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Holiday Tips from FAACT

December 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Celebrations, Christmas, Dining-Out, Diversity, Emergency, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations The holidays are here! Whether you are celebrating with friends or enjoying time off from work and school, food allergies never take a break. A

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Holidays

Navigating the Holidays and Food Allergies

November 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Catered-events, Celebrations, Children, Christmas, Compassion, Dining-Out, Diningout, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Mother, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Student, Support, Teens, Thanksgiving, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Everyone seems to be bursting with excitement to gather with family and friends in a way that feels closer to “normal.” While we may never

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Allergy-Friendly Halloween Fun

October 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Halloween, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Pinterest, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Safety-Tips, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teens, Tips, Traditions

by Lisa Horne, FAACT Director of Marketing For people living with food allergies and their families, Halloween can be one of the scariest times of the year. Not the goblins or ghouls – it’s the knocking

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Avoiding Back-to-School Burnout

September 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, Diversity, Dorm, Education, Elementary, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Grandparent, Healthcare, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nurse, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Resilience, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Tips

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations I love peppermint in any form – in my latte, ice cream, even body lotion. It's my pick-me-up when I am feeling sluggish or need a refresh of

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Safely Splash into Summer

July 4, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Dining-Out, Eating, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Grandparent, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Picnic, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Safety-Tips, Summer, Support, Teens, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations While unpacking my beach chair last month – the one with the soft straps that allow me to carry it like a backpack – my mind

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Juneteenth

One Year In: A Juneteenth National Holiday

June 1, 2022  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Blog, DEI, Diversity, Education, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Holiday, Inclusion, Juneteenth, Support, Traditions

by Aleasa Word, FAACT VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion A year ago, the United States officially established Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Before that, some states had their own recognition of this day to

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FAAM

Celebrating Our Teal Way of Life

May 1, 2022  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, campaign, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Compassion, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAAW, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-allergy-blog, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, Friends, Grandparent, Gratitude, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Mothers-Day, MothersDay, Nonprofit, Parent, Programs, Resources, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Support

Close your eyes and think back on the past several years as a parent/caregiver, an adult with food allergies, or a family member who loves and cares deeply for someone with food allergies. Do you see heart-warming

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GF

An Allergy-Friendly Welcome to the World of Gluten-Free Eating

April 30, 2022  |  Allergies, Allergy, Baking, Blog, Celiac, Celiac-Disease, Eating, FAACT, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Gluten, Gluten-Free, Little-Northern-Bakehouse, Wheat

by Little Northern Bakehouse  Peanuts and soy. Pistachios and cashews. Sesame and tree nuts. Food allergies don’t always travel alone. And if a roulette wheel of possible cross-reactivity combinations isn’t

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Celebrating Easter and Passover

April 3, 2022  |  Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Easter, Education, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Grateful, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Parent, Passover, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Support, Tips, Traditions

by Katie Martino Lopez I was honored to be asked to write a guest blog for FAACT featuring holiday desserts for Easter and Passover. I happily accepted and got down to business because I THOUGHT I knew all about

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College

College Crunch Time

March 2, 2022  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, College, COVID-19, COVID19, Dining-out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Guidelines, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-Singles, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Readlabels, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-care, Student, Support, Teens, University, Work, Workforce, Workplace

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations The next few weeks, when your student sits down to decide which college they will call home for the next four years, might be a mix of magical and

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