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SUPPORT GROUP EVENTS
COLORADO: Boulder-Longmont Chapter of CSA Annual Holiday Cookie Exchange – Sunday December 3, 2006 2-4 PM Niwot Grange (downtown Niwot, corner of 2nd and Franklin Bring your favorite GF cookies (sets of 4 dozen each) for sharing. Please bring copies of recipes and allergen information. Contact: nchutz@gmail.com FLORIDA: Palm Beach County Celiac Support Group Our next general meeting will be January 9, 2007 Gluten Free Vendor Fair: March 20, 2007 Contact: Phyllis Kessler 561-637-0396 GEORGIA: Atlanta Metro Celiacs January “Kick Off” Meeting Saturday, January 13th, 2006 10:00am Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (at Scottish Rite) in the Main Auditorium The speaker for our January meeting will be Vanessa Maltin, the director of outreach and programming for the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA). She will share her personal story with celiac disease and discuss how her new book Beyond Rice Cakes is helping the foundation raise awareness across the country. Vanessa will also be bringing a special guest with her to the meeting: CNN Newsroom Anchor Heidi Collins. In November, Heidi became the official spokesperson for NFCA and will joining the foundation in their awareness projects nationwide. Luckily for our group, Heidi lives in the Atlanta area!! Together, Vanessa and Heidi will discuss the power of the personal story and tell you about some exciting opportunities to help get the three million Americans with celiac disease accurately diagnosed. MASSACHUSETTS: Celiac Support Group of Central MA Meetings are open to the public and are held in April, September, and November. Annual GF flour sale held each April. Contact: Fallon Clinic Nutrition 508-852-6175 Or: Linda 978-874-2007 MASSACHUSETTS: Celiac Support Group of S.E.N.E. meets January 21, 2007. Mr. Ritt’s will be doing a product demo and sampling. Attendees can pre-order. Registration is at 1:30, meeting begins at 2PM. NEW JERSEY Southern NJ CSA Chapter #9 meets the first Sunday of each month, except July and August. December 3 – Cookie Swap and general forum. December 10 – Special meeting for Arico Natural Foods for a taste testing of potential new products. Contact: Bill - celiac9@earthlink.net NEW YORK: Celiac Support Group for the Southern Tier Area meets the first Thursday of every month at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira, NY in Ye Old Chapel on the 1st floor at 7PM. The Demember meeting will be sharing of recipes/food for the holidays. Brring a favorite recipe to share!! Kinnicknick foods will be sending samples!!! Contact: Janet LaRue 607-565-3477 or email tjdd44@aol.com OHIO: Greater Cleveland Celiac Association CSA Chaper #50 The next meeting will be Sunday December 3, 2006 2 PM at Parma community Hospital – Nelson Auditorium 7007 Powers Blvd (off Ridge Rd) Parma The topic will be Thanksgiving Potluck and Holiday Cookie Exchange Bring your favorite recipes and appetites! Everyone will take home cookies and cookie mix from The Gluten-Free Pantry!! This meeting is all about food, sharing recipes, and having fun! For the Potluck – everything but the Turkey – Please bring a dish as well as the ingredients and copies of the recipe to share. Suggested dish categories include, salads, casseroles, stuffing, vegetable, fruit, and dessert. For the Holiday Cookie Exchange, please RSVP if you plan to participate. Bring 3-4 dozen GF cookies that you have baked or candies that you have created along with 2-3 dozen copies of the recipe. Bring an empty container for take home cookies. Email Cindy with questions: glutenfree1@yahoo.com OHIO: Akron Celiac Sprue Association and R.O.C.K. Support Group SOS – Save Our Stomachs We will be holding a family holiday pot luck dinner Sunday December 10, 2006 2-4 pm Sunrise Assisted Living 101 N. Cleveland Massillon Rd. Please bring a GF covered dish, along with copies of the recipe to share. SOS We are tired of Starving On Sundays Please RSVP to Therese Semonin 330-608-8436 or tsemonin1@neo.rr.com There will be door prizes – the child count is very important! OHIO: Cincinnati Celiac Support Group Annual Cookie Exchange December 13, 2006 at 7 PM Cincinnati Children’s Hospital – Room D2-28 Contact: Denise Ramey@ 513-887-7153 TEXAS: North Texas Gluten Intolerance Group Meeting Saturday December 2 Celiac 101 Class at 9 AM Support Group Meeting at 10 AM Richland Hills Church of Christ 6300 NE Loop 820 North Richland Hills, TX Annalise Roberts, author of “Gluten-Free Baking Classics” will be our December speaker. Annalise and her son have celiac and she is also sister to Claudia Pillow, our Market Street GF chef. We will also have a GF Holiday Cookie Exchange. Please bring 2 dozen home baked GF cookies with the recipes to share. Also bring a gallon Ziploc bag to take cookies home. WASHINGTON: Bellingham Gluten Intolerance Group Holiday Cookie Exchange and Party Tuesday December 5 from 7-9 PM WECU Conference Center (north side of Holly and High Streets in Bellingham) Bring 2 dozen GF cookies of your holiday favorite or store bought. Please bring copies of the recipes. Cookies are not required – all are welcome to come and visit. This is an informal evening. Also: Holiday Shopping!! Bring your checkbooks!! Fabric “No Wheat” tote bags - $10, Triumph Dining Cards, Discounted subscriptions to “Living Without” magazine, Renew memberships before the year is out just $10 or join BGIG for $15 Contact: www.glutenfreeway.info or 676-1372 Notice: Kelsey Langille’s presentation “Dealing with Food Intolerances in an Intolerant Society” Wednesday December 20 from 7-8 PM at the Community Food Co-OP WYOMING: Central Wyoming Celiac Association, CSA Chapter # 95 Thursday December 21, 2006 at 6:30pm Thursday January 18, 2007 at 6:30PM George Ovecka will report on the CSA/USA convention helod in October 2006 Thursday February 15, 2007 at 6:30pm Thursday March 15, 2007 at 6:30PM To post support group meeting information, please email editor@celiaccentral.org. |
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