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Valentine

12 Ways To Celebrate Safely for Valentine’s Day

February 1, 2024  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Cooking, Dating, Eating, Education, Elementary, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-TEAL-Heart, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart, Holiday, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Mom, Mother, Parent, Pinterest, Readlabels, Resilience, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Tweens, Valentine, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations February is the month of love! Valentine’s Day reminds us to share our appreciation and affection for family, friends, classmates, and community.

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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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Blog

Springtime Is Teal Time

April 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Camp, Camp-TAG, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Eating, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAAW, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-allergy-blog, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Gratitude, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Housing, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medical-Singles, Medication, Mom, Mother, Parent, Passover, Preparedness, Readlabels, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Senior, Spring-Break, Student, Summer, Support, Teens, Tips, Travel, University

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations Snuggled in my old but favorite blanket, sipping my morning coffee and gazing out the window at the snow-covered mountains, I noticed a small tulip

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EGH

Bringing Hope, Love, and Empathy into the New Year for Those Living with Food Allergies

January 4, 2021  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, Compassion, Dining-Out, Education, EGID, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, eosinophil, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Healthcare, Holiday, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medication, Milk, Mom, Mother, Parent, Peanut, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, School, Sesame, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Tips, Travel, Traveling, TreeNuts, Wheat

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO December 5th, 2004 is a day I will never forget. On this day 17 years ago, my dad was laid to rest; and 16 years ago, 19-month-old Thomas had his first anaphylactic

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Compassion Blog

Compassion in a Time of Chaos: There is No Right Response

April 13, 2020  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Emotional, Emotions, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Mental-Health, Mom, Mother, Parent, Preparedness, Psych, School, Self-care, Support, Teens, Tips

by Emery Gewirtz, M.A., School Psychology, FAACT’s Director of Behavioral Health This season is temporary, and so are these feelings. Still, while they may be temporary, and will not last forever, some days it

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Anxiety Blog

Food Allergy Anxiety in Kids - 5 Tips for Parents

April 15, 2019  |  Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Education, Emotional, Emotions, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Know-The-FAACTs, Medication, Mom, Support, Teens

Food allergy-knowledgeable licensed behavioral healthcare providers will inevitably get calls from parents seeking guidance on helping their child with food allergy-related anxiety at some point. Signs of

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Food-Free Mother's Day

Food-Free Mother's Day

May 7, 2017  |  Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Education, Epinephrine, Faaw, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodallergyawarenessweek, Know-the-faacts, Mom, Mother, Mothers-Day, MothersDay, Patient, Self-care, Support

by Tracy Bush, Nutrimom - Food Allergy Liaison Mother’s Day - the single day of the year when mom should be spoiled, pampered, fussed over and made to feel as if her feet should not touch the ground. All mothers

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