Happy Food Allergy Awareness Week from MOCHA!

Denise and Anne hosted a special Food Allergy Awareness Week MOCHA Talk. They celebrated MOCHA's 25th Birthday (yes, 25!!) and the 10 year anniversary of FARE! Tune in on Tuesday, May 10th when FARE releases the latest episode on their Facebook, Youtube, and website!

Let's turn the world TEAL and spread food allergy awareness! 

As always, stay safe! 



Denise, Anne, + MOCHA Interns 

Join FARE May 8-14 to celebrate Living Teal Food Allergy Awareness Week.

They invite all of their friends in the food allergy community to learn, love and connect through food, education, advocacy and more. 

Share the FAACTs!

A simple statement can be enough to change the way one thinks about food allergies and anaphylaxis. It all starts with education!

Simply copy, paste, and share one fact each day - via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and more!

Ask family and friends to participate by sharing your posts on their social media pages. Include FAACT’s website after each fact to encourage viewers to learn more: FoodAllergyAwareness.org, and include FAACT's Twitter handle @FAACTNews and hashtags #FAACT and #foodallergy.

Camp Blue Spruce is celebrating the end of Food Allergy Awareness Week with an Instagram Live cooking event with Chef Kendra Peterson, Sat., May 14 at 2:00 p.m. (PT). Join @drizzlekitchen for a live demo of allergy-friendly power balls and chicken sausage pesto pasta. 

The national non-profit Beyond Celiac is celebrating Celiac Awareness Month during the month of May.

May 1-31 – 2022 Step Beyond Celiac 5K. Sign up and walk or run for to raise funds for celiac disease research during awareness month. Learn how to set up your personal or team fundraiser here.

CONFERENCE TICKET GIVEAWAY! 

The Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research are giving away 5 free tickets to their FACES conference during FAAW. Head to their Instagram account @cfaarnu to enter!

WIN A TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD!

Presented by SPOKIN!

Enter to win a Disney World trip for 4 including hotel, airfare, park passes, and more in honor of Food Allergy + Celiac Awareness Month!

FRIDAY FUNDAY! 

Join FARE Friday evening for their  Food Allergy Quiz for a chance to win some great prizes!

For all purchases made on YumEarth website www.yumearth.com from May 1st-31st, YumEarth will donate a percentage of sales to The Elijah-Alavi Foundation.

YumEarth: "For the month of May, we are donating a percentage of our website sales to The Elijah-Alavi Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on ensuring that all infants and children with severe food allergies and asthma have safe spaces to learn and socialize in daycare centers and schools.

31 DAYS OF ACTION WITH AAFA!

FOOD ALLERGY AWARENESS WEEK (FAAW) TOOLKIT FROM FAACT

Food Allergy, Celiac and Asthma Awareness Month Tool Kit 2022 brought to you by Allergic Living

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Non-Allergic Food For Thought

The world is not free of Milk, Egg, Tree Nut, Shellfish,

Peanut, Fish, Soy, Wheat, Seeds.

It is our job as parents to give our children the

Education,

Encouragement,

Experience and

Enthusiasm

To get out there and live their lives to the fullest - safely.

Resource Corner

MOCHA is a group of parents sharing information and supporting each other. MOCHA offers support, education, and friendship, to help make managing your child’s food allergies just a little bit easier. Check out our website for the most current news and resources. Click the sign up link above to be added to our email distribution!

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Disclaimer: M.O.C.H.A. is not a professional or medical organization. It is a group of parents sharing information and supporting each other. The discussions, meeting minutes, handouts, speakers, agendas, and other products of our support group do not constitute medical and/or legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Always discuss individual health questions and medical issues with a qualified personal physician.