Calgarians

[2Boys4Me]

I emailed the assignment editor at work (CTV) some suggestions for Celiac Awareness month, and to my surprise he said he loved it and is assigning a reporter to do a story (or more, I hope). Last year, he deleted the suggestion.

Anyway, in my pitch to do the story, I suggested that they speak to the Calgary Association and Dr. Butzner or Dr. Scott at Children's. I mentioned a profile of the owners of Splitt, the lactose/gluten free restaurant in south Calgary, Terracotto in Nanton, Earth's Oven in Calgary, and to get an Edmonton reporter to profile Kinnikinnick. I also said they should find out why the Food Allergy and Anaphylactic Network suggested that rye and barley NOT be considered a top allergen for ingredient labelling purposes. I can't find the info on that right now. I also mentioned following a newbie around the grocery reading labels and calling companies.

I've pm'd Sandy (2kids4me) to see if she might be interested in a interview. Ty has such boring symptoms (anemia only), I think the story would work better if we get people who can speak knowledgeably about cross contamination, etc. There are all these resources in Calgary, bakeries etc. that I know of but have never tried because I don't want to spend a fortune on stuff that Ty might not like, so I'm not confident speaking about them. I can talk about inconvenience and packing a pizza and cupcake to birthday parties.

So...if anyone is brave enough to do an on camera interview please let me know ASAP so I can forward your contact info to the reporter. She's off on Monday because of the stat, and I'm not sure when she'll be doing the story.

[Canadian Karen]

Have you e-mailed Rusla? She's in Calgary, isn't she?

Good Luck!

Karen

[2Boys4Me]

Good thinking! I haven't seen her on the board for so long, she slipped my mind. And Lori (SkokiMom) is asymptomatic so that would be a boring interview (no offense, Lori!). I should email Carriefaith, too.