To
bring about the understanding of the seriousness nature of food
allergies, an effort to cultivate a relationship with the community is
needed. Starting from the basics of educating your friends, starting a
food allergy support group within your school, to getting involved in
community health fairs are all considered significant steps to
promoting safety for our food allergic children.
A monthly meeting with speakers from the medical community has been set
up. Informal meetings with coffee mornings to simply meet and chat and
share will follow the seminar at Body With Soul (located at Rochester Park). As a member, you will automatically be informed of these meetings by email.
MEETINGS & EVENTS SCHEDULED:
Friday, March 26, 10 a.m.
Venue: The Food Clinic @ Phoenix Park
Karen Wright/Food Allergies and Practical Cooking/Nutrition Tips
April: Dr. Leong Jern-Lin/Food Allergies+ENT
May: Dr. Dawn Lim/Food Allergies+Traveling
Spreading awareness
Join your school's food allergy support group. If none exists, contact us to help start one!
Our Education Committee is able to provide information and training to school faculty and students. If you're interested, please email us.
Planning
Food Allergy Awareness Week occurs in the beginning of May every year.
During this time, we encourage all members to increase food allergy
awareness at their schools by displaying posters, flyers, and library
displays.
Also, at this time, a party for our food allergic kids will take
place. A party without worries (without food) but WITH lots of fun.
Our Biannual Newsletter
A newsletter written specifically for dealing with food allergies in
Singapore has been published for our members–so please join! In our
newsletter, a brief outline of our upcoming speakers is available.
