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We Truly ARE Stronger Together - So Grateful for Our Community

March 1, 2024  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Compassion, Dining-Out, Education, Emergencies, Emergency, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Food-Industry, FoodService, Global, Grandparent, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Manufacturer, Mental-Health, Nonprofit, Parent, Patient, Peanut, Peanut-Allergy, Peanut-Butter, Preparedness, Readlabels, Safety-Tips, Spring, Student, Super-Bowl, Support, Support-Group, Teal-Love, Top9, UberEats

It’s a common saying: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The food allergy community proved that it’s true on Super Bowl Sunday! In early February, Uber Eats previewed an ad they had scheduled to run

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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

Top Holiday Tips for Making Fun and Safe Memories

December 1, 2023  |  10Years, Adults, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Baking, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Catered-events, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Christmas, Civil-Rights, Cooking, Dining-Out, Eating, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACT10Years, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Medication, Mental-Health, Nonprofit, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Self-Care, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Travel, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Enjoy the season and time with your family and friends this year with savvy strategies and tools. FAACT curated our top tips and links to our best

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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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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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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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Linda Menighan

FAACT Welcomes New Member to the Leadership Team

January 14, 2020  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Children, Education, Emotions, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Nonprofit, Nurses, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Safety-Tips, School, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Self-Care, Summer-Camp, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Welcome, Workplace

Linda MenighanVice President of Programs In 2002, my 10-month-old daughter, Bailey, experienced the first of what turned out to be multiple, life-threatening allergic reactions to food. We had invited some friends over

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Eleanor Garrow-Holding Honored for Commitment to Health Care and Nonprofits

Eleanor Garrow-Holding Honored for Commitment to Health Care and Nonprofits

July 6, 2015  |  Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, CEO, Education, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Healthcare, Nonprofit, President, Professional-Women, Support

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) honored Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT founder and its current President & CEO, as a 2015-2016 Woman of the Year. The group recognized Eleanor with this distinction

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