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The 21st Annual Food
Allergy Ball
Benefiting Food Allergy Research &
Education (FARE)
Monday, December 3, 2018
NEW YORK, NY - Food Allergy Research &
Education (FARE), the world’s largest private
source of funding for food allergy research, will hold the 21st Annual
Food Allergy Ball on Dec. 3, 2018, at the Ziegfeld
Ballroom in New York City. All proceeds will benefit FARE,
a national nonprofit organization with the mission of
improving the quality of life and the health of individuals
with food allergies, and providing them hope through the
promise of new treatments.
Food allergies among children have risen
dramatically, increasing by 50 percent from 2007-2011, and
every 3 minutes, a food allergy reaction sends someone to
the emergency room. The need for therapies for
life-threatening food allergies is urgent. FARE’s signature
Food Allergy Ball has raised more than $12 million in the
last five years to advance research and support
life-changing initiatives on behalf of the 15 million
American with food allergies.
FARE is pleased
to announce that Kimberly Yates Grosso will be the Guest
of Honor for her leadership and advocacy on behalf
of families seeing life-changing therapies for food allergy.
James R. Baker, Jr., MD,
former CEO of FARE, will receive the Food Allergy
Changemaker Award for his leadership at FARE,
including the creation of the FARE Clinical Network,
a bold collaborative that is changing the face of clinical
care and accelerating food allergy research.
Chef Alex
Guarnaschelli,
Iron Chef and Food Network Celebrity Chef, will be
honored for commitment to keeping diners with food allergies
safe and setting an example for chefs across the country.
Karen and Lianne Mandelbaum and Diana
Riklis and Talia Day are the Gala Dinner Chairs. Joseph
Ianniello, Chief Operation Officer, CBS Corporation, is
the Corporate Dinner Chair. Liana Silverstein Backal and
Arthur Backal, Nina Rennert Davidson and Mitchell Davidson,
Kathy Franklin, Abby and Robert Goldstein, Helen and David
Jaffe, Nicole and Marc Lenner, Roxanne and Dean Palin, and Stacey
and Marc Saiontz are the Vice Dinner Chairs.
The festivities for this black-tie Gala start
at 7:00 p.m. with cocktails followed by dinner and the
awards. Ticket prices are as follows: tables are available
for $100,000, $50,000, $25,000, $20,000 and $15,000, and
individual tickets are available for $5,000, $2,500 and
$1,000.
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. FARE’s
mission is to improve the quality of life and the health of
individuals with food allergies, and to provide them hope
through the promise of new treatments. Our work is organized
around three core tenets: LIFE – support the ability of
individuals with food allergies to live safe, productive
lives with the respect of others through our education and
advocacy initiatives; HEALTH – enhance the healthcare access
of individuals with food allergies to state-of-the-art
diagnosis and treatment; and HOPE – encourage and fund
research in both industry and academia that promises new
therapies to improve the allergic condition. For
more information, please visit www.foodallergy.org and
find us on Twitter @FoodAllergy, Facebook, YouTube,
and Pinterest.
For more information, please visit www.foodallergy.org.
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