Food Allergy Walk to be held in Long Branch Atlanticville

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The FAAN Walk for Food Allergy Moving Toward a Cure is scheduled to be held in Long Branch on Sept. to raise awareness as well as funds for food allergy education and research. People don t realize how hard it is said Tim McLoone owner of the local McLoone s Pier House and McLoone s Rum Runner who is acting as honorary chairman of the event. It s one of! those situations that needs a light shone on it he said. McLoone s year old daughter Hannah has a peanut allergy and suffered a reaction to peanut butter as a young toddler. She had a peanut butter cracker and ballooned right away McLoone said adding that he and his family have since been on guard at school parties and other situations where food is served. McLoone s daughter is one of nearly New Jersey schoolchildren who have food allergies which have no cure. An estimated people die every year from fatal reactions and another people visit the emergency room to receive lifesaving treatment for food induced anaphylaxis according to the release. The Walk for Food Allergy raises awareness and funds for food allergy education and research according to a press release from The Food Allergy Anaphylaxis Network FAAN . The allergy walks are held nationwide to support FAAN the world s largest nonprofit organization providing information about food allergy to the media schools health professionals pharmaceutical companies the food industry and governm! ent officials as well as the food allergic community. This year marks the first time the walk will be held in Long Branch and to register for the event or for more information visit www.foodallergywalk.org longbranch nj. The event is planned to start at the Great Lawn north of Pier Village at a.m. with check in for participants starting at a.m. Also planned for the event are food vendors with allergen free samples and entertainment will be provided by New Jersey rocker Ray Anderson also known as mr. RAY who will be headlining a concert following the walk. Although Anderson s family is not personally affected by food allergies he said he has met many parents who have made him aware of how serious and life threatening food allergies can be. So many people whose children I entertain they tell me about what they go through Anderson said. I walk into schools and there are signs everywhere Peanut Free. Monmouth Beach resident Frank Dicopoulos who plays the role of Frank Cooper on! the CBS soap opera Guiding Light will be acting as master of ceremonies for the walk. He said he was spurred to action by watching his friends deal with their children s severe food allergies. I ve heard all the horror stories of parents dealing with peanut allergies and other allergies said Dicopoulos. It s scary. You never like to see your loved ones go through this. Dicopoulos also a spokesman for the American Cancer Society has long been involved in charity work. He said that many of his philanthropic efforts focus on children. Every child deserves a fair shot in life he said. FAAN was founded in and is the world leader in information about food allergy a potentially fatal condition that afflicts approximately million Americans or one out of every people and is rapidly increasing in prevalence. A nonprofit organization based in Fairfax Va. FAAN has members in the United States Canada and other countries. It is dedicated to increasing public awareness of food allergy and its consequences to educating people about the condition and to advan! cing research on behalf of all those affected by it. FAAN provides information and educational resources about food allergy to patients their families schools health professionals pharmaceutical companies the food industry and government officials. For more information about FAAN visit www.foodallergy.org www.faankids.org and www.faanteen.org

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