For Immediate Release
October 14, 2004
Contact:
Lanelle Roussel
(207) 774-5801
E-mail: beryl@wolfenews.com
Beryl Wolfe
(207) 883-6083
Web Site: http://www.martinspoint.org
Martin's Point Health Care Food Allergy Support Group Sponsors Halloween Event at the Childrenâs Museum October 28
The Martinâs Point Health Care Food Allergy/Anaphylaxis Support Group will sponsor a Halloween event from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 at the Childrenâs Museum of Maine for children with food allergies and their families.The event, entitled, âAn Autumn Afternoon,â will give families a chance to meet other children with food allergies. The public is invited to become involved with the Food Allergy Support Group at Martinâs Point, the only support group of its kind in the state of Maine. âAn Autumn Afternoonâ will feature activities that are not centered around food.
âItâs important to give kids who are allergic to foods an alternative at Halloween and other holidays,â said Leigh Kirchner, Senior Health Educator at Martinâs Point in Portland, and coordinator of the event. Parents may bring snacks safe for their own children. Children and adults are invited to wear a costume.
The Childrenâs Museum of Maine is located in Portland at 142 Free Street, near Congress Square.
To register for the event, which is open to the public, call the Martinâs Point Health Care Health Education Center at 828-2497 or 1-800-260-6681. Advance registration is required. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children, which includes entrance to the Museum.
(Media interested in covering the event can call Lanelle Roussel or Kristy Dillingham at Martinâs Point, 774-5801.)
Established in 1981, Martinâs Point is a not-for-profit health care provider with facilities in Portland, Brunswick and Windham, Maine, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and serves patients in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, radiology, cardiology, and mammography, as well as other fields.
The Martinâs Point Health Education Center in Portland has a variety of related resource materials that includes publications and videos. The center offers information and classes that focus on a host of other topics, ranging from weight loss and smoking cessation to diabetes and disease management. For additional information, visit the organization online at www.martinspoint.org.
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