Food Allergy Education

OK...let me tell you a bit about what I do as well as plan to do. My vision is to go into schools, day cares, and restaurants and provide training workshops to principals, teachers, teaching assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, managers, waitstaff, etc. I am also interested in providing support to parents and families, and participate in community events to raise awareness of food allergies in Berkshire County, MA.

Last year I received a grant through Early Intervention which enabled me to purchase all the training programs produced by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. I have also received training materials from Epi-Pen & Twinject, as well as developed my own training materials and program.

I am also in putting together a support group in the Lenox, MA area. If anyone is interested, please leave a comment here. I will be in touch with you when I have at least 5 interested people.

My hope is that with the increase of food allergy awareness and education, those with food allergies will be accepted in society and reasonable accomodations will be made for those with life-threatening food allergies, just like those with other life-threatening conditions.