Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Kim, Department of Allergy Meetings: 2nd Monday of Every Other Month, 6pm-8pm
Past Events
Summer Safe Baseball - May 22, 2009
FAAN-Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Chicago THRIVE Allergy Expo - April 18-19 2009
FOOD
ALLERGY INITIATIVE CHICAGO UPDATE - November 1, 2008
We’re thrilled to announce that the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI) Chicago held its 1st Annual Benefit on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chicago Illuminating Company, which was a resounding success with 500 in attendance. The cocktail party featured drinks, heavy appetizers, live & silent auctions and a raffle with tons of amazing prizes! Honorees were Denise and Dave Bunning as well as Dominique Tougne, Executive Chef of Bistro 110. Thanks to the dedication of the Benefit committee members, sponsors, volunteers and generous support of our friends throughout the greater Chicago area, the event raised nearly $1.3 million. Without your generosity, none of this was possible! In addition to raising an incredible amount of money, the Benefit succeeded in bringing much needed attention to the issue of food allergies. Through the heartfelt presentations by Denise and Dave Bunning, our Benefit honorees, Domninque Tounge, our Chef Honoree and Sara Shannon, allergy activist, many in attendance unfamiliar with the struggles we face as parents of allergic children, experienced our fears and urgency for a cure. Denise and Dave Bunning were especially instrumental in educating many on the issues and initiatives that are underway. As the number of people in attendance and the amount of money raised suggests, we are all desperate to help find a cure for our children. So this is just the beginning. We look to make next year’s Benefit a greater success! If you are interested in volunteering for next year's Benefit, please email faichicago@faiusa.org Also, please check out the new FAI website at www.faiusa.org. It has been completely redesigned with revised and new resources for anyone impacted by food allergies.  Walk for Food Allergy 2008 - Chicago, Illinois - Saturday September
27, 2008
The Chicago Walk for Food Allergy was a huge success once again this year and a great time was had by all. We had beautiful weather and a great day! Our goal for 2008 was to raise over $147K. CONGRATULATIONS, CHICAGO - we have exceeded our goal and have raised over $176K thus far, up from $135K last year. On the National Level, Chicago is ranked 3rd out of 28 walk sites! This is AMAZING! We had over 1,200 walkers this year come support food allergies and FAAN's Mission, up from 800 walkers last year and 400 walkers in 2006. We are thrilled with this year's success!
Please click here for more information on FAAN's 2008 Walk for Food
Allergy 2008 Walk Co-Chairs: photos
Summer Safe Baseball - July 16, 2008
Trace Adkins at Naperville Ribfest - July 6, 2008
Fishing for a Cure Update - June 3, 2008 - [MS
Word]
Fishing for a Cure - May 31, 2008 -
[MS Word]
FAAN-Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network -
Illinois Food Allergy Conference
5/10/2008
Food Allergies: Living and Learning Held At Donald Stephens Convention Center 555 North River Road - Rosemont, IL 60018
The
Illinois Food Allergy Conference was a great educational
day! For more information on FAAN's Food Allergy Conferences,
please visit: at
http://www.foodallergy.org/conferences.html. The
following topics were covered:
12th Annual Mariel C. Furlong Award Winners Announced at the
Conference: 2008 Community Service Award Winner
 1st
row, L-R: Anne Thompson, MOCHA
North Leader; Vivian Appelt; Jo Dincin; Ann Oerhing, MOCHA
Chicago Leader.
2nd row, L-R: Bryan Bunning; Denise
Bunning, MOCHA North Leader; Lorraine Bachand, MOCHA Chicago
Leader; Eleanor Garrow-Majka, POCHA of Will County Leader;
Kellee Konieczny, POCA DuPage Leader; Debbie & Melissa Engel;
Michele Abbott.
Joliet Herald News Article, "Allergy Aid Group Gives Parents Peace
of Mind" by Jean Dunning
Naperville Sun Article, "Fighting Food Allergies One Step at a Time"
by Susan Frick Carlman
Joliet Herald News - September 2007
FAAN-Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network - Illinois Food
Allergy Conference 4/21/2007
The 2007 FAAN Conference was GREAT! CONGRATULATIONS to Eleanor Garrow-Majka for receiving the Honorable Mention Award. Eleanor is the Founder of POCHA of Will County Support Group. The agenda for the day was as follows:
It was a great educational day; and if anyone would like a copy of the packet please let me know; and we can copy for a minimal fee. Please check out www.foodallergy.org
Chicago Parent Magazine Article, "Testing Thomas"
by Katie Holland
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Anne
Munoz-Furlong, Founder & CEO of FAAN, and Eleanor Garrow-Majka, 2008
Mariel C. Furlong Award Winner for Community Service.
Denise
Bunning, Speaker and Co-Founder of Food Allergy Project/MOCHA
North, & Bryan Bunning, Speaker and FAAN Teen Advisory Group Member.