FW: Bay Area Celiac News....April 2005

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Don't forget the meetings this weekend! Also check out the Celiac Camp if you have kids 5 to 16. At $50 for 5 days you won't find a better deal!

Pam

-----Original Message-----From: Deutsch [mailto:deutschm@...]Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:02 AMMartha DeutschSubject: Bay Area Celiac News....April 2005BAY AREA CELIACS NEWS....APRIL 2005*SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS THIS SATURDAY APRIL 9*OAKLAND (Please note speaker change.)Contact Ellen Switkes510-655-0215 (evenings/weekends), ellen.switkes@... The Oakland group will meet on Saturday, April 9 from 10:30AM to 12:30PM at 1950 lin Street, Oakland. (Kaiser Permanente Corporate Headquarters, not the hospital). The speaker will be Dr. Gleghorn, pediatric gastroenterologist from Oakland Children's Hospital. She has recently led a grand rounds on celiac disease at the hospital and has several celiac patients. She will talk about diagnosis and follow up. Please bring a gluten free brunch item to share with your recipe or ingredient list. Call Ellen with questions or for directions.-------------------------------------------------------------------------

SANTA CRUZContact Pam Newbury 831-423-6904, pknewbury@... The Santa Cruz Celiac Support Group will meet on Saturday, April 9, at 11AM in meeting room 2 at Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. Meeting room 2 is near our usual room (room 1) on the ground floor in the main hospital (just look for the signs). This will be a general meeting for discussion and questions; a chance for experienced and newly diagnosed celiacs to share experiences and ideas. The meeting will conclude with a gluten-free potluck lunch, so please bring a gluten-free lunch item to share, with list of ingredients or the recipe. (This is optional for those who are very ill or unfamiliar with the gluten-free diet). The meeting is open to all who are interested in this topic. For more information contact Pam. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STANFORDContact Rohlfs 650-725-4771, kellyr@... Saturday, May 21 Event: Stanford Walk for CeliacsProceeds to benefit the Celiac Sprue Research Foundation, www.celiacsprue.org Join us on the beautiful Stanford Campus where each step you take brings us a step closer to a cure. On this delightful walk you will stroll through the historical main quad and see the beautiful church, marvel at Hoover Tower, meander through outdoor sculpture gardens and visit the(free) Museum all the while enjoying the prized architecture and spring flowers. After the walk, stay for the Stanford vs Arizona baseball game at 1PM or drive next door to the Stanford Shopping Center and enjoy the flower displays and outdoor cafes. Bring your bikes, Frisbees, dogs and picnic and enjoy Stanford's beautiful outdoor spaces. Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30AM.The walk begins at 9AM and is 2 ½ miles long, though you are welcome to shorten your walk if you desire. The walk is wheelchair and stroller accessible. Gluten free baked goodies and drinks will be provided after the walk. All pre-registered walkers will receive gifts. Fees (per participant): $10 (By May 10th) , $15 (After May 10th), 5 years and under free. Our goal is for each walker to raise $300.Questions, call . Registration forms will be sent as an attachment in a separate email, or they can be downloaded from http://celiacsupport.stanford.edu. To find out more about Stanford events on May 21 go to http://stanfordevents.stanford.eduBaseball tickets can be purchased from gostanford.com or by calling (650) 725-2876. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------CELIAC SPRUE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONIf any adult Celiac is undergoing an endoscopy either at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation or at Stanford, we would appreciate it if you would be willing to donate a couple of small biopsies for research. Please contact Chaitan Khosla at 650-723-6538 or csrf@....Reminder: the Celiac Sprue Management Clinic offers full physical exams, laboratory tests, and access to a dietitian specializing in celiac disease. Appointments 650-723-6961-----------------------------------------------------------------------------BAY AREA ROCKContact Velez at 650-216-6405,kelly.velez@...The next event will be when the weather is warm/dry enoughto meet outside. Reminder: the Bay Area ROCK group doesnot maintain a separate mailing list. If you want to join andget information about this group, you need to join theonline group by sending email tobayareaceliacROCK-subscribe The web page for the group is:bayareaceliacROCK/?yguid=149813774SF ROCK Contact Palmer415-647-7669, palmer@... EAST BAY ROCKContact Dana Sylvester-Doscher 925-648-3217, ddoscher11@... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLUTEN FREE SESSION AT CAMP ARROYOThe plans for Northern California's first gluten-free summer camp are coming together. The Family Foundation, which runs camps over the summer for a variety of special needs, has offered to host and sponsor a gluten free summer camp at their campground in Livermore, CA. You can read more about the camp at http://www.ttff.org/camp/index.html.The camp will be August 7-11 in Livermore at Camp Arroyo. The camp has swimming, basketball, rock wall and ropes (minimum age 10yrs), bocci ball, hiking, art center, etc. There is a health center and we will have a nurse on site 24x7. The kitchen/dining will be entirely gluten free. The cost is $50 per person. Celiac children ages 5-16 are welcome. If your child is 5 years old he/she must be accompanied by a parent. If your celiac child is older and the parent wishes to come as a counselor that would be great as well.If your child is 15-16 and wants to be a junior counselor, please let us know. If you know of someone who wants to volunteer as a counselor, please let us know. All counselors will be required to be fingerprinted at their own expense. Terese Merrell is the contact person for camper registration: teresenmerrell@... Please send the names, ages and sexes of children attending, and the names and sexes of any adults who will be able to be camp counselors for the entire time,24x7.As the Family Foundation is covering the most of the cost of camp ($50 is a great deal!) the camp must follow their rules: this means celiac kids from Northern California have "first dibs" on places, and then unfilled spaces will be available to other gluten-free kids. So hurry and get your name on the list! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------SAN FRANCISCO 5K MARATHON JULY 31, 2005 Runners and walkers are welcome to participate in this fundraiser to raise money for celiac research groups and camp scholarships. Tricia Blue of Half Moon Bay has offered to be a contact person in our area if you would like more information: 650-560-0190, tblue@.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------CELIACS IN SEARCH OF NEIGHBOR CELIACS?These people have kindly offered to be contacts for celiacs looking for other celiacs in their neighborhood: SAN FRANCISCOGerri Beauvais, 415-271-2762, sfpaperhanger@...

