What's New for Kids With Food Allergies, Inc

Archived Kids With Food Allergies Announcements for 2007:

December, 2007
Send free food allergy awareness eCards!

We have free eCards on our Web site with food allergy awareness messages that you can create and send to friends and family. You can find a link to them either by going to our home page, www.kidswithfoodallergies.org for the rest of the month. Or, at any time, you can just click on "resources" above in the top navigation menu and once you get to our Resources section, on the left hand side there is a menu and one choice is "Send free eCards".
The direct link to send eCards is http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org/sendcard/. All of the artwork are creations of children and submitted by KFA/POFAK (Parents of Food Allergic Kids) parents. We are thankful they have shared their artwork with us.

November, 2007
KFA exhibits at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Kids With Food Allergies exhibited at the 2007 ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting in Dallas, Texas. KFA representatives met allergists from around the country to provide information about the online support group services KFA provides to families who are raising food allergic children -- our recipe database, our food and cooking support forums, and our family forums for emotional and social support.

October, 2007
KFA Iron Chef competition, the Battle Lunchbox winner announced

The recipes were made and tasted. Votes were cast and tallied. And the winners of the Iron Chef Battle Lunchbox Entrees competition are Chicken Salad Unsandwich by rachelandtyke, and Rainbow Scoops by Clay'smommy1.

Congratulations to both winners! We thank all of the entrants as well as everyone who helped in the judging of these great recipes.

October, 2007
Companies showcase their new allergy-friendly food products

A KFA representative attended the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore in late September, where businesses showcased their flagship products and introduced new items to merchandisers and others in the retail business.

There were many companies there with whom we are familiar, including companies that already sponsor or advertise with KFA such as Ian's Natural Foods, Enjoy Life Foods, and Sunbutter. These and other companies were showcasing new allergy-friendly products that will be potentially useful for families raising children with food allergies.

September 29-October 1, 2007
Kids With Food Allergies exhibits at the American Dietetics Association

Kids With Food Allergies exhibited at the 2007 American Dietetics Association's Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Philadelphia. KFA representatives met dietitans from around the country to provide information about the online support group services KFA provides to families who are raising food allergic children -- our recipe database, our food and cooking support forums, and our family forums for emotional and social support.

September 26, 2007
KFA welcomes its 10,000th member

KFA welcomed our 10,000th member this month. Kids With Food Allergies has grown and accomplished much in the past two years; here's an update:

• 500 new members join monthly.
• 8,500 subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter.
• We now have a dozen support forums, including two dedicated to food and cooking.
• Members post 10,000 messages monthly seeking and offering support.
• Our Web site has 50,000 site visits monthly.
• We've provided 400 sponsored Family Memberships this year.
• Our searchable Safe Eats ™ recipe database contains 800+ food allergy recipes, and more will be added in future months.
• Our volunteer team has grown to 35 members dedicating 1,200 volunteer hours monthly.
• Our resources section contains 70 food allergy articles and tips.

August 23, 2007
Planning for growth

Kids With Food Allergies continues to grow and thrive! Our board of directors met this past month to plan out our objectives for the next year in terms of how we are organized and staffed and in terms of what kinds of programs to offer our members.

Organizationally we're still very much laying an infrastructure to allow us to grow to meet the needs of the thousands who come to our Web site each month. Our primary objective is to build an operations team this year while we continue to expand educational and support offerings to our members and visitors. We'll tell you more about plans later this year as we firm them up.

We are still looking to fill some key volunteer positions as we grow to become a fully functioning organization, including volunteers willing to help us with fundraising. We will have more information about that later this year as well.

In the mean time, know that we are working hard to keep things running as smoothly as possible while our volunteer staff are helping out with KFA when they can steal away time from raising children, caring for the house, being employed, spending hours shopping and preparing allergy-safe meals - you get the idea! We are so thankful for everyone's contributions large and small. Our volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization and we value them tremendously.

July, 2007
Children's holiday card contest winner announced

We are pleased to announce that Victoria, age 12, daughter of KFA member Alergeez, is the winner of this year's KFA holiday card artwork competition! After seeing Victoria's artwork and contacting her mom, we have come to learn that Victoria is a very talented young artist. Victoria received a KFA ''Please don't feed me, I have food allergies'' monkey and a winner's certificate as an acknowledgment of her achievement! Congratulations, Victoria! Victoria's artwork will be made into holiday cards we will sell on our Web site this fall. Runners up received a certificate of participation and a KFA keychain.

June 22-23, 2007
Kids With Food Allergies exhibits at the Pennsylvania Allergy and Asthma Association

Kids With Food Allergies went on the road to exhibit at the 2007 merican Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Hershey, PA. KFA President Lynda Mitchell spoke with allergists regarding the online support group services KFA provides to families who are raising food allergic children -- our recipe database, our food and cooking support forums, and our family forums for emotional and social support.

April 30, 2007
KFA Iron Chef competition, the Battle Brunch winner announced

We have another winner of our latest KFA Iron Chef competition, the Battle Brunch! The secret without ingredients were dairy, eggs, and wheat. We had five fantastic recipes submitted that ranged from cinnamon rolls to ABC Potato Salad.

The winning recipe in this contest was Cinnamon Rolls, submitted by heythereheather. It has already received rave reviews from those who've tried making them.

April 25, 2007
Thank you, volunteers !

April is national volunteer appreciation month. We want to take this time to thank the dozens of volunteers that contribute more than 1,000 hours monthly to keep KFA online for families. I sincerely appreciate your contributions and your time, and thank you for making Kids With Food Allergies a wonderful online community for families.


February 24-27, 2007
KFA exhibits at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Kids With Food Allergies went on the road to exhibit at the 2007 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Representatives of KFA spoke with allergists and allied health professionals regarding the unique and valuable services KFA provides online to families who are raising food allergic children -- our recipe database, our food and cooking support forums, and our family forums for emotional and social support.


February 22, 2007
New mission statement for KFA

After much thought and careful consideration over the past six months, the KFA Board of Directors has refined KFA's mission statement to reflect the unique role we serve in providing education and support to families and caregivers. The revised mission statement is:

The mission of Kids With Food Allergies is to foster optimal health, nutrition and well-being of children with food allergies by providing education and a caring support community for their families and caregivers.

February 12, 2007
Are you a food allergy support group or organization leader?

In May, 2006 we opened a dedicated forum for food allergy support group leaders nationwidewho wish to share and discuss outreach, advocacy and other issues of interest. We now have 39 members of this new forum. There is no charge for access and participate. Support group leaders, please contact Lynda Mitchell, President if you wish to have access to this new forum.


February 9, 2007

Our first Iron Chef KFA competition for 2007 is now over and the winner is Asian Fusion Sausage Rolls by JacE. The theme for this competition was Tailgating Snacks, and all recipes were free of potato and dairy. Congratulations to the other competitors as well. All of the recipes were delicious and are now available in our Safe Eats™ searchable recipe database.


January 11, 2007
2007 Iron Chef KFA competition announced

Our first Iron Chef KFA competition for 2007 has been announced! The theme for this event will be Tailgate Snacks, and the "secret without" ingredients are dairy and potatoes.

All of the dishes must be snack foods suitable for tailgating. All of the dishes must not contain any milk or potato products.

Join in on the fun and be a judge or a participant for this contest! Any KFA Family Member who is not a challenger in the current battle can be a judge. Judges select one or more of the contest recipes to try out at home, then rate each recipe. For more details on judging or on entering the battle, register or log in and visit the Iron Chef Food Competition Forum.