FW: Bay Area Celiac News....June 2007

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Meeting this Saturday in Santa Cruz.

Kids Camp in Livermore still has space (and needs counselors!)

July meetings in Palo Alto and Napa.

Santa Clara and Marin meetings in August.

Future conference?

Lots more too!

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Subject: Bay Area Celiac News....June 2007

BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS..JUNE 2007

OAKLAND

Contact: Ellen Switkes, ellen@..., 510-655-0215

Meeting planned for June 23 is CANCELLED. The Kaiser facility

may no longer be available, so if anyone knows of a meeting space,

please contact Ellen.

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SANTA CRUZ MEETING JUNE 30

Contact: Pam Newbury, pknewbury@..., 831-423-6904

The next meeting of the Santa Cruz Celiac Support Group will be

on Saturday, June 30, at 11AM in meeting room 1 at Dominican

Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz.

We have rescheduled our April speaker for the June meeting.

Deane Bussiere, Dominican Hospital's Executive Chef, will talk

about the hospital's gluten free food policies and his efforts to

better serve the celiac community. He will arrive at 12:30, so

we will reverse our usual meeting schedule and have an early

potluck brunch, concluding with the speaker.

Please bring a gluten-free brunch item (and a list of ingredients

or the recipe) to share (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.

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MID-PENINSULA SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Amy Bhatnagar, amy.bhatnagar@...,

408-244-2403

Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 12 in Palo Alto at 7PM.

It will be a potluck with an Asian theme. Email or call Amy if

interested.

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NAPA SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Ann Lowe, madlowe@..., 707-224-1469

Quarterly meetings on the 3rd Saturday of the month

The next meeting will be on July 21.

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MARIN SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Belingheri, Bel@...

The Marin Celiac Support Group met on Saturday, June 2nd. We

shared our favorite gluten-free " Granola/Power " bars. Iscol,

who leads the Sonoma Celiac Group, also attended and provided a

wealth of information. Our groups plan to work together in the future.

The next Marin Celiac Support Group meeting is scheduled to be

held on Saturday, August 25 at 10AM again at Flour Chylde in

Novato. We will be discussing a " North Bay Celiac " potluck party.

We will not be meeting in July. Please contact if you are

interested in joining our Marin group.

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SONOMA SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Iscol, info@..., 707-824-5830

Update on North Bay Celiac Awareness Campaign

North Bay Celiacs, the support group network for Sonoma, Marin

and Napa, co-hosted a continuing education event for dietitians as

part of its ongoing Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign.

Twenty-two dietitians from Sonoma County received information

and a resource packet, and were treated to a gluten-free tasting

offered by North Bay Celiac volunteers!

The dietitians were very attentive, enthusiastic and appreciative.

Gail Prosser, a pediatric dietitian from Kaiser Santa

co-presented the event with Iscol, leader of North Bay

Celiacs, at Memorial Hospital in Santa . Prior to the event

Sonoma County did not have any dietitians knowledgeable and

updated on celiac disease. Gail Prosser learned much of what

she needed to know to co-present in the month prior to this

meeting. If you would like to organize a similar event in your

community, we can help by sending you our Powerpoint slides

(you don't need to know Powerpoint), a sample info packet, and

give you some tips.

On June 13th, physicians at Kaiser Napa will have a Celiac

Update given by ine A. Mysliwiec, MD, MPH, of Kaiser

Vallejo, and North Bay Celiacs will provide the gluten free

goodies and resource packets.

North Bay Celiacs raised over $3,000 from individuals and

businesses in its spring fundraising drive for the celiac

awareness campaign!

Celiac support groups and organizations may be eligible for

donated technology products. Go to www.TechSoup.org to

learn about how TechSoup connects nonprofits and public

libraries with donated and discounted technology products.

