FW: Bay Area Celiac News...June 2005

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Check out the celiac family camp info. Hope to see some of you at the meeting tomorrow in Santa Cruz!

Pam

-----Original Message-----From: Deutsch [mailto:deutschm@...]Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 11:23 AMMartha DeutschSubject: Bay Area Celiac News...June 2005SF BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS JUNE 2005End of school, vacation time and everyone gets busy,but we do have some celiac activities coming up SOON.... SANTA CRUZPam Newbury, 831-423-6904, pknewbury@...Next meeting is TOMORROW, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 11AM in meeting room 1 at Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive,Santa Cruz. 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. EAST BAY ROCK Ann Reigelman, areigelman@..., 925-837-6711Our next event is a Pot Luck organized by Carla Mira on SATURDAY JUNE 11 from 4-6PM.Location: Lafayette Reservoir at the picnic tables by the new play structure (to the left of the parking lot)Directions: From Highway 24 heading West , exit the Aclanes Upper Happy Valley Exit (the last of 3 Lafayette Exits) and loop under the freeway, turn Left at the light on to Mount Diablo Blvd,turn Right at the Entrance to the Reservoir and proceed to parking lot. There is a $6 fee per vehicle What to Bring: Please bring your own drinks and a gluten free dish to share. Please choose between an appetizer AND dessert, side dish or salad, or a main dish. Call Carla with what you plan to bring so we have a good variety. Her number is: 925-229-0822. Activities: Carla will make signs and bring some activities for children. If you haven't been to the reservoir before (or in awhile) it's a great opportunity to come early and get some excercise. For more information about the reservoir please call (925) 284-9669or you can visit the website: www.lafayettechamber.org/pages/reservoir.htmPlease extend this invitation to anyone you know that is interested in attending.================================================GLUTEN FREE FAMILY CAMP THIS SUMMER...August 14-17(NEED TO REGISTER SOON - Contact Ann Reigelman,areigelman@...)Are you looking for a great family vacation this summer whereyou don't need to worry about what you are eating? Shady Creek Family Camp will provide a special gluten free menu as part of its regular family camp program. My family would love to attend Shady Creek but both my son and I are Celiacs and it just wouldn't be the same if we neededto bring our own food. The owner of the camp has offered to hold a unique gluten free session and design a menu and special buffet for families on a gluten free diet. We need at least 10 families to sign up. If you reserve space and we don't get 10 families by June 16th, Shady Creek will give you a full refund. Family camp is designed to be a one-week vacation but, for this summer as an introduction, we have the option of doing a 3-nightstay (or more, if you like).Shady Creek is a wonderful, new, all-inclusive family camp located near Grass Valley in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains,near the Tahoe National Forest. It is about a 3 hour drive from San Francisco. The camp was designed for families to spend quality time together in the great outdoors. There are organized activities during the day including arts & crafts, swimming, ropes course, climbing wall, biking, nature hikes and a variety of other sportsactivities. The organized evening activities include campfires,talent show, outdoor movie night and surprise Guest Night. Offsite, Shady Creek offers wakeboarding and waterskiing, trips to a local gold mine and box lunches at swimming holes along the Yuba River.Families stay in new cabins with private decks, a lodge withloft rooms, or adobe dome cabins with skylights and patios. Each room or cabin has one queen and two twin beds (more beds are provided for larger families.)Three meals per day are served in a large, spacious dining hall and the pool is open all day.This is an opportunity for a great family vacation and for you and your kids to meet others on a gluten-free diet. If we can get a group together by June 17 the partial week rates per night are $115 per adult, $94 per child from 2-17, and $9 per child for under 2 years. If this sounds good to you, please send Ann an email at areigelman@.... I would like to know what you think, even if you can't make it, and I would like to get an initial indication of how many families would like to go to Shady Creek.For all of the details on Shady Creek, please go tohttp://www.shadycreekcamp.com, or call 800-826-7310. Sincerely, Ann Reigelman===============================================OAKLANDEllen Switkes, 510-655-0215 (evenings/weekends), ellen.switkes@... The Oakland group will have its last meeting of the year on SATYRDAY, JUNE 26, 10:30AM-12:30PM at 1950 lin Street, Oakland. Rose Anne DeCristoforo, owner of Natural Food Worksand the Farmer's Kitchen Cafe will talk about her new gluten free cafe in , CA. If you can't come to our meeting check this outat www.naturalfoodworks.com. (Maybe we all need a little trip to !) Please bring a gluten-free brunch item with recipe or ingredient list. We will also have lots of free samples to share. We can have a summer picnic or outing if anyone is willing to volunteer to organize it. If so, please contact Ellen. ================================================STANFORD Rohlfs, 650-725-4771, kellyr@...A report on the walkathon will be in the next news. Thanks to allall who participated! And don't forget the 6th annual Stanfordconference will be held Saturday Sept 10. BAY AREA ROCK Velez, 650-216-6405, kelly.velez@...Theresa Marquart, findtheresa@..., will be organizing a July event. More information later.SF ROCK Palmer, 415-647-7669, palmer@...A summer event will be planned.Other Local Celiac Contacts:SAN FRANCISCOGerri Beauvais, 415-271-2762, sfpaperhanger@...BERKELEY Schinnerer, 510-524-3774, jamesoutwest@...SAN JOSESue Hersom, 408 723-0804, susan.hersom@...NAPAMarie Dell'Isola, 707-255-4027SACRAMENTOJoan Leforestier, 916-487-3459, oscar368@...==============================================Note from Martha:I have just returned from travels to Washington, DC, and Europe, and apologize if I have forgotten to report any newsyou have sent. (Reminders are always welcome!) Some goodnews for those who fly on United Airlines: they finally reinstatedthe gluten free special meal. It appears to be accurate if not exciting - plain chicken breast with a little tomato sauce, plainrice (dry but it is an airplane), broccoli, apple sauce and of course the puffed rice cake. They are probably using the same meal for low fat and low sugar, etc, as it is very dietetic, but saves us from starvation. In Business class they enhanceit a bit with better salad and fruits than the regular people. Bestif you can mix and match with a fellow traveler who gets cheeseand yogurt and other choices. But this really helps if you are not able to carry on food, get stuck in long lines, etc. I always try to carry food with me, but I am pleased that we are getting the attention we deserve! Since United is struggling to survive,we won't complain about the lack of imagination.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: This list is confidential and will be used only to keepyou informed of local celiac activities and important celiacconcerns. To subscribe, report address changes, or requestto be removed, please contact Martha Deutsch, 650-726-9562,deutschm@....