Please come and join us at the North Texas Gluten Intolerance Group support group meeting.

  
When: Saturday, May 3, 9AM for Celiac 101 Class; 10AM for Support Group Meeting
Where: Richland Hills Church of Christ, 6300 NE Loop 820, N. Richland Hills, TX 76180 (directions and a map can be found on our website www.northtexasgig.com)

On Saturday, May 3, NTGIG will introduce Gene Bonham, a nutritionist who works with the Smoothie King organization. Gene will talk about general nutrition issues in regard to celiac disease and related diseases and also about the Smoothie King business. Please come help us welcome Gene to our support group and further our education about nutrition and celiac disease.

Our May 3 meeting is the last meeting before the June 6-7 GIG National Education Conference. We still need lots of auction items for our live and silent auctions. Please bring items that would resale well or that you would bid on at an auction. We’re raising money for the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America, which in turn uses those funds to sponsor celiac children’s summer camps across the U.S., funds for the fine work GIG does with the Gluten Free Certification Organization (certifies products and the plants they are produced in GF through a rigorous certification program), the Gluten Free Restaurant Awareness Program (GIG has produced and updates a database of restaurants around the world that have menus that have gone through a gluten free certification process to be included in the database. This database is accessible on the GFRAP website to anyone worldwide), and support to the gluten free community through it’s GIG branches nationwide. Please help GIG continue providing this excellent support by bringing in an item for the auction.

The Gluten Intolerance Group of North America is also having a cell phone drive to raise funds to Send A Child to Camp and we are asking for your help. Unlike other fund raising projects, there are no products to buy and distribute. All we are asking is that you donate any cell phones that you have at home. Also, if you know of any businesses that provide cell phones to employees, please ask if there are unwanted cell phones they would like to donate. We don't even need the chargers or accessories. 100% of the proceeds will benefit children attending GIG Kids Camps. Our goal is to send off our first batch of phones on June 15, 2008. We will receive our money promptly, so please help us by bringing your unwanted cell phones to the GIG Conference in Dallas or send them to the GIG office. All we need is the cell phone and battery; chargers and other accessories have no value. If you cannot attend the conference, but will be attending the May 3 NTGIG meeting, bring your old cell phones to that meeting.

And remember, we need to register for the June 6-7 Conference (a registration brochure is attached). Early registration ends May 21st in order to get a discount on the registration fee. You can register online at www.gluten.net, print the form from our website or newsletter and mail or fax it to GIG.

NTGIG will NOT be having a June meeting or Celiac 101 class. Our June 6-7 conference takes the place of our regularly scheduled meeting that month.

Betty Barfield
President, North Texas GIG
www.northtexasgig.com
817-929-9227