<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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".