Thursday, November 13, 2014

Fall Family Food Allergy Events!

 The FPIES Foundation has participated in several food allergy awareness events this fall! 



On September 13th The FPIES Foundation was once again honored to provide families with FPIES information on at Boston Zoo on a day for families living with Food Allergies sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital FACET program. 



October, along with sponsoring Global FPIES Day worldwide, brings us raising awareness locally in Massachusetts and Minnesota! 



On October 5, 2014, we were honored to be among the exhibitors to have a booth at the FARE Walk in Boston.  Amanda LeFew, Co-Director of The FPIES Foundation, greeted families and raised awareness to Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, a different type of Food Allergy. FPIES Foundation Volunteer, Victoria Warren, Emceed the event and Medical Advisory Board Members Dr. Lee, Dr.Yuan, and Dr. Shreffler were in attendance and met up with a large group of FPIES Families!




October 11, 2014, The FPIES Foundation participated in The FASGMN Food Allergy Resource Fair for the 4th year. Joy Meyer, Co-Director of The FPIES Foundation was on hand to raise awareness to FPIES, and included providing CheeCha Puff samples, donated by our partners at CheeCha puffs!



The FPIES Foundation is committed to building awareness, education and support to families affected by Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, our shoes may be small but our steps will be big! We wrapped up this season of awareness by participating as an exhibitor in the NASPGHAN conference in Atlanta! Truly, a big step--- the FPIES Foundation was the first FPIES advocacy non-profit organization to participate in this esteemed National Pediatric GI conference! Watch for future posts about details regarding this successful event!

This post was written by the Executive Board of The FPIES Foundation 

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