December Meeting

For December: We will be discussing traveling gluten free, as well as dealing with food social situations during the holidays. Bobandruths.com, a gluten free travel company will be so kindly sending us information we will use in our discussion.

~Short n' Sweet Bakery will be providing refreshments as well as selling their yummy goodies! How exciting!

~We will also be doing our annual cookie exchange. Please bring 8 dozen cookies in a large container. Bring another large container to walk around and collect your cookies in. Make sure to bring a list of all the ingredients in your cookies to sit next to your container, that way people know if there is something in it they cannot have. Each person will be taking home between 3-4 of each others cookies. What a fun way to get an array of gluten-free goodies!!!

This month we will have our 1st Annual Celiac research benefit giveaway lineup!!! I would like to start a tradition in the Arizona East Valley Celiac Support Group where we will have an array of awesome giveaways to raise money for celiac research. No tickets need to be purchased to be entered. Just come and put your name on a piece of paper and your entered!!! We encourage donations as 100% of donations made that evening will be donated to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research and the Celiac Disease Foundations awareness programs. It's the perfect time of year to donate to these great organizations. Here are just a few of the things that will be given away.

1. THREE (3) SUBSCRIPTIONS TO GLUTEN FREE LIVING MAGAZINE
2. THE COOKBOOK, GLUTEN FREE EVERYDAY
3. SHORT N' SWEET $10.00 GIFT CARD
4. NUT THINS CRACKER PACK (2 BOXES)
5. CHEESECAKE FROM INNOCENT INDULGENCE

WOW is that a lot of giveaways or what?! We might just have a few special giveaways as surprises for you as well. :)

~One final thing, be sure to come with your favorite gluten-free living holiday tradition. We will share these great traditions with one another. And finally, just a few other fun things that will happen at this meeting. (It's a good one! :)