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POCHA of Will County is not a professional or medical organization.
It is a group of parents sharing information and supporting each
other. The discussions, meeting minutes, handouts, speakers,
agendas, and other products of this group do not constitute medical
and/or legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Always
discuss individual health/medical concerns with a qualified personal
physician. Visitors since 9/1/06:
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Welcome to POCHA of Will County
** IMPORTANT NOTICE**
Update 08/31/08: Families and parents of children affected by food allergies need to: visit, call or email state representatives and senators to ask them to accept the Governor's changes. The next time legislators are back in Springfield they need to take action on this bill. Legislators need to hear from families who understand the importance of this legislation to ensure that it becomes law. I will keep you posted if I hear that the legislators are heading to Springfield , until then, make sure they know this bill is a priority for our families. SB 2685 now goes back to the General Assembly during the November Veto Session so that both the Senate and House can vote on whether to accept the Governor's Amendatory Veto. We will be working closely with our legislators to seek their support. Please view SB2685.
Please sign our petition TODAY and support HB5338
12th Annual Mariel C. Furlong Award Winners Announced - See
Upcoming Events
Congratulations to all of the 2008 Award Winners including Eleanor Garrow-Majka for Community Service, Support Group Leader, POCHA of Will County, Joliet, Illinois
Go to
www.foodallergy.org to view other award winners!
As a former employee of Children’s Memorial Hospital and now a
Children’s Memorial Allergy parent of a patient, I cannot express in
words what a wonderful facility Children’s Memorial is. You have to
experience the environment yourself to realize what a magnificent
place it is. As of August 2008, I have taken on the new role of Director of Outreach Services and Project Management with Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) in Fairfax, VA. I have relocated to VA, but will still be involved with POCHA maintaining the website and informational emails. My new role at AANMA will be managing the Outreach Service Coordinator (OSC) Volunteer Program as well as other projects along with writing the food allergy columns for AANMA's 12 publications each year and their website.
I would like to introduce my new co-leader, April
Pommerantz, who will run the POCHA meetings and schedule
speakers for the meetings along with the daily operations.
April has been a POCHA member since it's inception and is a
Registered Dietician. Please help me welcome April to
her new role as Co-Leader of POCHA of Will County.
Hello, my name is April Pommerantz, and I have been a resident of Will County for the past five years with my husband, Jon, and two children. Our son was diagnosed with life threatening food allergies at 9 months old. I graduated with a B.S. in Food and Nutrition in 1995 and completed my dietetic internship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I worked in the field of renal dietetics from 1996 to 2004, which at that time I became a stay at home mom.
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