What's New for Kids With Food Allergies, Inc. (2005)

Archived Kids With Food Allergies Announcements for 2005

December 1, 2005

Our holiday fundraising appeal has begun. Join us so we can keep KFA alive! Please help us reach our goal of raising $100,000 for 2006 by sending your gift of support today.

You may donate safely online, or you may also send a donation to:

Kids With Food Allergies, Inc.
73 Old Dublin Pike, Ste. 10, #163
Doylestown, PA 18901

Together, we can work together so that families raising children with food allergies don't have to feel alone. Please help us stay online to be here for families.

July 31, 2005

A new Kids With Food Allergies brochure is now available.

You can now download our brochure, or if you would like quantities to share with others, you can order our brochures.

June 14, 2005

With the help of talented parent volunteers, we've launched our monthly member newsletter!

All registered members of Kids With Food Allergies are eligible to receive our newsletter. Associate membership is free of charge, and entitles you to other member benefits as well, including access to our Safe Eats Recipe Database and our POFAK Family Forums.

If you interested in receving our monthly newsletter, we invite you to register as a member by going to:

Register or Login to the POFAK Family Forums

May 28, 2005

May 28th has marked Kids With Food Allergies' three-month "anniversary". During the past three months, we've grown to over 1200 members, our Web site has had over 40,000 site visitors and our members have posted over 21,000 messages seeking and offering support to other parents of food allergic children.

We've accomplished a lot in the past three months through hard work and teamwork. We've added:

• MedicAlert discount program for our members
• "Tips of the Week" to our Web site
• Three new forums (Dads' forum, Breastfeeding and Parents of Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers.)
• "Safe Eats" searchable recipe database with hundreds of allergy friendly recipes.
• Monthly Member Newsletter

We are committed to run our organization professionally and in a fiscally responsible manner. Your contributions and family membership fees all go directly into paying for our costs in providing services to you. As a 501(c)(3) we are accountable to the public and our records will be open for public inspection in accordance with IRS regulations.

May 13, 2005

Kids With Food Allergies has launched its searchable Safe Eats Recipe Database.. Our Safe Eats Recipe Database offers hundreds of recipes for your family that are free of milk, peanut, soy, wheat, egg and other common allergens.

February 28, 2005

Kids With Food Allergies Announces Its Family Support Web site 

Doylestown, PA, February 28, 2005--A new Web site offering tools to assist families with the challenges of living with their children's food allergies has been launched by Kids with Food Allergies, Inc., a new U.S.-based nonprofit organization.

Kids With Food Allergies' Web site, http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org, offers an online support community with message boards and chat rooms as well as a searchable recipe database, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) created by its multi-disciplinary Medical Advisory Team, and more. The Health on the Net Foundation has reviewed the Web site and found it to be in compliance with its HON code of conduct, an initiative to improve the quality of health information on the World Wide Web.

Food allergies affect approximately 6 to 8% of U.S. children, and have been increasing in prevalence over the past several years. Studies show that food allergy creates stress on the family and child, and impacts a family's quality of life. Support groups can help families cope with the challenges in raising a food allergic child; however, many parents are unable to find food allergy support groups where they live.

"As a parent of a severely food allergic child, I understand the challenges and isolation that food allergies can add to our day-to-day lives," says Lynda Mitchell, M.A., President and one of the founders of the new organization. "I know that parent-to-parent support can be immensely helpful in coping with the isolation as well as gaining useful insights from other parents. This helps in raising a happy, healthy food allergic child. We've launched Kids With Food Allergies to address the need of many parents who are raising children with food allergies and are looking for online peer support.

Kids With Food Allergies was granted tax-exempt status as a charitable organization under IRS Code 501(c)(3) in late 2004. The founding volunteer members of its Board of Directors are Veronica Broadley (Arizona), Danielle Keblaitis (Michigan), Kim Khosla, M.D. (Ohio), Lynda Mitchell (Pennsylvania), and Nicole Shields Smith (Colorado). 

The organization has been created to meet the growing need for online peer support previously provided by the Parents of Food Allergic Kids (POFAK) support group, founded in 1998. POFAK had grown to include over 2900 members from a number of countries including the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the U.K., and others before its move to the new Kids With Food Allergies online support community. 

Kids With Food Allergies memberships are available without charge to any family. 

Contact Information:
Lynda Mitchell, M.A.
Kids With Food Allergies, Inc.
73 Old Dublin Pike, PMB 163
Doylestown, PA 18901

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Source: Kids With Food Allergies, Inc.
Web site: http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org