In just a few days, we will be heading to Vegas for two fabulous events.  First, we’ll be participating in the Las Vegas FARE Walk .  My children are pretty excited to check out more than 50 allergen friendly vendors, face painters and plethora of kids activities. They are also pretty amped about eating safe food and meeting other children who live with food allergies.  My kids would love to connect with more of their peers who are avoiding gluten and dairy.

We’ve even joined a team to raise funds for food allergy research. If you can make a small donation towards this important cause, please do.  If not, that’s okay too.  Just in case you are feeling generous with a few seconds of your time, please share this fundraising link then use it to see if there is a walk close to you.

The Las Vegas Fare Walk will be held on Saturday November 2, 2013.  Please click here for exact location and details.

Did you know?

• Approximately 15 million Americans are living with food allergies.  This estimation includes  5.9 million children.

• The number of children living with a peanut allergy has nearly doubled from 1997 to 2002. 

• In the United States, food allergies send someone to the emergency room every three minutes. 

The second event that we’ll be attending has many desirable components for food allergy advocates, bloggers and parents in general. The Food Allergy Blogger Conference will be held at the South Point Hotel on Sunday, November  3rd and Monday November 4th.

As a mom/advocate/celiac, I am looking forward to two days of presentations regarding living with food allergies and intolerances.  Included in these sessions are details pertaining to 504 plans, coping with the social aspects of dietary limitations and all sorts of useful data.  For a complete agenda click here.

With the added bonus of the Wine & Sign Book Club & Cocktail Party during the evening of November 3rd at the South Point Hotel, this conference is going to fantastic.

During this party some of the most incredible writers, bakers and bloggers will be available to answer questions and autograph your books.  Just of few of my favorites in attendance are:

• Colette Martin, Learning to Bake Allergen-Free
• Cybele Pascal, The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook, Allergy-Free and Easy Meals, The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook
• Kelly Rudnicki, The Allergy-Mama’s Baking Book, The Food Allergy Mama’s Easy, Fast Family Meals
• Erica Dermer, Celiac and the Beast: A Love Story Between a Gluten-Free Girl, Her Genes, and a Broken Digestive Tract
• Amy Fothergill, The Warm Kitchen

We’re looking forward to seeing our friends and making some new ones too.  Hope to see you there.  If not check us out on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook for info and pictures from the event.