Choose from over 240 products from companies such as

Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec. There are eligibility

requirements. Our celiac support group, North Bay Celiacs,

meets the eligibility requirements even though our affiliates,

Celiac Sprue Research Foundation and Celiac Disease

Foundation, do not. We were able to get excellent Adobe

software for maintaining our website and more, for a small

fraction of its market cost. Basically, TechSoup is looking

for groups that have nonprofit status with the IRS (even if the

status is through an affiliation with an ineligible organization),

do not engage in advocacy, do not fund scientific research

as a primary part of their mission, and provide direct benefit

to the community. The website is packed with so much info

it is a little difficult to navigate, but the folks at TechSoup

are very helpful if you have questions:

Tel: 415-633-9300 Email: info@....

(Submitted by Iscol - email info@...)

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SANTA CLARA

Contact: Barbara Dodson, Barbara.dodson@...

The Santa Clara Kaiser group is hoping to have a summer picnic

in a park or at the beach on Saturday, August 25. Contact

Barbara if you are interested. More details will follow when

she knows how many will be able to come.

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LIVERMORE CELIAC CAMP

Contact: campceliac@...

There is still space available for the overnight summer camp for

Celiac kids, ages 7 to 17, August 20-23, 2007 in Livermore, CA.

Camp Director Koved is a student at Pomona College

and has extensive experience as a camp counselor, team leader,

teacher, and a youth leader for teenagers.

Camp Celiac is looking for counselors. The first-ever camp for

Celiac kids in California, is seeking volunteer counselors who

enjoy hanging out with great campers. Although having Celiac

disease is not required, one of the job perks is a week of fantastic,

guaranteed gluten free food! You will get three delicious, fresh

cooked gluten free meals a day plus snacks and the opportunity

to swim, boat, do a challenge course, play soccer, bocce, art

and crafts, sleep in cabins with bathrooms and beds, all in the

beautiful Livermore Valley wine country. Counselors must be

over the age of 18; male counselors are especially needed.

If you are interested or know of anyone who might be, please

contact campceliac@.... We are looking forward to a

fantastic camp! For more information visit www.celiaccamp.com

Jackie Corley

Jackiecorley@...

415-522-3187 (W)

415-387-2969 (H)

415-786-6498 ©

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INTERESTED IN WORKING ON A FUTURE CONFERENCE?

Several people have mentioned an interest in organizing a celiac

conference for 2008. Sue of s Valley has offered to

be a contact for those who want to be involved in planning.

Sue , sbrandy@...

home: 831-438-6168

office voice mail: 831-476-3638

(email preferred)

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Local Celiac Contacts:

Oakland

Ellen Switkes, 510-655-0215, ellen@...

East Bay/Tri-Valley ROCK

Ann Reigelman, areigelman@...

Berkeley

Schinnerer, 510-524-3774, jamesoutwest@...

Bay Area ROCK (South Bay)

Velez, 650-303-8409, kelly.velez@...

Debbie Duncan, 650-494-6959, debbie@...

bayareaceliacROCK.

Stanford/Palo Alto

Rohlfs, 650-625-1708 (home-evenings only), no email

Mid-Peninsula

Amy Bhatnagar, amy.bhatnagar@..., 408-244-2403

Santa Clara Kaiser Group

Barbara Dodson, Barbara.dodson@...

San

Hersom, 408-723-0804, susan.hersom@...

Santa Cruz

Pam Newbury, 831-423-6904, pknewbury@...

North Bay Celiacs/ Sonoma County support group

Iscol, 707-824-5830, iscol@...

North Bay Celiacs/ Napa County support group

Ann Lowe, 707-224-1469, madlowe@...

Quarterly meetings on the 3rd Saturday of the month

The next meeting will be on July 21.

North Bay Celiacs/ Marin County support group

Belingheri, 415-898-7395, Bel@...

Marin

Margaret Fearey Walsh, msfw@...

Board member, National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

http://www.celiaccentral.org/

Sacramento

Joan Leforestier 916-487-3459, oscar368@...

Salinas

Morga amorga@... 831-758-3040

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