Teen Advocates with Gluten Sensitivities

Our Mission: Gluten Sensitive Teens advocating for positive support and awareness for themselves and others.

About TAGS

Our Mission:
Gluten Sensitive Teens advocating for support and awareness for themselves and others.
Our Goals:
1. Provide teen support through the internet
2. Provide a model for local support groups, event planning and Gluten Free Awareness activities
3. Tags helps to fulfill GIG's mission on a local and national level through programs tailored towards teens.

Our Local Goals:
1. Provide a social outlet for teens dealing with gluten sensitivities
2. Provide safe gluten free activities for gluten sensitive teens.
3. Provide positive support for teens to advocate for themselves.
4. Share stories

TAGS program:

GIG Teen Advocacy and Leadership Program

GIG is planning a teen program as part of the 2009 GIG conference in Seattle. The program is designed to help teens be positive advocates for themselves and leaders for the needs of youth following a gluten-free lifestyle.

We would also like to develop an ongoing program for teens that will help them advocate for themselves, be role models for other kids, and become future leaders. This may be the ‘teen version of ROCK’.

You will commit 2-4 hours per month working, as a team, to complete develop the program by May. The program will be presented to the GIG Branch Leaders on the Leadership Day; to those attending the conference at Saturday evening banquet, and used to direct parts of the teen conference program.

Our first meeting will be at 10:00, Jan 10, 2009. Location TBD.

We are looking for a few teens and adults interested in helping to shape a teen leadership program. If you are a teen (13-19) or adult and want to be a leader in establishing this program, please RSVP to Cynthia@gluten.net.

Cynthia Kupper, Exec. Director
Karen Fantozzi, Conference Planning Committee
Irina Risuhina, ROCK Leader

Contact Information

Please provide the following information:
First Name:
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City you live in:
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Daytime Phone:
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Start a Local TAGS Group
Contact Information

I want to start a local TAGS group. Please help me get started.

First Name:
Last Name:
Address Street 1:
Address Street 2:
City:
Zip Code: (5 digits)
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Daytime Phone:
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Email:  
Area your group would cover:
Do you already have an adult advisor ?:
If yes, please provide the following:		 YesNo
First Name:
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Address Street 1:
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Are you or your advisor associated with a GIG Branch?:
If so, Which one?:		 YesNo
 Are you or your advisor associated with another support group?:
If so, which one?:		 YesNo
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GIG's Goals:

GIG seeks to fulfill our vision by embracing and modeling:
  • caring
  • compassion
  • honesty
  • forthrightness
  • creativity instilled with humor and joy
  • knowledge and being informed
  • embracing open-mindedness and acceptance
  • a positive attitude
GIG values and seeks to encourage and support individuals, organizations, companies and whose work and lives exhibit:
  • community-mindedness
  • interconnection
  • teamwork
  • collaboration
  • family esprit de corps
  • loyalty
  • accountability
  • integrity
  • personal and professional responsibility
  • proaction / leadership / positive community impact
For more information visit the GIG website: http://www.gluten.net
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