Community Corner
FARE Walk for Food Allergy on Long Island
There are approximately 16 million Americans with food
allergies and 5.9 million of them are children. Food allergies cause 30,000 emergency room visits each year and
are life-threatening . There is no cure.
Join us to raise awareness, education and funds forresearch on Sunday, October 13th at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow at the FARE ( Food Allergy Research & Education)
Walk for Food Allergies. Registration begins at 12:00. It will be a fun afternoon with a carnival area for smaller children, great raffles for the
adults and an awesome dj. Check out our Facebook page at FARE Walk for Food
Allergy on Long Island too. For more information on food allergies and to
register to walk with us visit www.foodallergy.org and look for the Long Island Walk page. We can’t wait to see you there.