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A Year Worth Celebrating

January 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, COVID-19, COVID19, DEI, Dorm, Dorm Life, Eating, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Feelings, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Healthcare, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Housing, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Summer-camp, Support, Support-group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teen-conference, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, University, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President and CEO At times if felt like that old adage of “two steps forward, one step back,” but I think we were all delighted by the progress in getting people back to

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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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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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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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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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Valentine's Gems To Warm Your Heart

February 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, COVID-19, COVID19, Dating, Dining-Out, Dorm, Education, Elementary, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Heart, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Nonprofit, Parent, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teens, Tips, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations I love a good, old-fashioned gushy moment about unconditional love printed on a frilly pink card. As I recently cruised the greeting card aisles, I was

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Navigating the Holidays with Food Allergies

November 1, 2021  |  Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Thanksgiving, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Once again, this holiday season will look, feel, and possibly taste different. Yet we’ve become masters of pivoting thanks to the Covid-19

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Let's Celebrate A Very TEAL Halloween

October 1, 2021  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, COVID-19, COVID19, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Halloween, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Parent, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Student, Support

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations As a parent of children with food allergies, Halloween used to be my most dreaded time of year. But as I learned how to manage food allergies,

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