"Be a PAL"

With Halloween just around the corner, we are sharing the following tips with our students so that we can all "Be a PAL" (protect a life) to others with food allergies.

• Food allergies are serious.
• Don't share your food with others. 
• Wash your hands after eating.
• Help all of your classmates have fun together.
• If a friend gets sick, get help right away. 

Teal is the color for food allergy awareness. All of our students will receive "Be a D25 PAL" teal wrist bands on Wednesday to help remember these important tips.

We encourage our school community to learn more about the Teal Pumpkin Project. This project focuses on offering non-food treat options for trick-or-treaters. Those who offer non-food treat options paint and place a teal pumpkin in front of their house. This way, children with allergies know that they can get a safe treat at homes that display teal pumpkins.

We thank our PTA for creating a Teal Pumpkin bulletin board at Dryden where students can share their artwork and caring messages for allergy awareness.

More information can be found at www.foodallergy.org. Together, our shared focus on allergy awareness can truly help Protect A Life from food allergies.