The 15th Annual Spring Luncheon

NEW YORK - March 31, 2014 - PRLog -- The 15^th Annual Spring Luncheon, presented by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), takes place on Wednesday, April 30^th, 2014 at Cipriani 42^nd Street.  All proceeds will benefit FARE, a national nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure.

The Leadership Award will be presented to Lianne Mandelbaum for her commitment to making travel safer for people with food allergies and for raising awareness of the seriousness of the disease. The guest speaker will be Dr. Hugh A. Sampson, professor of pediatrics, allergy and immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. WABC-TV news anchor Lori Stokes, who is personally affected by food allergies, will be the mistress of ceremonies.

Abbey Braverman, Roxanne Palin and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff are this year’s Co-Chairs.  Julie Ader, Laura Tisch Broumand, Nina Rennert Davidson, Nancy Lascher, Stephanie Leichter and Alex Mondre at the Vice Chairs.  Melissa Rosenbloom is the Event Advisory Chair.  Jessica Mukasey Barkoff, Elizabeth Hecker, Sarah Kugelman, Jamie Lichtenberg, and Amanda Poses are the Goodie Bag Co-Chairs. Jolie Goldring, Nicole Lenner, Catherine Pierorazio, and Jennifer Fisherman Ruff are the Raffle Co-Chairs.

The luncheon begins at 11:00 a.m. and support levels are as follows: Tables are available for $15,000, $10,000 and $7,500, and individual tickets are available for $2,000, $1,000, and $500.

About FARE

Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) works on behalf of the 15 million Americans with food allergies, including all those at risk for life-threatening anaphylaxis. This potentially deadly disease affects 1 in every 13 children in the U.S. – or roughly two in every classroom. Formed in 2012 as a result of a merger between the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and the Food Allergy Initiative, FARE’s mission is to find a cure for food allergies, and to keep individuals with food allergies safe and included. We do this by investing in world-class research that advances treatment and understanding, providing evidence-based education and resources, undertaking advocacy at all levels of government, and increasing awareness of food allergy as a serious public health issue. For more information, please visit www.foodallergy.org and find us on Twitter@FoodAllergy, Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FoodAllergyFARE), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/faanpal), and Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/foodallergyFARE/).

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