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Oakland, Santa Cruz and Stanford, California Meeting Notices

Oakland Meeting:
We are pleased to announce a visit from Elaine Monarch, Founder and head of
the Celiac Disease Foundation in Los Angeles.  The energetic Elaine Monarch
is a frequent speaker at meetings around the country on celiac disease.
She's organized an enormous local support group for the greater
Los Angeles area and a major national support groups around the country for
celiac and DH. The CDF provides patient information, counsels physicians
and raises funds for research on celiac disease as well. Everyone is
invited. We have scheduled this later than usual so those traveling from
the Peninsula and Santa Cruz can attend.  We'll have food raffles, and
Elaine is bringing goodies to share.  Plus our usual delicious pot luck brunch.

This meeting is on Saturday, June 10 at 12 noon in at 1950 Franklin St,
Oakland.  This is the Kaiser Permanente Corporate headquarters, not the
hospital.  The location is between 19 and 20th Streets one block from
Broadway in downtown Oakland.  There are parking lots across the street and
around the corner.  Bring a brunch item to share and all your questions for
Elaine.

The next meeting of the Oakland Group will be in September.  Watch for your
notice in late August... That is unless someone wants to organize a summer
event.

For more information contact:
Ellen Switkes
116 Fairview Ave, Piedmont, Ca 94610
510 655-0215; [log in to unmask]
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Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz Celiacs Support Group has plans for a picnic in June and a
regular meeting in July.  Everyone is invited to a picnic at Pam's house in
the Santa Cruz mountains on Saturday, June 17.  Come at 300 p.m. and we
will have an early dinner. This will be a social event and Pam will
plan some activities for kids, so be sure to bring the whole family. Bring
something gluten-free for your family to put on the grill and a GF side
dish to share.  Please RSVP to me (Pam Newbury) by e-mail
([log in to unmask]) or phone (831-423-6904) and Pam will give you
directions.

In July we will meet on Saturday the 15th at 1100 a.m. in Room 1 at
Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, 1555 Soquel Drive (East of Highway 1 at
the Soquel Drive/Avenue exit).   If you can, bring a gluten-free dish to
share and a list of ingredients. Inquiries to Pam Newbury
[log in to unmask] 831-423-6904
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Stanford, California
The Stanford support group will not meet during the summer.  We are working
to organize an all day celiac educational conference to be held September
23 at Stanford Hospital, which will include speakers, food vendors, and
blood screening.  Call Kelly Rohlfs at 650-725-4771(work), 650-938-0264
(home), or e-mail [log in to unmask] for more information on
"Stanford Celiac Conference 2000".