<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Dear List Members, I am collecting names and email addresses of individuals with CD and DH, and their family members, who would like to get together for informal meetings, especially "dining outs", to share product information and perhaps bulk purchasing, and who live in the general area from Silverdale, Bremerton, Gig Harbor and Tacoma, WA. Cynthia of GIG offered to share her ideas about local restaurants that have some experience in GF meals, and Bette Hagman has offered to share her famous bread making tips! My husband was diagnosed in November 1999. While thrilled to have the Seattle GIG as a wonderful resource, we realized that the week night meetings all the way over in Bellevue were difficult for us and impossible for others. Just here in Gig Harbor and Bremerton we have 3 newly diagnosed Celiacs within a month! If you are interested, please email me at [log in to unmask] with: your name town email address age how long ago you were diagnosed (just curious about the "experience level" of the members) best time for meetings: week night / Saturday am/pm / Sunday evening major area of concern regarding Celiac, e.g. foods, travel, eating out, etc...... Once we have some idea of the number of people interested, I'll start looking for some meeting sites! Monika Bradley Gig Harbor, WA