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Hi everyone-
I am a volunteer with the Westchester County Celiac Sprue Support group (www.westchesterceliacs.org) and we run a program called the Gluten-Free Traveling Bears. This is how we support our local (Westchester, NYC, Long Island and NJ) involvement in the Gluten Free Restaurant Awareness Program (www.glutenfreerestaurants.org - this program works with restaurants to offer gluten free menus.) The Gluten Free Traveling Bears is a great program where a family can sign up to have one of our stuffed bears come and visit their child for a few days. We love to track where the bears go and the kids they visit. The bear comes with a binder full of info on eating GF, fun activities for the kids and a disposable camera so that the family can take pictures of the activities that the bear participated in during the visit. It only costs $25, which really just covers the shipping and the materials for the package and a small donation for our local participation in the Gluten Free Restaurant Awareness Program. If you know any kids who would like a visit from one of our bears, please go to the WCSSG website (www.westchesterceliacs.org) and click on the GF Traveling Bears to download the request form. Thanks so much! -Karen |