Austin Celiac Support Association

The next meeting of the Austin Celiac Support Association (Austin, TX) is

scheduled for January 21, 2004 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at

Tarrytown United Methodist Church, 2601 Exposition Blvd.

Our speaker for the meeting is Laura Kerr, PA. Ms. Kerr is a physician's

assistant with Austin Gastroenterology. She will be discussing follow-up

care after your celiac diagnosis. She will discuss care immediately

following your diagnosis and for the long-term as well.

We are also happy to have as our guest Cindy Haenel. Ms. Haenel is the

chef at Central Market who teaches the wonderful gluten-free cooking

classes. She will tell us about her experiences with gluten-free cooking

and her classes.

Please bring a gluten free snack to share. It is important that included

with each snack is a listing of ingredients. Some of our members need to

avoid more than just gluten. If the recipe is either original or has been

changed at least 3 times, please bring the recipe. We can publish these

recipes in the recipe exchange section of our monthly newsletter.

Immediately preceding the meeting, our parent's group will meet to discuss

any issues pertinent to raising celiac children. The parent's meeting will

start at 6:30 p.m.

Also preceding the meeting, our committee for the Annual Celiac Walk will

meet. If you are interested in helping with the walk, please join us.

If you have any questions, please contact Francie Kelley at

fkelley@austin.rr.com or

(512) 301-2224. We hope to see you at the meeting.