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The Relentless School Nurse: Safely Caring for Students with Food Allergies Is a Collaborative Effort

September 1, 2023  |  Action-Plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Compassion, DEI, Diversity, Eating, Education, Elementary, Emergencies, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Mental-Health, Mom, Mother, Nurse, Nurses, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Risk, Risk-taking, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Student, Support, Teens, Tips, Top9, Tweens

by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN Understanding the roles and responsibilities of school nurses and the challenges they face is vital for parents and caregivers in creating a supportive and safe learning

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Summertime Is Teaching Time

July 1, 2023  |  Action-plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Candy, Caregivers, Catered-events, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Compassion, Cooking, Dining-Out, Diversity, Eating, Elementary, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Nutrition, Parent, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations Thank goodness for summer. Picnics, friends, BBQs, and most of all, a break from school! But that doesn’t mean we need to take a break from

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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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Valentines

10 Valentine’s Gems To Warm Your Heart

February 1, 2023  |  Action-plan, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, College, Compassion, Dating, Dining-Out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Eating, Education, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACTs-TEAL-Heart, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Gratitude, Healthcare, Heart, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medical-Alert-ID, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Pediatrician, Pinterest, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Risk, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Summer, Summer-Camp, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT Vice President of Community Relations Where would I be without my food allergy and FAACT family? You are always there for us. Whether it’s a text offering support after an allergic

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EGH

A Year Worth Celebrating

January 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, COVID-19, COVID19, DEI, Dorm, Dorm Life, Eating, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Feelings, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Healthcare, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Housing, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Preparedness, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Summer-camp, Support, Support-group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teen-conference, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, University, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President and CEO At times if felt like that old adage of “two steps forward, one step back,” but I think we were all delighted by the progress in getting people back to

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Holiday Tips from FAACT

December 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Celebrations, Christmas, Dining-Out, Diversity, Emergency, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Teens, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations The holidays are here! Whether you are celebrating with friends or enjoying time off from work and school, food allergies never take a break. A

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Holidays

Navigating the Holidays and Food Allergies

November 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Catered-events, Celebrations, Children, Christmas, Compassion, Dining-Out, Diningout, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medication, Mother, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Student, Support, Teens, Thanksgiving, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Everyone seems to be bursting with excitement to gather with family and friends in a way that feels closer to “normal.” While we may never

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Allergy-Friendly Halloween Fun

October 1, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-Teal-Ghost, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Halloween, High-School, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Pinterest, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Safety-Tips, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teens, Tips, Traditions

by Lisa Horne, FAACT Director of Marketing For people living with food allergies and their families, Halloween can be one of the scariest times of the year. Not the goblins or ghouls – it’s the knocking

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Safely Splash into Summer

July 4, 2022  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Dining-Out, Eating, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Grandparent, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Picnic, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Resources, Safety-Tips, Summer, Support, Teens, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations While unpacking my beach chair last month – the one with the soft straps that allow me to carry it like a backpack – my mind

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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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