FW: Bay Area Celiac News......December 11, 2007

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Subject: Bay Area Celiac News......December 11, 2007

SF BAY AREA CELIAC NEWS...........DECEMBER 2007

****Special Announcement****

from Margaret Fearey Walsh, msfw@...

Board member, National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

http://www.celiaccentral.org/

FUNDRAISING GLUTEN FREE COOKING SPREE

sponsored by the National Foundation of Celiac Awareness

San Francisco, Saturday, February 2, 2008

(Invitation will follow)

Contact for the event will be Maltin (see letter below):

Dear San Francisco Bay Area Celiac Community,

Mark your calendars and sharpen your knives.

The National Foundation of Celiac Awareness (NFCA) invites

you to the San Francisco Gluten Free Cooking Spree on

February 2, 2008. The Gluten Free Cooking Spree will be

the perfect blend of gluten free culinary art, friendly competition

and most importantly, delicious gluten free food! There will also

be a band, so be sure to shine your dancing shoes!

NFCA will pair doctors with top chefs in San Francisco and

have them compete to develop and cook the best gluten free

meal. Media personalities will assist each team.

Guests who attend the event will be able to watch the teams

prepare their dishes and taste them! Local restaurants and

vendors will provide delicious food, dessert and drinks!

Profits from the event will support the NFCA national awareness

campaign. A donation will also be made to the hospital affiliated

with the winning team's doctor and the local support group will

receive funding that is designated for celiac awareness

programming.

We really hope that you will join us in what promises to be a

one-of-a-kind evening to provide critical awareness of gluten

free living and Celiac Disease. Together we can help make a

difference today and tomorrow in the lives of our children and

future generations. Tickets will be available in early January.

VIP Admission: $100

General Admission: $50

Kids/Students: $35

More details will come in the next couple of weeks! I look

forward to meeting you all on Feb. 2 at the event! If you

have questions in the meantime, feel free to contact me

at vanessa@... or by phone at 215-692-2639.

Cheers!

Maltin

Director of Programming & Communications

National Foundation for Celiac Awareness

http://www.celiaccentral.org/

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Other News....

The Mid-Peninsula Celiac Support Group is having a restaurant outing

this week:

Thursday, December 13, 7PM

Green Elephant Gourmet

3950 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto

This is a Chinese/Burmese Restaurant, and they have agreed to cook

with our own GF tamari and fish sauces.

Anyone interested please RSVP to Krishna Varia: k_varia@...

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SANTA CRUZ

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

Saturday January 26, 2008, at 11am in room E in the Education

Building behind Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz.

Note the change in location; if you need directions let me know.

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 Newbury at

831-423-6904 or email pknewbury@...

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CELIAC CAMP....... Reminder from Jackie Corley

Celiac Camp, California - an old-fashioned summer camp for kids

restricted to a gluten free diet - will be back next year in 2008

for a full week: Sunday, August 3 through Friday, August 8 at

Camp Arroyo in Livermore, California. Registration materials will

be available beginning February 1, 2008 at www.celiaccamp.com.

Camp is free except for a $25 registration fee per camper.

We are currently recruiting volunteer counselors for camp.

Read what some of this year's counselors had to say:

“ Camp Celiac was by far the best week of my entire life!

Witnessing and feeling the connections with the children, as well

as with the other counselors and volunteers was beyond describable.

I was literally brought to tears. Next year cannot come fast enough! "

--, San , CA

“Spending a week with people who can relate to you on a whole

new level is such a wonderful and refreshing feeling to know that

you are not alone. I didn't know anyone my age that has Celiac

before camp, and meeting the other counselors was awesome.

Everyone has family and friends, but attending camp allows you

a week to spend with your Celiac family! "

-- , Manhattan Beach , CA

“Being a counselor at Camp Celiac goes way beyond the GF

Chocolate Chip cookies that are served (which happen to be

extraordinary by the way!) It's about being a part of a team that

understands the challenges of having to be gluten free and checking

those at the door. To be a counselor at Camp Celiac is simply to

know the joy of making a child smile, of teaching them a new skill,

of watching them learn, of seeing friendships form that will last a

lifetime and being part of those friendships. Expect to work hard,

expect to have fun and most of all expect to make memories that

will last well beyond the summer. "

--Lori, Nashua , NH

" The kids in my group made the celiac camp better than I imagined it

could be. I wish that I could work with each child on an ongoing

basis. "

--Jeanne, Paso Robles, CA

You, too, can have this amazing gluten free experience by volunteering

as a camp counselor. Learn more about Camp Celiac, and see photos

from this year's camp, at www.celiaccamp.com.

If you are interested

in volunteering please send an email to campceliac@... with

your name, gender, age and a brief statement about why you would

like to volunteer.

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Local Celiac Contacts:

EAST BAY....

Oakland

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

Next meeting in February

East Bay/Tri-Valley ROCK

Ann Reigelman, areigelman@...

East of the Caldecott Tunnel

Lori Fuenzalida, lbcopper77@..., 925-819-0554

SOUTH BAY....

Bay Area ROCK

Velez, 650-303-8409, kellyvelez@...

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

Mid-Peninsula

a Magozzi, dmagozzi@...

Santa Clara Kaiser Group

Barbara Dodson, Barbara.dodson@...

Santa Cruz

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

NORTH BAY....

Sonoma

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

Marin

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

Napa

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

Quarterly meetings on the 3rd Saturday of the month.

Next meeting January 19.

SAN FRANCISCO....

Palmer, palmer@...

BEYOND THE BAY AREA....

Central Valley Support Group

Cadiz 209 823-3211, centralvalleyceliacs@...

Meetings twice a year

Sacramento

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

Salinas

Morga amorga@... 831-758-3040

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Local Online Resources

SF Bay Area Celiacs web site: http://www.celiacsf.org/

Hosted by Mid-Peninsula group for all of us.

North Bay web site: http://www.northbayceliacs.org/

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Find out about lots of local Celiac events: Join the Central California

Online Celiac Support Group! Dinner meetings, celiac events,

holiday recipes, restaurant recommendations,and GF product

information are a few of the things you can find out about on the

Celiac Bay Area online support group. Many casual celiac events

are arranged through this group that don't make it to the newsletter,

so this is a great way to get involved in the celiac community. This

is a non-commercial online group and only list members exchange

all questions and answers. Expand your celiac horizons and learn

more about the local celiac community. If you would like to subscribe

send an email to: -subscribe

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HAPPY GF HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!