I’m part of the panel for this Twitter Party Thursday, Jan. 14, 7 pm ET.
I promise fun but no expertise from me!
Good thing General Mills will be fielding questions too!
Please ask at least one question I can answer so I know I have at least one friend out there!!
Twas the night before a New Year, and all through the house
There were still signs of Christmas shared by my daughter, me and my spouse
The garland still hung on the banister with care
With hopes that friend’s laughter would soon fill the air
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| Make a Smilebox photobook |
Gratitude
The deep felt gratitude I have for the individuals, corporations and media who attended the launch of the Nation’s First Gluten Free Food Bank can’t really be expressed with words I can type. They seem so flat and impersonal. Those who attended know how much more powerful an experience is with me when it’s live and in person. When we are all in one place together it’s electrifying!
1st Gluten Free (GF) Food Bank Opens & Wind Powered Denver Company, Raquelita’s Tortillas, Challenges GF Corp to Give
“There is a great need to develop a systematic approach to establishing Gluten Free Food Banks across the nation,” says Dee Valdez, a gluten free consultant. Valdez was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 17 years ago. About 15 years ago, she remembers talking to a mother with a sick 7 year old who had Celiac Disease. The exasperated mom said she had to choose between feeding her whole family or just feeding her sick daughter the very expensive gluten free food she could find. The distraught mother said, referring to her Celiac daughter, “She’s just going to have to live with diarrhea.“
Lovely Snow in Loveland CO
The Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of the nations first Gluten Free Food Bank in Loveland has been moved back one week due to extreme cold and poor driving conditions. We’d also like the media to help us tell the story and they will be reporting on all of the weather related stories. I’ve been upstaged by Mother Nature before and know it’s a batter I can’t win!
Nationwide Movement To Get Gluten Free Food Into Food Banks Begins In Loveland Colorado
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2009 Contact: Dee Valdez, Gluten Free Dee, (c) 970-308-1062
Erin Becerra, House of Neighborly Service, 565 N. Cleveland Ave, Loveland, CO 800537, 970-667-4939
Nationwide Movement To Get Gluten Free Food Into Food Banks Begins In Loveland Colorado
“There is a great need to develop a systematic approach to establishing Gluten Free Food Banks across the nation,” says Dee Valdez, who was diagnosed with Celiac Disease 17 years ago. About 15 years ago, Valdez remembers talking to a mother with a sick 7 year old who had Celiac Disease. The exasperated mom said she had to choose between feeding her whole family or just feeding her sick daughter the very expensive gluten free food she could find. The distraught mother said, referring to her Celiac daughter, “She’s just going to have to live with diarrhea. “
Gluten Free Pantry Dedication and Ribbon Cutting
Food Program
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
4:00 – 6:00 pm
House of Neighborly Service
565 N. Cleveland Ave
Loveland, CO 800537
970-667-4939
- Dedication and Ribbon Cutting
- Gluten Free donations from local families
- Challenge to large gluten free food manufacturers from Denver based gluten free flatbread manufacturer, Sandwich Petals, to donate regularly to House of Neighborly Service and other Gluten Free Food Pantries
- Gluten Free people of various ages to interview
- Gluten Free snacks
Einstein Brothers Gluten-Free!
GF Bagels
Einstein Bros Bagels began selling Udi’s Gluten Free bagels at 3 locations in the Denver area as a test. According to Karen Moritzky, Director of Marketing for Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, “This is only a test.”
Locations
1) 9385 S Colorado Blvd., Colorado Blvd & South University Blvd Highlands Ranch
2) 2730 S Colorado Blvd., Colorado Blvd & Yale in Denver
3) 5180 W 120, 120th & Sheridan in Broomfield
Availability
The bagels come frozen from Udi’s and can be purchased frozen at each store or thawed from inside the case.
A group of influencers in the gluten free community joined Tuesday, Nov. 17, to become acquainted and decide how we could make a greater impact in our communities. A variety of issues were put on the table, including:
- Making life easier for kids with Celiac Disease or a Gluten Intolerance
- Creating availability of GF foods for economically challenged families
- Improving the quality and availability of GF food at hospitals
- Helping colleges buy into providing great options for GF students
- Finding great doctors who “get it” and others who want to and taking our $ away from the others who don’t want to become better able to serve us
- Creating a support group model that is positive, uplifting and fun
