Meetings - 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
Meeting schedule
Please contact Eleanor Garrow-Majka through our
contact us page, to confirm the date and location of
meetings. 6pm-8pm:
Monday, August 14, 2006
Monday, October 9, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Monday, February 12, 2007
Monday, April 9, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007 |
Past
Meetings and Speakers
Monday, June 8, 2009
1st Half: Kristin Miller, Co-Founder POCA of DuPage - 504 Plans
Kristin Miller will be speaking to the group on 504 Plans for our
children attending public schools and what we need to be aware of.
This will be a great, informative meeting, so we hope you can make
it.
2nd Half: Q&A
Monday, April 13, 2009
1st Half:
Kathleen Sullivan, President & Founder of Eat, Learn, Live
Foundation (ELL)
Eat, Learn, Live (ELL) is a not-for-profit foundation created to
raise awareness of food labeling inaccuracies, to provide advocacy
in creating safe educational environments, and to provide tools to
assist those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis. Their
efforts are on behalf of the 12 million Americans and 2.2 million
school-aged children who have a food allergy.
2nd Half: Kathleen has offered to do a book signing at our meeting
of her new book, "The Party is at the Safe House." She will also
raffle off a couple of the books and bring an assortment of sample
foods from the recipes included in the book.
Monday, October 13, 2008
1st Half:
Kim Koeller, President & CEO of Allergy Free Passport
Kim Koeller will be presenting what is new with Allergy Free
Passport and Gluten Free On the Go.
2nd Half:
Open Forum.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Christine Szychlinski, Manager of the Food Allergy Program at
Children's Memorial Hospital Department of Allergy.
Topic: Christine will provide a presentation on "Back to School"
tips.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Dominique Tougne, Co-Owner and Executive Chef of Bistro 110,
Chicago.
Topic: Dominique was FAAN's Honorary Walk Chair in Chicago in 2006
and 2007 for the Walk for Food Allergy. He will discuss his
background, Bistro 110 and dealing with food allergies in his
restaurant. We are very excited to have Dominique visit our group
again!
Monday, April 14, 2008
1st Half: Erin Wiencek, Assistant Director of Ticket
Operations with Kane County Cougars.
Topic: Kane County Cougars is one of the most popular minor league
baseball teams in the country. Erin will share with us details about
Peanut Free Night at the ballpark, scheduled for Wednesday, July 16,
that includes a post-game fireworks show and the opportunity for
fans to run the bases after the game.
2nd Half: Christine Szychlinski, Manager of the Food
Allergy Program at Children's Memorial Hospital Department of
Allergy.
Topic: Christine will provide a presentation on "What's New in Food
Allergy" regarding research, data, and much more information.
