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Meetings and Events: Our 2010 Celiac Awareness Walk will be held at Presque Isle State Park at Shelter # 2 on Saturday, September 11th. Sign-in begins at 10:00 along with gluten-free food and beverages. The walk begins at 11:00, followed by lunch. Download the registration and send it in by August 27th to be guaranteed a t-shirt. Registration is $15.00 and includes the shirt and lunch. There will be a big chinese auction with lots of prizes. Come support our local Chapter so we can continue helping people living gluten-free in our community. Download the Gluten-Free Erie Join the Erie CSA Chapter. Click HERE for application. __________________________________________________________________ The Gluten-Free Support Group of Northwestern Pennsylvania meets the second Saturday of each month at 10am at the Hamot Heart Institute, 120 East 2nd Street. Activities are planned monthly and GF food is sampled often. Newcomers are always Welcome. There will be no support group meeting in July or August. Anyone needing information on the support group can contact Amy Vidmar at 836-0253. ________________________________________________ CSA Gluten-Free Erie, PA #135: CSA Gluten-Free Erie, PA #135 meets on an as needed basis. Look on this website for meeting times and places. A report on Chapter activity and functions is given at each Gluten-Free Support Group meeting. Contact an officer at any time for information. Please join us for our next dinner at Outback Steakhouse on Saturday, August 7th, at 12:00. The price is $7.00 per person and includes dinner of your choice, drink, and dessert. Email Sue Orinick at sko88@verizon.net by August 2nd if you wish to attend. PLEASE WATCH THE WWW.GLUTENFREERIEPA.COM WEB SITE FOR ANY UPDATES OR CHANGES. Please join CSA Gluten-Free Erie, PA #135 today! The cost is only $15.00 per year. For information, please contact Cindy Christiansen at 838-0599 or follow the link above for the application. Our Chapter had a very successful year and brought much needed awareness to the city of Erie and the general area. CSA 2009: Wegman's tours for newly diagnosed. Six people attended our first tour in May and six attended our September 16th tour. Thanks to Wendy Harkins at the West 26th Street Wegman's, and Rhonda McGill at the Peach Street Wegman's for their participation. The date for our next tour will be determined soon. You must pre-register with Cindy Christiansen at 838-0599 or cynthiachristiansen@hotmail.com. Our chapter was the Host Chapter for the National CSA Conference held in Erie October 30th through November 1st 2009. Dietitian's Day was held on October 29th. Our chapter provided scholarships for 13 local Dietitians to attend. Visit the National CSA website www.csaceliacs.org for information. The Conference was a hugh success and brought lots of awareness to the Erie and surrounding areas. Dinners were held at Outback Steakhouse, Raj Mahal, The Erie Yacht Club, Maria's Pizza, Boston's, etc. Look on this website for details on future dinners. Our SeaWolves outing on June 26th was a success. Educating local Dietitians, Physicians, and Chefs on the gluten-free diet and Celiac Disease. We will be working with both Wegman's and Giant Eagle on West 12th street to streamline their GF selections so that they will have items available that will meet everyone's needs. Our members only Christmas party was held on December 12th. We had a good turnout and all food and beverages were provided. Join our local chapter today so you can help us to continue our mission of making our commmunity a better place for people living gluten-free. ____________________________________________________________ Oasis Pub is continuing to serve gluten-free pizza! Dine in or take out anytime! Try Boston's gluten-free pizza! Maria's Pizza on West Grandview Blvd. is still serving gluten-free pizza. On Wednesday, September 2nd, we hosted an all-you-can-eat buffet style dinner including pizza, salad, and pop. Watch for upcoming Celiac Awareness activities. We will be visiting grocery stores, restaurants, etc. to provide information and spread awareness to the general public. Anyone interested in helping with awareness activities please contact Cindy Christiansen (838-0599) or Sue Orinick (833-5540). _____________________________________________________________ Look on this website for information on additional dinners to be planned in the coming months. _______________________________________________________ Our next awareness walk will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10:00 at Shelter #2 at Presque Isle State Park. Registration brochures for the 2010 WALK will be available at the Whole Foods Co-op, and Dietary Foods or can be downloaded above.
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