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	Attention Schools:   If you choose to have a peanut-free room at your school, please be diligent about checking every food item that comes into the classroom every day, whether the food is to be used as a snack, lunch, art project or game!    Don't take for granted that everyone is going to comply with the peanut-free rule all of the time.  Even well-meaning people make mistakes.    This is a huge responsibility to put on people who don't live with food allergies everyday because there's more to it than not sending peanut butter.  Peanut products can be hidden in many different foods, so reading labels every time is essential.    Don't develop a false sense of security!   Having a peanut-free room should mean more work, not less!

	Harry R Hamilton Elementary Sackville, Nova Scotia Canada I am currently living in the United States but have moved here from Canada. I was really hoping to nominate my daughters school Harry R Hamilton Elementary in Sackville, Nova Scotia Canada for an excellent job banning peanut products from her school and being very diligent on making sure the school was safe for my daughter. I never had to worry about peanut products in her school. Every teacher, volunteer, and student in this 500+ student school was aware and very proactive in keeping my daughter safe. Thank you everyone for working so hard!! I moved here 6 months ago and have been fighting for the basic containment of peanut products. My daughter has a smell, touch and ingestion peanut allergy and needs to be in a peanut free environment. I am now having to move to a new school district that is being a little bit more reasonable but nothing close to a "ban" of the product. I am hoping soon I will be able to write in about her currant school being as cooperative. I am hoping one day to have the schools here in Colorado be as proactive towards this very deadly allergy as there neighbors to the north. I took the school system back in Canada for granted dealing with the allergy. It was common practice to ban the product in order to keep children safe. After moving here to America I was shocked that it is not taken seriously where I live. It made me realize how lucky I was to have a school that was willing to do anything from explaining to upset parents the seriousness of the issue, making sure my daughter was in the teachers group on all field trips and having every teacher and volunteer check snacks and lunches for all the students and even on occasions replacing parts or all of the lunch to ensure her safety. They even send reminders home when seasonal activities were taking place and reminders in the newsletter. The school went out of there way to keep the school safe with not one complaint. My daughter always felt safe going to school as did I. Thank you Jennifer Marknette

	Congratulations to:   Luigi Aprea Fundamental School Gilroy, California on the Successful Management of Food Allergies in Your School.  Thank you for keeping our kids safe! Click here to read the Rolph family's story about why this great school should be nominated for recognition.

	Congratulations to: Mill Creek Elementary School, Lenexa, Kansas Oct. 2003  Winner No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Award! on Your Proactive Approach to Successful Management of Food Allergies in Your School. Thanks for keeping our kids safe! An extra special thank you goes out to this great school for keeping our son safe for 7 years! Can't beat that! Thank you so much Mrs. Elliott, nurse; Mr. Smith, Principal, Mrs. Bocox, Cafeteria Aid; Mary Van, Secretary; and all of the teachers who took special care every year: Mrs. Hoover, Mr. Mallin, Mrs. Engelland, Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Fardon, Mrs. Talb, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Gann and Mr. Kuzydym. Thank you, too, to the Mill Creek PTA and to all of the parents and kids who helped keep our son safe all those years. Bless you all!