Top Rated Allergy-Friendly Overnight Camps
Overnight camp is a place for kids with food allergies to gain independence and self-advocacy skills. This opportunity is only made possible by the wonderful camp owners and directors that have created safe environments — a second home for so many kids.
See camps reviewed by families managing your same allergies - the ultimate buddy system.
Top Food Allergy-Friendly Skin + Hair Care Products
Food allergens are found in more than just what we eat. From argan oil shampoo to shea butter lotion, food allergens like tree nuts can sneak into everyday beauty products under names you might not recognize. Because the FDA does not regulate allergen labeling for beauty products as it does for food, cosmetic companies are not required to specifically call out food allergens in their products. Luckily there are brands that rise above industry standards. Spokin's list of top food allergy-safe hair and skin care products has you covered head to toe with options for every age and allergy. Each company offers clear ingredient lists, detailed allergen information and shows a commitment to consumers with food allergies. This product guide was published on 3/17.
Allergy-Friendly Overnight Camps For Boys
Since 1928, Camp Ojibwa has provided young men a home away from home based on a philosophy of brotherhood. This brotherhood is exemplified by the four tenets of The Ojibwa Way: kindness, respect, fair play and trustworthiness.
Celebrating Easter And Passover With Food Allergies
While kids are busy hunting Easter eggs, food allergy families are on a different kind of search. From safe Easter candy to nut-free Seder recipes or even eggless eggs - the hunt for food allergy-friendly Easter and Passover options ends here. We've mapped out an allergy-friendly Easter candy guide with safer alternatives to the classics, a how-to on eggless egg decorating and allergen-free recipes for Easter brunch, lunch or dinner. For those celebrating Passover, we've found tasty alternatives to fill a Seder plate to accommodate any allergy. Consider this your golden (allergy-free) egg to a safe Easter and Passover.ALLERGY-FRIENDLY EASTER RECIPES | ALLERGY-FRIENDLY SEDER RECIPES
Flying With Food Allergies
Whether you’re heading out for spring break or to grandma’s for the weekend, air travel is a necessity for millions of people, including those living with food allergies.
Recent headlines have highlighted a key reason why traveling with food allergies is tricky. While food allergies are defined as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, airlines abide by a different set of rules defined by the Air Carrier Access Act. Under these guidelines, a pilot can prevent you from boarding or ask you to get off the plane if you make yourself or your child seem “medically fragile," according to his or her own discretion.
But don’t let the uncertainty surrounding air travel keep you grounded. With a little extra planning and the right resources, every family can have the adventures they deserve.
To clear the air and make flights smoother, we laid out the 16 tips for flying with food allergies, identified the top six “food allergy-friendly” airlines and found a mission-driven mom dedicated to making air travel easier for all of us.
16 Tips for Flying with Food Allergies | 6 Top Food Allergy-Friendly Airlines | No Nut Traveler
See our 2024 list of Top Rated Allergy-Friendly Airlines.
Roxanne Palin: A Family A-FARE
You won't catch Roxanne Palin taking a day off. With two food allergic children and a food allergic husband, she constantly finds ways to turn circumstances into opportunities for change in the world of food allergies. Over the years, Roxanne has been a strong advocate and fundraiser for food allergy safety, education and research. She and her daughter, Amanda, are being honored at the FARE NYC luncheon in April 2017.
Roxanne is the Director of Marketing at Juice Press, a NYC-based organic, vegan grab-and-go wellness brand with more than 60 locations in New York, Boston, New Jersey and Connecticut.
First Steps With Food Allergies
Whether you’ve been managing food allergies for six months or six years, you probably still remember the people who dropped everything to answer your questions. Now, you may be the one sharing your wisdom with friends of friends about their newly diagnosed food allergy, outlining those crucial first steps and helping them come up with a plan. You take the call or meet for coffee because you remember what it’s like to be scared and searching for answers.
To help parents coping with their child’s first allergic reaction, as well as anyone who is responsible for your child's care, we’ve created a step-by-step plan that lets you move forward. Now take a deep breath – you’ve got this.
Food Allergy-Friendly Overnight Camps
On the night our daughter Natalie was initially diagnosed with food allergies, I vividly remember panicking and asking my husband, "How is she ever going to go to overnight camp, kiss anyone safely, or study abroad?" My husband calmly replied, "She's 3, I think we have time to figure it out." He was right, and it did take time, but she has safely enjoyed many summers away. One of Spokin's core goals is to reduce the time required to find safe and trusted resources. As far as managing to kiss safely and study abroad, we know that we can reliably turn to Spokin users to guide us with their food allergy wisdom when that time comes. Following are the highest recommended Midwest-based overnight camps shared by Spokin users. These camps are either completely nut-free or deemed food allergy friendly.
36 Skills to Teach Your Food Allergic Child
When teaching your child a life skill, it’s all about baby steps. Whether you’re potty training, practicing the ABCs or learning to cross the street, there’s a lot of hand-holding in the beginning. Ultimately, the job of a parent is to guide their children to independence. Kids with food allergies have an extra set of lessons to master. We’ve huddled with food allergy moms, allergists and psychologists to create a list of skills every food allergic child ultimately needs to learn – whatever the pace – these are simply suggested ages to introduce the concepts. Wherever you are on the journey, we encourage you to take a well-deserved break and look at all that you and your child have undoubtedly accomplished. Early Childhood | Preschool | Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Food Allergy-Friendly Birthday Cupcakes
Sending your child to a birthday party or school celebration with a safe cupcake is part of the food allergy parent drill. Whether you want to pick up or whip up, we've got the lists that fit your style and schedule. Like cupcakes, these lists are meant to be shared. Forward to all the supportive parents and teachers who want your child to be able to enjoy the same treat as everyone else. This product guide was published on 8/17. Spokin tip: Bake a dozen cupcakes for the first event of the year, freeze the rest, then thaw and frost when needed. STORE-BOUGHT | MIXES | FROSTINGS | SPRINKLES
