DOYLESTOWN, Pa., July 23 (AScribe Newswire) — Kids With Food Allergies (KFA), a Bucks County, PA based nonprofit organization, has been awarded $20,000 as part of the Chase Community Giving Summer 2010 program. More than 2.5 million people participated in the program, voting for their favorite charities. KFA received nearly 4,500 votes, finishing in 18th place among 500,000 eligible non-profits in this nationwide competition.
The Chase Community Giving Summer 2010 campaign was an opportunity for small and local charities to compete for a portion of the $5 million in grants awarded by Chase through the Chase Community Giving program running on the Facebook(r) platform. Charities asked their supporters to cast votes for them to win a share of $5 million. More than 200 winners from 35 states were selected.
"Kids With Food Allergies’ flagship program is its web-based online support community. Continuous outreach to our members through Facebook and Twitter, where many of our supporters and members also are active, has been a natural progression of the organization’s outreach efforts," says Lynda Mitchell, President of Kids With Food Allergies. "The Chase Community Giving campaign gave KFA an opportunity to further engage our thousands of supporters on Facebook, as well as their friends and family, to cast votes and make us eligible for one of the 200 grants awarded. We asked for their help, and they really came through for us."
Founded in 2005 as a non-profit charity, KFA is a national organization of 20,000 families raising children with food allergies. KFA focuses on day-to-day support that helps children with food allergies and their families cope with dietary restrictions, lifestyle adjustments, fear and isolation through education, peer support, food and cooking assistance, and family activities. Its interactive website provides a powerhouse of resources, including the nation’s largest online support community for families; quality parent education materials edited by a multidisciplinary medical advisory team; and an online collection of more than 1,000 "allergy-friendly" recipes. The recent, unprecedented rise in food allergies has spurred the organization’s rapid growth. KFA will be using this $20,000 grant to continue developing its flagship online support community program.
For more information, visit http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org .
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CONTACT: Lynda Mitchell, President, Kids With Food Allergies, 215-230-5394
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