Bay Area Celiac News - Nov 2002

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BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS - NOV 2002*** Gluten Free Fundraising Dinner, Dec 5 ***You are invited to dinner on Thursday, December 5, 2002, 7:00 pmPiccolo's Persian restaurant, 4926 El Camino Real, Los AltosThe cost is $40 per person and includes appetizer, choice of main dish, wine, and coffee or tea. Wonderful gluten free cakes will be auctioned off for dessert. All proceeds go to support the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation. Foundation researchers and Board of Directors will be present and will give a short talk on the progress of the Foundation. To reserve a seat, please print this page and send it with your check or credit card information to: Celiac Sprue Research Foundation, P.O. Box 61193, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1193. Make checks payable to Celiac Sprue Research Foundation. Questions can be sent to kelly@.... Reservations must be received by November 28, 2002.Name: ________________________________________ Date____________________Address: ______________________________________________________________City/State: ________________________ Zip: __________Phone:_________________Email: ________________________________________________________________Credit Card No._____________________________ Exp. Date MO/YR ______________Amount enclosed $ ______________ Signature ________________________________ Circle credit card type: Visa * MC * Discover * American Express * Diners * Carte BlanchePlease indicate your main dish choice, entering the number of reservations for each: filet mignon kabab____ lamb kabab____ chicken kabab____ salmon kabab____OR lobia polo (vegetarian dish made with garden beans, onions, and tomato sauce)____=========================================Stanford NewsThe next Stanford Support Group meeting will be in January. Date will be announced in December mailing.The lab for the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation will open Feb.1, 2003 in Sunnyvale. Donations are needed to pay rent, insurance, supplies and payroll for the scientists. More information on the Foundation and their drug development program can be found at www.celiacsprue.org. Donations can be sent to Celiac Sprue Research FoundationP.O. Box 61193Palo Alto, CA 94306-1193Tel / Fax: (650) 251-9865. The Foundation is also in need of the following: 1. QuickBooks Basic software (approx. cost $200)2. Free or reduced cost printing services for brochures and business cards3. Free or reduced cost videotaping and editing services to produce a professional quality educational videotape on celiac disease with a research update (approx. cost $5,000)If you can donate one of these items or sponsor the cost please contact Rohlfs (650) 725-4771 or kellyr@....============================================Oakland NewsThe Oakland group will meet next on Saturday, December 14 from 10:30 to 12:30. Featured speaker will be Lorraine Mulvihill, clinical nutritionist at Stanford. Last year she presented a case study on celiac disease to the clinical nutrition staff at UCSF. The second featured guest is Santa Claus who will greet all of us. Parents should bring a small gift for Santa to give to their children. Please bring a g-f dish for brunch for our holiday celebration. The location is 1950 lin Street, Oakland, the Kaiser Permanente corporate headquarters, near the 19th street BART. Call for directions or information: Ellen Switkes (510) 655-0215 or ellen.switkes@....===========================================Santa Cruz NewsThe next meeting of the Santa Cruz Celiac Support group will be on Saturday, January 11, 2003 at 11:00 a.m.. We will be meeting in Room E in the Education Building at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, 1555 Soquel Drive (east of Highway 1 at the Soquel Avenue/Drive exit). The Education Building is behind the hospital, and Room E is at the top of the stairs. If you wish, bring a gluten free potluck item to share with the group (be sure to bring the recipe or a list of ingredients). If you have any questions or need directions, please contact Pam Newbury at 831-423-6904 or pknewbury@....===========================================Central California Online Support GroupThere is a local celiac online support group for those living with celiac disease and their relatives. The group is based in Santa Cruz and in the Bay Area, in California. We are here to support one another in our journey to better health in living with celiac disease. In this forum we will offer each other information, recipes, gluten-friendly restaurant finds, tips/hints, ideas, up-coming events, information and of course support for each other.If you would like to subscribe send an email to: -subscribe You will begin receiving e-mails from others who have subscribed and can send e-mails to the group by addressing them to: ============================================Bay Area ROCK GroupThe Bay Area ROCK Group (parents only) will be meeting for dinner in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 10 at a place to be announced. If interested please call me. Also, ROCK is sponsoring a one-week Holland America cruise with gluten-free foods the end of June. I will be happy to send brochures if you are interested. Please call or email me. Thanks! Jackie Tel 415-885-5171 or E-mail: __Corley@...============================================Reminder:The next Sebastopol Meeting will be on Sat., Jan 18. Contact Leilani (707)829-9105, oceansplash4me@...The next Napa Meeting will be on Sat., Jan 18. Contact Marie Dell'Isola (707)255-4027============================================(Thanks to Tina Walia for putting together the following information)Health Food Store with Gluten Free Products"Cupertino Natural Foods" is a health food store located in the South Bay area. It has been owned and operated by the Barbella family since 1969. Shari Barbella, the current owner, is very keen to work closely with the local Celiac Support Groups to meet the community's gluten free needs. She also attended the Stanford Group's meeting in May.This store already offers a good selection of gluten free products (cereals, baking mixes, pasta) from some of our favorite brands: Gluten Free Pantry, Sylvan Border Farms, Ener-G Foods, Tinkyada, etc. One can also find a variety of gluten free cookbooks and other reference materials for the newly diagnosed celiac. Shari is in the process of creating a separate counter/area for Wheat Free/Gluten Free products. Also, depending on demand, she is even open to the idea of having a frozen food section for gluten free products (like breads, dough-nuts, bagels, etc.) in her store at a later date. Shari is already working with a few gluten free food vendors as well as the Celiac Disease Foundation in Southern California to get a better understanding of how she can best meet our needs. Let us take this opportunity and make the most of this happy situation where a store wants to provide us with all kinds of gluten free products!==========================================