[joelcontrol]

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We proudly present our
2009 FUNDRAISER &
3rd GLUTEN FREE VENDOR FAIR

The largest gluten-free consumer event in North America!!!
Over 50 gluten-free vendors selling their products!
(most vendors will have samples and some will accept credit cards)

________Date: ____Sunday, April 26, 2009
________Time: ___ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
________Location: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 25
__________ ____ __370 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
______________ _ _Hauppauge, NY


Guests:

________• Dr. Peter Green, Director, Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University
________• Suzanne Simpson, Registered Dietitian, Columbia University
________• Cynthia Kupper, Registered Dietitian, Director, Gluten Intolerance Group



One day Membership & Entrance fee is $10.00 per person (cash only)
(Children under 12 free; families of 4 or more $30.00 total)
Profits will be donated to: The Celiac Disease Center at Columbia

________Come join us and help the Celiac community:
________• Find improved diagnosis and treatments for Celiacs.
________• Educate the medical community on Long Island and possibly find a cure.

________Approximately 1% of people in the US have Celiac Disease and 97% have not been
________properly diagnosed. That means that over 300,000 Long Islanders suffer from Celiac
________and more than 290,000 of them have not yet been diagnosed.

___________________________Help us help them and ourselves!

________Participating Vendors:

Aleia's Gluten Free Foods Kitchen Table Bakers
Allergy Friendly Foods Little Bay Baking Co.
Aunt Gussies Cookies & Crackers Mama's Restaurant
Axcan Pharmaceuticals Marble Slab Creamery
Azure Chocolate Mari Productions
Bakery on Main Meadow Foods
Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods Miller's Gluten Free Bread Co.
Buona Sera Restaurant Mixes from the Heartland
Caesar's Pasta Products Mr. Ritts Bakery
Clare Rose Distributors (Red Bridge Beer) NuGo Nutrition
Domata Living Flour Nutritional Health Technologies
Enjoy Life Natural Brands Organic Bistro Whole Life Meals
Everybody Eats Outrageous Foods
Food Tek Pamela's Products
Full Flavor Foods Rose Door Inc.
Gaga's Inc. Schar USA
Get Healthy America Shabtai Gourmet Bakery
Gilbert's Gourmet Goodies Smokin Sloe's Restaurant
Gluten Free Naturals The Best Ever Low Carb Cakes
Gluten Free Passport The Diet Shop
Good Day Sunshine The Gluten Free Choice
Jake Bakes The Grainless Baker
Joan's gluten-free Great Bakes The L. Lodico Walk for Celiac Disease
Katz Gluten Free The Silly Yak Bakery
Kettle Cuisine Two Fresh Chefs
Kinnikinnick Whole Foods



________Corporate Sponsors:

________Personal Communications Devices (PCD), Hauppauge, NY
________Axcan Pharmaceuticals
________Joan's gluten-free Great Bakes, Bellmore
________First Wireless Group, Bohemia
________Daniel & Julie McGuire, Ft. Salonga
________Dr. David Milkes, Great Neck
________Kitchen Table Bakers, Syosset




------------Celiac Disease Promotion:

------------Eric Schwartz is the Senior Account Executive at the LI Radio Group
------------(WBZO-B103, WKJY, WHLI, WMJC, WRCN and WLVG. He has
------------instituted an awareness campaign to work with restaurants and store
------------owners who supply gluten-free items for people with Celiac Disease.

------------If you are a store owner who offers gluten-free products or a restaurant
------------that offers gluten-free items or menu, please contact Eric Schwartz at:
------------eschwartz@liradiogroup.com and be part of his radio awareness program.

[Jamie]

I'll be there! Can't wait!

[joel]

Sorry this is so late. The address for the Gluten Free Fair and Fundraiser
is 370 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Hauppauge.

By car from the West take the LIE to exit 55 (Motor Parkway); at the light
take left onto Motor Parkway West Bound. The IBEW Hall (at 370) will be on
your right about ¼ to ½ mile from the LIE.

By train, take the LIRR to Deer Park or Ronkonkoma then a taxi to the IBEW
hall.

[joel]

GOOD EXPERIENCE. I HELPED UNLOAD AND LOAD FOR THE MERCHANTS. THE PLACE WAS A LITTLE TO SMALL FOR THE GROUP. AS THE EVENT WENT ON IT WAS LESS CROWDED.IF PEOPLE CAME LATER IT WAS A LOT LESS CROWDE. SO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS WHERE TO HOLD IT FOR NEXT TIME. SUGGESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. THE PLACE WOULD NEED A LOT OF ELECTRIC OUTLETS. REASONABLY PRICED. WE HAD PLEANTY OF VOLUNTEERS ON HAND. THEY EVEN PUT SIGNS ON THE HIGHWAY. ONE MORE SIGN WAS NEEDED. NEXT TIME DIRECTIONS WILL BE POSTED. IT WAS TOTALLY SOLD OUT TO MERCHANTS. ONE MERCHANT NEVER SHOWED. sOME MERCHANTS MADE NICE DONATIONS. nEXT TIME THERE WILL BE A JOURNAL. A LOT OF WORK IS DONE IN PLANNING BY VOLUNTEERS. PS DONT FORGET THE MEETUP HAD OVER 2000 PEOPLE. THE WALK IN QUEENS. THE NEXT BIG EVENT. I WAS SORRY I DID NOT RUN INTO THE OTHER MEETUP PEOPLE. IT WOULD HAVE NICE IF THE MEETUP GOUP HAD A PERSON TO HAND OUT ABOUT THIS BOARD AND THE OTHER CELIAC BOARDS. I AM SURE MORE PEOPLE WOULD JOIN IF WE HAD EXPOSURE. .