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A Year Worth Remembering and a Bright Year Ahead with FAACT

January 9, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, civilrights, College, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Dining-out, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friendship, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Guidelines, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Resilience, Restaurant, Roommates, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Summer, Summer-Camp, Support, Support-Group, Teen-Conference, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO I think we all feel a bit like that character in "Groundhog Day" who wakes up every morning to relive the same day. The fatigue of this pandemic is weighing on all

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Valentine

FAACT Believes in Love without Limits

February 1, 2021  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Children, COVID-19, COVID19, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-TEAL-Heart, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friendship, Grandparent, Heart, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medication, Parent, Pinterest, Readlabels, Recipes, School, Summer-Camp, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice-President of Community Relations Love: four simple letters translate in the one thing humans give, receive, and spread to their communities. Within our own FAACT community, we express

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Brennan

Meet FAACT’s Teal Love Spotlight Contest Winner

December 31, 2020  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Children, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Compassion, Contest, Dairy, DBV Technologies, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Know-The-FAACTs, Milk, Resilience, School, Teal, Teal-Love, Tips

Meet FAACT’s Teal Love Spotlight Contest Winner, Brennan from California Wise beyond his 12 years of life, Brennan, lit up the room as he sat with mom, food allergy advocate, Shannon, and shared his food allergy

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Emma S.

Why Camp TAG Is the Key to Confidence

February 14, 2020  |  Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, Education, Emotions, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Parent, Preparedness, Programs, Self-Care, Summer, Summer-Camp, Support, Teal, Teens, Traveling, Vacation

by Emma Sorrentino, Camp TAG Teen Counselor I can very vividly remember all the days I sat alone at the peanut-free table in elementary school, but more specifically, I vividly remember the feeling of being isolated

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Susan Kelly

FAACT Welcomes New Members 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

Susan Kelly, BSN, RNVice President of Education When my second daughter was 14-months-old, I decided to feed her half of her older sister’s peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. After a tiny bite of the

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Finding Support for Managing Food Allergies

Finding Support for Managing Food Allergies

April 11, 2018  |  Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Blog, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, civil-rights, civilrights, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, Food-allergy, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Medications, Patient, School, School-resources, Support, Support-group

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Director of Publications When it comes to managing food allergies, there are a few areas you might feel you need some extra support. Here are just three, of the many areas where

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FAACT Initiatives for 2016

FAACT Initiatives for 2016

January 4, 2016  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Camp-tag, Civil-Rights, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Giving, School, School-resources, Secondary, Support, Support-group

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEOHappy New Year! I am so excited to be starting 2016 with FAACT’s leadership team and all of you. FAACT had a successful 2015, and we are excited about the

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My Camp TAG Experience

My Camp TAG Experience

August 4, 2015  |  Adolescents, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, Camptag, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Medications, Nutrition, Summer, Summer-camp, Support, Teens

When my Mom told me about Camp TAG in Big Bear, California, I was excited to go to a summer camp where my worries about my food allergies wouldn’t go to camp with me. On my first day at camp, I met many new and

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