FW: Bay Area Celiac News....August 1, 2007

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Here is the latest celiac news; a bit late, but I don’t think I

missed any events. Two events coming up this weekend. Enjjoy! Pam

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Subject: Bay Area Celiac News....August 1, 2007

SF BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS………………….August 2007

OAKLAND SUPPORT GROUP

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

The next meeting in Oakland will be on Saturday, August 25,

10:30am to 12:30pm, room 1200B, Kaiser Hospital.

It will be a general introduction and review of eating gluten free.

We welcome new members and old. Please bring a gluten free

brunch item to share with recipe or ingredient list. Call or email

Ellen if you have any questions. (Please note that Ellen is again

using her former ucop email address.)

NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION:

Kaiser Hospital, 280 W MacArthur, Oakland.

The hospital is on the corner of Howe and MacArthur. There is a

large parking lot across the street with entrance on Howe Street.

Enter the hospital at the Howe Street entrance. Go up the stairs

and follow signs to the main lobby. Pass the pharmacy and head

toward the gift shop. Once in the main lobby, take the public

elevators to the 12th floor. The meeting room is room 1200B.

Exit from the elevator into the main corridor and take a left and

you'll see the meeting room. Please leave extra time to park

and find us.

Fall meeting dates:

September 29 in Fabiola 65A - with Dr. Corley, Kaiser

gastroenterologist, 10:30-12:30

November 3 in 1200C at Kaiser Hospital with Carol Fenster, 11-1

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MARIN SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Belingheri, Bel@...

The next Marin Celiac Support Group meeting is scheduled to be

held on Saturday, August 25 at 10am at Flour Chylde in Novato.

http://www.flourchyld.com/

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

contact if you are interested in joining our Marin group.

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SONOMA SUPPORT GROUP

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

When: Saturday, August 25, 2:30-4:30pm

What: Support Group Meeting at member's home

Where: Chrysa Caulfield's house in Santa

Please RSVP: Chrysa Caulfield at (707) 332-6427

or drcaulfield@...

Contact Chrysa for address and directions.

If you wish, bring a gluten free snack to share.

Future meetings:

September 20, 6-8pm and November 4, 2-4pm

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SANTA CRUZ SUPPORT GROUP

Contact: Pam Newbury, pknewbury@...,

831-423-6904

The next meeting will be on Saturday, September 15 at 11am

in room E in the Education Building behind Dominican Hospital,

1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION.

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

or the recipe) to share. (optional for those who are very ill or

unfamiliar with the gluten free diet) The meeting is open to all

who are interested. For more information or directions, please

contact Pam.

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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 will be in October.

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National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

www.celiaccentral.org

Local Contact in Marin: Margaret Fearey Walsh,

msfw@..., 415-461-6257

We are planning a big cook-off fund raiser in February 2008

and looking for volunteers to help with door prizes, raffles and

much more. The party will be at the Hyatt in San Francisco.

(Note from Margaret: You can read about 2007 gf cooking

sprees on our web site. I went to the one in Philadelphia and

it was huge, fun, interesting, educational and the food amazing!)

Please contact Margaret if you would like to be involved.

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New Support Group in East Bay being organized....

Contact: Lori Fuenzalida, Lori.B.Fuenzalida@...,

925-819-0554

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GLUTEN FREE CAFE BAKERY IN OAKLAND

Cafe Mariposa is a newly opened gluten free bakery in Oakland.

The cafe & bakeshop is located at 5427 Telegraph Ave, Unit D3,

Oakland (next to Leo's Audio at the corner of 55th &

Telegraph).

There's plenty of parking. The cafe offers gluten free chocolate

chip cookies, brownies, muffins, lemon squares, tea loafs, biscotti

as well as gourmet coffees and teas. They are also developing a

limited lunch menu. To find out more, call:

510-595-0955 or visit: www.mariposabaking.com.

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LOCAL ONLINE RESOURCES

Just a reminder about online forums used by our local celiacs.....

SillyYaks/

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http://surefoodsliving.com/

The SF-based Sure Foods Market site has been changed to

Sure Foods Living, dedicated to helping people who are living

with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, and/or other food

allergies or intolerances.

And the former BayAreaCeliac.org web site has been changed

to www.CeliacSF.org , a new catch-all

resource for Celiacs in the

San Francisco Bay Area. Over the next few weeks, the new owners

(located on the peninsula) will be adding a lot of content as well as

links to existing resources. There is also a forum ( forum.celiacSF.org)

available for celiacs to share information and engage in discussion.

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Request from Sonoma:

SEEKING GF/ ALLERGY SAVVY CATERER

I am looking for a caterer or private chef for a small wedding (30-50 people)

in Berkeley who could prepare food for people with severe food allergies,

including peanut allergy and gluten intolerance. I need to be sure it's a

completely nut-free safe preparation and that the person is savvy with

respect to cross contamination issues, etc. I have many other events

that come up during the year, so if I could get lined up with someone,

that would be super. I live in Sonoma County and can be reached at

angela@... or

707-887-8818.

Thank you! Persinger

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Local Celiac

Contacts:

Oakland

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

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

a Magozzi, 650-215-8715, dmagozzi@...

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

Santa Clara Kaiser Group

Barbara Dodson, Barbara.dodson@...

Santa Cruz

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

North Bay Celiacs/ Marin County support group

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

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@...

Sacramento

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

Salinas

Morga, 831-758-3040, amorga@...

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