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May

Discovering Random Acts of Kindness during Food Allergy Awareness Month

May 1, 2024  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Behavior, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, DEI, Education, Emotional, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAAM, FAAW, Feelings, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-allergy-blog, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Mental-Health-Awareness-Month, Mothers-Day, MothersDay, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Resources, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Summer, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Traditions, Tweens

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations Creating a better world for people living with food allergies is something we all do every day. Every action matters, whether it’s reading a label

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Blog

How Does Your Teal Garden Grow?

April 8, 2024  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Camp-TAG, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Compassion, DEI, Diversity, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAAM, FAAW, Family, Field-Trips, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-Industry, Food-Service, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Parent, Patient, Picnic, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resources, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Spring, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Top9, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations As spring arrives, lawns turn green and flowers blossom. Digging into our gardens feels good as we renew our spirit, plant seeds, and get our

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EGH

2023 Was A Year Worth Celebrating

January 1, 2024  |  10Years, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, CEO, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, DEI, Dining-Out, Diversity, Education, Elementary, Emergency, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACT10Years, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Healthcare, High-School, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Legacy, Medication, Mental-Health, Mother, Nonprofit, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, President, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Recipes, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teen-Retreat, TeenRetreat, Teens, Thank-You, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, University, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO As I reflect on 2023 celebrating FAACT’s 10th year, it warms my heart to know that we touched so many families’ and individuals’ lives. I’ve always said that if

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Holiday

Holiday Cheer with Less Stress

November 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Christmas, Compassion, Cooking, DEI, Dining-out, Diversity, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medication, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Thanksgiving, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations The holidays are a time when families and friends gather, but there can be an underlying layer of stress surrounding food allergies and family

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FIRS

FAACT's Fall Summits Were A Success!

October 1, 2023  |  8th-Graders, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, Cooking, Dating, DEI, Dining-out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Eosinophil, Eosinophil-Awareness, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACT-Teen-Conference, FAACT10Years, Family, FARRP, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Food-Industry, Food-Manufacturer, Food-Service, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Global, Healthcare, High-School, Housing, Inclusion, Industry, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Manufacturer, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Research, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teen-Conference, Teens, Tips, Travel, Tweens, WHO, Workforce, Workplace

FAACT’s Global Food Industry & Research Summit FAACT’s ninth annual Global Food Industry and Research Summit provided an open forum for food industry stakeholders to explore how to safely meet the needs

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RC

The Relentless School Nurse: Safely Caring for Students with Food Allergies Is a Collaborative Effort

September 1, 2023  |  Action-Plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Compassion, DEI, Diversity, Eating, Education, Elementary, Emergencies, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Mental-Health, Mom, Mother, Nurse, Nurses, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Risk, Risk-taking, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Student, Support, Teens, Tips, Top9, Tweens

by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN Understanding the roles and responsibilities of school nurses and the challenges they face is vital for parents and caregivers in creating a supportive and safe learning

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Teal

FAACT’s 10 Years of Teal Voices Anniversary

May 3, 2023  |  10Years, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, Campaign, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, Celiac-Disease, Children, Civil-Rights, Compassion, DBV-Technologies, DEI, Dining-Out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Early-Intro, Eating, Education, Egg, EGID, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Eosinophil, Eosinophil-Awareness, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACT10Years, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, FAAM, FAAW, Family, Feelings, Field-Trips, Fish, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-allergy-blog, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Gluten-Free, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Guidelines, Halloween, Healthcare, Heart, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medical-Singles, Medication, Mental-Health, Mental-Health-Awareness-Month, Milk, Mom, Mother, National-Peanut-Board, Nonprofit, NPB, Nurses, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Peanut, Pediatrician, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Registered-Dietitians, Research, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Rights, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Sesame, Shellfish, Soy, Student, Summer-Camp, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Tree-Nuts, University, Vitality-Bowls, Wheat, Workforce

FAACT’s 10 Years of Teal Voices Anniversary The heart of the 32 million Americans in thefood allergy community by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO For years I had been a food allergy mom, a volunteer,

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College

Guiding Your New College Student to Success

March 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Celiac, Celiac-Disease, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, College, DEI, Dining-Out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Eosinophil, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grateful, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Housing, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medical-Singles, Medication, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Psych, PTSD, Readlabels, Recipes, Registered-Dietitians, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Rights, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Senior, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Tips, Travel, Traveling, United States, University, Work

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations Over the next month or so, your high school senior may say yes to a new home for four years. This time is a mix of magical moments and uncomfortable

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EGH

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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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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