BERKELEY Schinnerer, 510-524-3774, jamesoutwest@... SAN JOSESue Hersom, 408 723-0804, shersom@... NAPAMarie Dell'Isola, 707-255-4027SACRAMENTOJoan Leforestier, 916-487-3459, oscar368@... (Note from Joan: there is a gluten free restaurant in called Farmers Kitchen. We had brunch there last month and it was great. She has pies, bagel, pizza etc. You need to make reservations because it is small.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------From "I Can Eat That" Bakery....Mike Groff510-658-4174, info@...We are very pleased to announce the introduction of gluten free breads and baked goods to select grocery store locations around the Bay Area. Now you will be able find our Homemade White Bread, Hearty Wheat-Style Bread and Pizza Crusts in retail store's frozen food section. Our gluten free breads are sold as frozen dough and packaged in a baking pan that you can put right into the oven. Our gluten free pizza crust is partially baked and then frozen to seal-in freshness and help make the preparation easier. Just remove the pizza crust from the packaging, place on a cookie sheet or pizza stone, allow to thaw for approximately thirty minutes, pile on your favorite toppings and then bake as directed. You can now find our products at the following retail locations:

SF PeninsulaDraeger's (3 locations)222 E. Fourth Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401 1010 University Dr., Menlo Park, CA 94025342 First Street, Los Altos, CA 94022

East BayFood Mill, 3033 MacArthur Blvd. Oakland, CA 94602Piedmont Grocery, 4038 Piedmont Ave. Oakland, CA 94611Harvest House, 2395 Monument Blvd. Concord, CA 94520 The "I Can Eat That" Bakery510-658-4174Reminder on cooking class at Draeger's in San Mateo:Culinary director Kathleen Taggart has arranged a GF cooking class in our San Mateo cooking school. Carolyn McCune,a registered dietician and diabetes educator at Mills Peninsula will teach "Gluten and Wheat Free Cooking for Celiacs" on Thursday, July 14. It is an evening class (6:30pm). Online reservations can be made at the Draeger's website: www.Draegers.com/DCS. Note from Pete Draeger: We are working very hard to round out our offerings here at Draeger's. We have finally gotten Crave Bakery products (dedicated GF bakery for dessert items) and they have told us they can even prepare birthday cakes to order. We also now carry Mike Groff's frozen bread products. Please spread the word. Draeger's is very serious about gluten free foods!Some other stores often recommended for GF shopping......San Francisco:Richmond New May Wah Market, 707 Clement Street (between 7th & 8th Streets) is a treasure trove of Asian foods. Amazing array of rice noodles, as well as unusual rice flour and tapioca flour based products. Considered to be one of the best markets in the city.Richmond:Ranch 99 Market is a huge outpost for all things Asian.Concord:Harvest House, 2395 Monument Blvd., 925-676-2305 M-F: 9-8pm, Sat: 9-7, Sun: 10-7 Extensive gluten free selection including two freezers full of Kinnikinnick's breads and muffinsBerkeley and El Cerrito:The Natural Grocery1336 Gilman Street, Berkeley, 510-526-245610367 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, 510-526-1155 (bigger)Cupertino:Cupertino Nutrition, 10265 S De Anza Blvd, 408-253-1277 Fair selection of Kinnikinnick and other gluten free brands Marin:Woodlands Market in Kentfield has heeded the call of area celiacs by supplying Gluten Free Pantry items, EnerG pretzels, a good assortment of Bob's Red Mill flours, cereals, and lots of fabulous gourmet items that are workable for a gluten free diet.San :Asian Market across the street from Whole Foods (on Street) is a good resource for rice noodles, rice flour, and specialty produce.============================================Note: This list is confidential and will be used only to keep you informed of local celiac activities and important celiac concerns. To subscribe, report address changes, or request to be removed, please contact Martha Deutsch, 650-726-9562, deutschm@....