2011
June
Saturday, June 11th, 10:00,
Speaker Dr. Joseph Murray."Should we screen the general population for celiac disease?" Mayo Clinic Baldwin Building 1st Floor Auditorium, 2nd St SW & 4th Avenue. You won't want to miss hearing our medical adivisor, gastroentrologist Joe Murray talk.
May
Thursday, May 12th, 11:30,
Noontime lunch at Paradise Pete's.
14 17th Ave NW (Miracle Mile Shopping Center).
Phone Sharon with your reservation by May 10th - 507-876-2441.
Paradise Pete's will have a new gluten-free menu.
April
Saturday, April 9th, 10:00,
Bill Eyl CSA/USA, Mayo Clinic Baldwin Building 1st Floor Auditorium,
2nd St SW & 4th Avenue. Plan to come to hear what Celiac Sprue Association United States of America, our national support
organization, is working on. Bill, CSA's past president, has been on CSA/USA's governing board for eleven years and will tell us
what the board has planned for the future and how it will affect chapters like ours as well as individual celiacs.
March
- Nothing currently scheduled
February
Saturday, Feb. 12 11:30,
Valentine's Day Gourmet Dinner,
Grace Lutheran Church, 800 Silver Lake Drive.We are thrilled to have, for the 4th year, Tim McCarty as our chef for this lovely meal. Call Sharon by Feb 7 to make your reservation 507-876-2441. You won't want to miss this meal. The menu is: Punch, Latin Pork, Stuffed Chicken Breast, Potatoes Rosemary, Hot Mixed Vegetables, Pasta Primavera Lettuce Salad, Fresh Fruit Plate, Rolls, Ice cream & brownies. Adults $16.00, Children $8.00
January
- No Meeting
2010
December
CANCELLED due to weather Saturday, December 11, 2010 10:00, Holiday Cookie Exchange,
Baldwin Building, 1st Floor Auditorium, 2nd St SW & 4th Ave, Rochester. Bring 3 dozen of your favorite holiday treats and share and exchange
with others. Be sure to bring the recipe too. You'll have a lovely cookie plate to take home.
November
Saturday, November 13, 2010 11:30, Chili Cook-off and Conference Sharing,
Grace Luthern Church, 800 Silver Lake Drive, Rochester. This is your chance to make a special chili recipe and try it out on your gluten-free friends!
Prizes will be awarded to the top two chilis. Be sure to bring your recipe. We will also have reports from those who attended the fall conferences.
October
Saturday, October 2, 7:30 AM-4:00 PM, Iowa Annual Celiac Conference,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Peter Green, Director of the Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University in New York.
This is a conference you won't want to miss. For more information, see www.iowaceliacs.org.
Many from our support group have attended this conference and highly recommend it. Further info will be included later in the newsletter.Thursday-Sunday, October 28-31, 33rd Annual CSA Conference, Kansas City, MO. We have a $100 gift certificate toward your registration at this great event. Keynote speaker will be Dr Alessio Fasano, University of Maryland Celiac Disease Research Center. You can check it out further at www.csaceliacs.org.
September
Thursday, September 9 11:30 AM, Potluck Salad Lunch,
Grace Lutheran Church, 800 Silver Lake Drive, Rochester. Bring a GF salad and the recipe to share. Plates, silverware and beverages
will be provided. A prize will be awarded for the salad that gets the most votes. Saturday, September 18, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Northern Wisconsin Celiac & Food Allergy Expo 2010, Minocqua, WI. The goal of this expo is to help those within the community expand their knowledge, learn updated research, and find available resources while providing opportunities for families with allergies to connect with one another. Check it out at www.WisconsinCeliacExpo.webs.com.
August
In August there are several Gluten-Free Galas at Hy-Vees in Rochester - hope you can get to one of them.
| Wednesday, August 25 4:00-6:30 pm | Hy-Vee North (37th Street) |
| Thursday, August 26 4:00-6:30 pm | Hy-Vee South (Crossroads) |
July
Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:30, Gluten-free meal at the historic Hubbell House Restaurant in Mantorville. Hope you can take this opportunity to join us for a lovely meal in Mantorville. There are lots of things going on in town for you to take advantage of besides the good food. Call Jeannette at 507-365-8651 by July 27 with your reservation.
June
Saturday, June 19 10:00, Dr Daniel Maddox, consultant in the division of allergic diseases, department of internal medicine will speak on "REAL Food Allergies and Celiac Disease: Nature's Double-Whammy", Mayo Clinic Baldwin Building 1st Floor Auditorium, 2nd St SW & 4th Ave.
Please refrain from wearing scents such as perfume, after shave, hairspray, scented lotion. Several of our members have sensitivities to them. Thanks.
May
Saturday, May 15 10:00, Dr. Joseph Murray , "Celiac Disease 2010 Research Update", Mayo Clinic Baldwin Building 1st Floor Auditorium, 2nd St SW & 4th Ave. Our medical advisor will tell us all about this year's research.
