May is Food Allergy Awareness month!

Food Allergy Awareness month is upon us.  Be vocal, wear teal and check out some of these local events.

A raffle drawing will be held at 7pm and 8pm. All attendees get 1 raffle ticket for coming out and can earn an additional raffle ticket for every $50 spent.  Must be present to win.  If you are on Facebook, please RSVP on our FB event page (Search for FARE Food Allergy Heroes Walk) and share it with your FB network.

Houston Teal Takeover. In honor of food allergy awareness week and to coincide with the lighting of City Hall downtown, we (FARE walk committee) are going to promote our first Houston Teal Takeover and encourage ALL Houstonians to wear teal on Monday, May 15th in support of our cause. For those on social media, please share pics of yourselves wearing teal with the hashtag #HTXTealTakeover in the hopes that we (FARE Food Allergy Heroes Walk) can get trending.

Food Allergy Awareness Week Proclamation 2015

I was delighted when I received this proclamation in the mail a couple of weeks ago.  You can get one too by visiting www.foodallergy.org, highlight the Tools & Resources tab, locate the Awareness Programs heading from the dropdown menu, then click on Food Allergy Awareness Week.  Here you will find the Request A Proclamation button.  Find your state and get started raising awareness.

For additional suggestions and ideas on how to get involved with raising awareness, click on the Take Action button.  Chances are good that you are already doing something to educate and inspire others about food allergies!

Houston FARE Walk!

Good morning!
My son spotted this beautiful rainbow the morning of the walk.  

The 2014 Houston FARE Walk proved to be an exciting day for all in my family.  I hope that it was great for all of you too!  The day was fun filled with lots of products to sample and vendors to answer questions.  My family and I arrived early and were, unexpectedly, greeted with this beautiful rainbow.  It seemed a bit random since the skies were so blue behind it.  I took it as a sign that it was going to be a good day.  The only things I would change for next year would be to make it about 10 degrees cooler with no mosquitos, but whose complaining?!

A special thanks goes out to Denise, team captain, for organizing our team so quickly.  We reached our goal the day of the race! Next year, HFAN will have a booth to promote our support group.  FARE has provided us with a banner and will provide educational materials.  

Great to see all of your smiling faces! 

FARE Walk 2014