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Recent Features About Us
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| Fairfield Citizen-News, June 4, 2008:
Striding Toward a Cure
for EGID by Alison Walkley. Fairfield's Parasol is proud to
have been a sponsor of Connecticut's EOS Walk on May 17, a benefit for
people afflicted with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. EGIDs
make it difficult to eat, the sufferer usually having multiple allergies
to food, among other problems.
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| Connecticut
Post, April 23, 2008:
Watching What they Eat, by Eileen Fischer. At this evening's
FLAAG meeting, Loretta Jay...will discuss strategies to empower children
on restricted diets. "One of the philosophies I have when supporting
children with food allergies, is 50 percent is keeping them physically
safe and 50 percent is keeping them emotionally healthy. That's
challenging," she said..."Partnership and knowledge are the keys to
success, both with our children and [their] caretakers," Jay said.
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New Haven Register, May 29, 2007:
Celiac Group Fights Battle for Awareness by Pam McLoughlin.
Many groups undertake campaigns to raise awareness for their cause,
but the Greater New Haven Celiac Group has an extra reason for such a
campaign: 97 percent of those who have the disease remain undiagnosed or
misdiagnosed. "Very frequently, a patient brings it (the disease) to
their physician's attention," said Loretta Jay..."
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Stamford Advocate, Norwalk Advocate and
Greenwich Times, May 15, 2007:Breaking
the Celiac Cycle
by Beth Cooney.
Here are facts Loretta Jay suspects you may not know about celiac sprue,
an allergy or intolerance to wheat gluten that made her and her kids
sick with a long list of strange symptoms before they stopped eating it.
(And almost immediately got better.)
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WTNH-TV Channel 8, May 1, 2007
Loretta Jay was interviewed live by Sonia Baghdady during the noon News Show about
celiac disease, the gluten-free diet and Connecticut's fourth annual
Celiac Walkathon.
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Jewish Ledger, March 27, 2007:
Gluten-free Foods a Boon to Celiac Sufferers,
by Stacey Dresner.
For many people, especially carb lovers --
Passover can be a difficult holiday: no bread, no pasta or other chometz
for eight long days. But for people with a serious autoimmune disease
called celiac disease in which they cannot eat gluten, the protein in
wheat, barley, rye and oats -- Passover is a time when they can find
many gluten-free foods on their local supermarket shelves.
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Fairfield Citizen News, January 24, 2007:
"How I Survive and Deal with this
'Thing' Called Celiac Disease"
by Ellie
Stepanskiy.
Jennings School Kindergartener Stepanskiy won CSA/USA, Inc.'s Elementary
Division Essay Contest.
Read Ellie's essay.
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Fairfield Citizen News, January 24,
2007:
"Coping With Celiac",
by Cassandra Heller
Five-year-old Fairfield native Ellie Stepanskiy probably knows more
about celiac disease than your average American.
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Connecticut Post, May 18, 2006:
"Against the Grain" ,
by Amanda Cuda
Keeping her family
healthy is challenging for Loretta Jay Stepanskiy.
The 39-year-old
Fairfield mother of two and her children all have celiac disease. The
illness is a genetic disease that leaves one unable to digest gluten,
the protein in wheat, barley, rye and oats.
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Fairfield Citizen News, November 22, 2005:
"Bring These Healthy and Tasty Alternatives to the Table"
by Karen Kosminoff
It's getting to be that time of year again - the supermarket freezers
are stocked with turkeys and bread and stuffing mixes are flying off the
shelves. ... For those who can't eat the traditional Thanksgiving feast
because of food allergies, Loretta Stepanskiy may have a solution.
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Fairfield Citizen News, April 23, 2004:
"Proper Diet Key to Controlling Celiac Disease"
by Jessica Papini
Eating no wheat, barley, rye and oats is not a new fad diet but a way of
life for a person with celiac disease, in which on has to live a life
free of gluten. To bring attention to the disease and to raise money,
the inaugural Connecticut Celiac Walkathon will take place...
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Westport News and
Fairfield Citizen News, January 22, 2003: "Baby
Love: New Mothers and Babies Invited to Educational Luncheons" by
Carol King
When Laura Ellwanger of Fairfield gave birth
to her son, Aidan, three months ago, she felt that getting out of the
house and interacting with other new mothers was imperative. Babies 101 offered precisely what she was looking for. Read
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Fairfield Minuteman, November 14,
2002: "Luncheons
offer new moms food for thought" by Lynne Weber
Good food and inspiring conversation can be hard to come
by during those first sleepy weeks of new motherhood. Hoping to get new moms
out of the house for a little of both, former social worker Loretta Jay
recently launched Babies 101...
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Connecticut Post, November 14, 2002: "Life
After Childbirth ... what mom and your doctor never told you about
post-pregnancy."
By CHRISTINE M. COONEY, Correspondent
In this article about Sylvia
Brown's book, The Post-Pregnancy Handbook, the author recommends
programs like Babies 101 to help deal with the challenges of
being a new parent.
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News Channel 12, November 4,
2002:
Loretta Jay, founder and president of Parasol, was interviewed live
on News Channel 12 about Babies 101. Rebecca Surran and David
Smith conducted the interview for Channel 12's Daytime Edition program.
Ms. Jay spoke about child safety and some of the many challenges that
new parents experience. She explained that Babies 101 provides
parent education for moms and dads, as well as reduces isolation by
helping new parents meet one another and make new friends.
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Connecticut Post, September 05, 2002:
Babies 101: Program helps answer parenting questions and brings new moms together Babies 101: Program helps answer parenting questions and brings new moms together
By CHRISTINE M. COONEY, Correspondent
If you’re looking for a fun and educational
way to spend time with your newborn, then pencil in Babies 101, a
six-part series of educational luncheons beginning Tuesday.
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