Who is "Food Allergy Foundation"

[candyguru]

Always looking for an excuse to post a photo of the nut-free ice cream facility!
(sorry all... it's been years since I last posted this photo, so I ..... just ..... couldn't ...... resist ..... once ..... again! )




New nut-free ice cream production facility, under development since 2001.   I seem to remember once of our members lives nearby.

[CMdeux]

Here... have a soundtrack to go with that double-scoop of nostalgia.  Because there really ought to be clowns.   



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqx5_w-dnk

[rebekahc]

I seem to remember once of our members lives nearby.

Yes, yes I do.  (And no, I don't live in a blighted industrial area  )

[PurpleCat]

candyguru,

Your killing me!!!!  Note to self.....make coffee after visiting FAS, not before!

That photo needs a frame!

[candyguru]

I seem to remember once of our members lives nearby.

Yes, yes I do.  (And no, I don't live in a blighted industrial area  )

Hi Rebekah,

Yes, I had remembered someone lived in that area, but forgot who it was.  And I am glad to hear you don't live in a run down industrial area 

[candyguru]

candyguru,

Your killing me!!!!  Note to self.....make coffee after visiting FAS, not before!

That photo needs a frame!

Hi PurpleCat,

haha   And all the new members here must be totally lost at why we are posting pics of an abandoned 'ice cream factory'

[booandbrimom]

Make sure you don't miss the "Eva Peron" approach with regard to how to spend the donations:

http://foodallergyfoundation.org/donate/save_michael

"For just $10 a day, YOU can save a child from this horrible, horrible fate."

[PurpleCat]

I have not had my coffee yet!  Hi candyguru!  Hey is there a cow in the background waiting to get in?  See, I need my coffee!


booandbrimom, I am speechless.

[lakeswimr]

Wow.  Shouldn't the effort go to getting formula covered by insurance?  I have not ever seen anything like that.

[rebekahc]

I have not had my coffee yet!  Hi candyguru!  Hey is there a cow in the background waiting to get in?  See, I need my coffee!


booandbrimom, I am speechless.

LOL!  Actually, the cows are in the field across the street.  It's true.

[ajasfolks2]

Make sure you don't miss the "Eva Peron" approach with regard to how to spend the donations:

http://foodallergyfoundation.org/donate/save_michael

"For just $10 a day, YOU can save a child from this horrible, horrible fate."

This is disturbing.


On 2nd thought . . . hmmmmmm . . . maybe the foundation is going to pay for some cure I've not heard of yet?  Or AuviQs for all? 

Where can I sign up to have my kids saved from this horrible, horrible fate?

Lots cheaper than epi co-pay and all other med expenses.

[ajasfolks2]

Really need more detailed info about this foundation, its founder, its charter, its financials . . .



Super Sleuth Queens here?

[Macabre]

To be fair, for those who have not gone to the website donation page it does not in fact say that. I think Boo was poking fun at their approach.

This is so not the approach I would take as a fundraiser. Really not.

In reading the story of Michael (which is far too long for a website and contains spelling errors I would have corrected).

It's great that they have planned giving and other types of giving options, but the donation of cash is an internal type of term and is very oddly listed near the bottom of that menu. An or should have a GIVE NOW button prominently displayed, but when I go to the  Cash  Gifts page I don't see a donation form. I should. I see text that contains a link for a donatiion form. But when I click that, it's clear they screwed up on inserting a link to a form, because it instead creates an email to them. I build pages like this all the time, and I know exactly how this happened, but it's a problem that they don't even look at their website and know this.

[booandbrimom]

To be fair, for those who have not gone to the website donation page it does not in fact say that. I think Boo was poking fun at their approach.

This is so not the approach I would take as a fundraiser. Really not.

Yes, I guess there is a place for this in the world, but it seems weird to promote just one kid.

Ajas, I thought this was open knowledge. This guy is the founder of FAF:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jongonzalez

He's a former FAAN employee. Lasted six months! I'm sure there's a story there.

It did not escape my notice that the mother of "Michael" is taking some flack for how scammy her approach seems (not judging whether her situation is true or not...just saying it's weird). I also noticed that both Michael's family and the founder of FAF share a last name.

Coincidence, I'm sure. Ice cream, anyone?

[booandbrimom]

This is what Nutricia had to say about the situation:

http://www.neocate.com/about-neocate/neocate-junior-update/