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How Does Your Teal Garden Grow?

April 8, 2024  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Blog, Camp-TAG, Caregivers, Checklists, Civil-Rights, Compassion, DEI, Diversity, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAAM, FAAW, Family, Field-Trips, Food-Allergy, Food-Allergy-Awareness-Month, Food-Industry, Food-Service, FoodAllergyAwarenessWeek, Friends, Friendship, Graduation, Grandparent, Grateful, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Parent, Patient, Picnic, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resources, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Spring, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Top9, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations As spring arrives, lawns turn green and flowers blossom. Digging into our gardens feels good as we renew our spirit, plant seeds, and get our

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We Truly ARE Stronger Together - So Grateful for Our Community

March 1, 2024  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Compassion, Dining-Out, Education, Emergencies, Emergency, Emotions, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Food-Industry, FoodService, Global, Grandparent, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Manufacturer, Mental-Health, Nonprofit, Parent, Patient, Peanut, Peanut-Allergy, Peanut-Butter, Preparedness, Readlabels, Safety-Tips, Spring, Student, Super-Bowl, Support, Support-Group, Teal-Love, Top9, UberEats

It’s a common saying: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The food allergy community proved that it’s true on Super Bowl Sunday! In early February, Uber Eats previewed an ad they had scheduled to run

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Valentine

12 Ways To Celebrate Safely for Valentine’s Day

February 1, 2024  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Candy, Caregivers, Celebrations, Children, Cooking, Dating, Eating, Education, Elementary, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACTs-TEAL-Heart, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Heart, Holiday, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Mom, Mother, Parent, Pinterest, Readlabels, Resilience, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teal-Voices, Teens, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Tweens, Valentine, Valentines-Day

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations February is the month of love! Valentine’s Day reminds us to share our appreciation and affection for family, friends, classmates, and community.

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EGH

2023 Was A Year Worth Celebrating

January 1, 2024  |  10Years, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Celebrations, CEO, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, DEI, Dining-Out, Diversity, Education, Elementary, Emergency, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACT10Years, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Healthcare, High-School, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Inclusion, Know-The-FAACTs, Legacy, Medication, Mental-Health, Mother, Nonprofit, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, President, Programs, Psych, Readlabels, Recipes, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Rights, Roommates, Safety-Tips, School, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Student, Support, Support-Group, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Teen-Retreat, TeenRetreat, Teens, Thank-You, Tips, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, University, Vacation

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO As I reflect on 2023 celebrating FAACT’s 10th year, it warms my heart to know that we touched so many families’ and individuals’ lives. I’ve always said that if

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Holiday

Top Holiday Tips for Making Fun and Safe Memories

December 1, 2023  |  10Years, Adults, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Baking, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Catered-events, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Christmas, Civil-Rights, Cooking, Dining-Out, Eating, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, FAACT10Years, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friendship, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Medication, Mental-Health, Nonprofit, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, Self-Care, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teal-Moments, Tips, Top9, Traditions, Travel, Vacation

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Enjoy the season and time with your family and friends this year with savvy strategies and tools. FAACT curated our top tips and links to our best

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Holiday

Holiday Cheer with Less Stress

November 1, 2023  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Celebrations, Checklists, Children, Christmas, Compassion, Cooking, DEI, Dining-out, Diversity, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Giving, Grandparent, Grateful, Gratitude, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medication, Parent, Patient, Pinterest, Preparedness, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Safety-Tips, Self-care, Support, Thanksgiving, Traditions, Travel, Traveling

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations The holidays are a time when families and friends gather, but there can be an underlying layer of stress surrounding food allergies and family

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FIRS

FAACT's Fall Summits Were A Success!

October 1, 2023  |  8th-Graders, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Camp, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, College, Compassion, Cooking, Dating, DEI, Dining-out, Diversity, Dorm, Dorm Life, Education, Emergency, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, Eosinophil, Eosinophil-Awareness, Epinephrine, Equity, FAACT, FAACT-Teen-Conference, FAACT10Years, Family, FARRP, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Food-Industry, Food-Manufacturer, Food-Service, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Global, Healthcare, High-School, Housing, Inclusion, Industry, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Manufacturer, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Research, Residence-Hall, Resilience, Resources, Rights, Risk-taking, Roommates, Safety-tips, School, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-care, Student, Support, Teal, Teal-Love, Teen-Conference, Teens, Tips, Travel, Tweens, WHO, Workforce, Workplace

FAACT’s Global Food Industry & Research Summit FAACT’s ninth annual Global Food Industry and Research Summit provided an open forum for food industry stakeholders to explore how to safely meet the needs

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RC

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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It's Time! Are You Ready for “Back-to-School” with Food Allergies?

August 1, 2023  |  Action-Plan, Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Back-To-School, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Bullying, Caregivers, Checklists, Children, Civil-Rights, Education, Elementary, Emergency, EoE, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Field-Trips, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Friends, Friendship, Guidelines, Healthcare, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Programs, Readlabels, Resilience, Resources, Risk, Risk-taking, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Self-Care, Student, Support, Teen-Retreat, TeenRetreat, Teens, Tips, Transportation, Tweens

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Vice President of Community Relations Happy Back-to-School season! Let’s kick off a great new school year by loading up your food allergy lunch box with some of the best tools in town

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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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