Gluten Free Raleigh: Gluten Free Raleigh Product Giveaway Contest

Fundraising History

As of Dec 3, 2010
1) Jules Shepard Gluten Free Cooking Class - 2/28/2009 $100 donated to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research $400 donated to the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA)

2) Gluten Free Raleigh Run/Walk Fundraiser - 6/13/2009 $915 donated to Gluten Free Week 2009 @ Camp Kanata (GIG sponsored camp in Wake Forest)

3) Jules Shepard Gluten Free Cooking Class - 7/12/2009 $300 donated to the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research

4) GF 101 Class @ Rosie's Plate - 10/3/2009 $175 donated to Gluten Free Week 2010 @ Camp Kanata (GIG sponsored camp in Wake Forest)

5) GF 101 Class @ Rosie's Plate - 1/23/2010 $100 donated to Gluten Free Week 2010 @ Camp Kanata (GIG sponsored camp in Wake Forest)

6) GF 101 Class @ Rosie's Plate - 4/24/2010 $85 donated to Gluten Free Week 2010 @ Camp Kanata (GIG sponsored camp in Wake Forest)

7) Gluten Free Food Drive to benefit The Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC - May 2010 $925

8) GF 101 Class @ Whole Foods - 10/23/2010 $82.50 donated to Gluten Free Week 2011 @ Camp Kanata (GIG sponsored camp in Wake Forest)

Grand Total = $3,082.50

Celiac Disease Stats

16,860 Triangle residents with Celiac Disease
1 out of every 133 Americans (about 3 million people or 1% of population) has Celiac Disease.
97% of Americans estimated to have CD are not diagnosed.
CD has over 300 known symptoms although some people experience none.
Age of diagnosis is key: If you are diagnosed between age 2-4, your chance of getting an additional autoimmune disorder is 10.5%. Over the age of 20, that rockets up to 34%.
30% of the US population is estimated to have the genes necessary for CD.
2.5 babies are born every minute in the USA with the genetic makeup to have CD.
There are 15 states in the US with populations less than the total number of Celiacs in the US.
CD affects more people in the US than Crohn’s Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease combined.
500,000 new Celiac diagnoses are expected to occur in the US by 2012 -- thanks to efforts to raise public awareness of the disease.
People with CD dine out 80% less than they used to before diagnosis and believe less than 10% of eating establishments have a 'very good' or 'good' understanding of GF diets.
It takes an average of 11 years for patients to be properly diagnosed with CD even though a simple blood test exists.
The average cost of misdiagnosis is $5,000 - $12,000 per person per year. Improving the time to diagnosis could save the health care system millions of dollars annually in unnecessary medical care.
A recent study by Packaged Facts projects that the sales of GF food will reach $2.63 Billion by 2012. The GF market is also projected to hit $5 Billion by 2015.
GF foods are, on average, 242% more expensive then their non-GF counterparts.
The smallest amount of gluten which has been shown by a biopsy to cause damage to a Celiac is 0.1 gram per day - or 1/48th of a slice of bread.
The Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act became law in 2006 allowing for easier reading of food labels for those with CD but the law only requires labeling of wheat. Nearly 5 years later, the FDA still has not finalized what it means to label a product Gluten Free.
12% of people in the US who have Down Syndrome also have CD.
8% of people in the US who have Type 1 Diabetes also have CD.
Among people who have a first-degree relative diagnosed with Celiac, as many as 1 in 22 people may have the disease. First degree relatives should be tested yearly for CD even if previous tests were negative.
There are currently 0 drugs available to treat CD.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Gluten Free Raleigh Product Giveaway Contest - July

Announcing the first Gluten Free Raleigh Product Giveaway Contest!

Hopefully this will become a regular thing here on Gluten Free Raleigh. You've probably seen this on other blogs - but basically, one lucky reader of this blog will win a huge prize pack from Betty Crocker/General Mills. The prize pack was provided to me by a company called MyBlogSpark.com - which is basically a group of bloggers who have signed up to be among the first to review new products.

Prize Pack Details
-Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie mix
-Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownie mix
-Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake mix
-Betty Crocker Gluten Free Devils Food Cake mix
-Betty Crocker re-usable shopping bag
-Betty Crocker pen & shopping list magnetic pad set
-Coupons for 2 additional free Betty Crocker mixes

Betty Crocker Gluten Free products
I've written plenty before about the good stuff going on over at Betty Crocker and General Mills. MyBlogSpark.com also provided me with the above prize pack so I could try out all the new GF mixes. We've made the cookies and brownies so far and have been extremely pleased with the results, texture and taste. The only downside so far was that the cookies were a little crumbly but who cares when that taste that good, right? We've yet to try the cake mixes but will do so very soon and provide a review here. FYI - in case you have not heard, all flavors of Betty Crocker Ready-to-Spread Frosting will be labeled Gluten Free this Fall!

How do you win?
It's pretty simple... in order to be eligible, you need to be an email subscriber of Gluten Free Raleigh. There are about 90 of you already registered to win at this point. If you are not sure if that includes you or would like to sign up for email subscriptions to Gluten Free Raleigh, please use the form below to sign up. If you are already an email subscriber, the form below will notify you (you cannot sign up twice with the same email address). This will automatically register you for the prize pack from Betty Crocker.

Deadline to sign-up and other rules
Please sign-up for email subscriptions by July 30, 2009. All subscribers at that point (only Raleigh area residents) will be eligible. The randomly chosen winner will be announced right here on Gluten Free Raleigh on Friday July 31, 2009. GOOD LUCK!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: This is great Zach-I can't wait till July 30 to see if I'm your winner. Thanks for all your hard work for us fellow celiac's.
Pam; July 10, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Tanisha said...: I am a resident of Durham. Would I still have an opportunity to be a winner of the prize package? You stated only Raleigh residents...; July 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Anonymous said...: This is a great prize package. I can't wait to see who wins it.
Leslie; July 30, 2009 at 3:11 PM

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