King’s Gate Christian School, Mother’s Day Out and Super Summer are
“Allergy Friendly Programs.”
We do the following to help provide a safer environment for children with nut allergies:
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Training is provided so staff can recognize allergic reactions and administer an epi-pen.
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An “Allergy Friendly Safe List” is available to assist parents when providing shared snacks and treats. Click on the blue snack bucket to see the “Allergy Friendly Snack” list.
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Safe Tables are designated during lunchtime for children who have allergies.
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Parents are encouraged to partner with another family who is willing to pack a peanut-free lunch so their child will have a “Lunch Buddy.” If your child does not have a nut allergy and you are willing to pack a lunch that is nut-free, please notify the classroom teacher. Click on the lunchbox to see a list of ideas for a Lunch Buddy lunch.
*If you have any questions about Safe Snacks or Special Occasion Treats or about what it means to be an Allergy Friendly Program, please feel free to call the office, 752-2111.
HELP OUR CLASSROOMS BE ALLERGY FRIENDLY
Some parents have shared their concerns about the King’s Gate classrooms becoming Allergy Friendly. We have worked hard to ensure that this is not a burden on the families. We will send home a snack bucket with your child the day before they are “snack friend.” There is a list with the bucket to help you as you pick the snack. The list is very specific in order to help make the shopping easy. Since the snacks are shared with all the children in the class, it is important that the snacks do not have nuts or traces of nuts. Snack Friend is a long-standing tradition at King’s Gate and we want to continue the fun. If you would like King’s Gate to provide the snack on your child’s snack day, please let us know one week in advance and we would be glad to provide the snack. It is our desire that King’s Gate would be a safe place for every child, including the children at King’s Gate with nut allergies. The number of children being born with nut allergies is increasing at a dramatic rate. Hopefully food manufacturers will begin to consider this fact and begin to work towards protecting children against cross-contamination exposure to nuts. Until then, we can work together to protect all children. We thank all of our families for helping make King’s Gate a safer environment for all of our children Thank you so much!!!
SNACK FRIEND AND SAFE SNACK LIST
In each class, the children will take turns serving as “Snack Friend”. On your child’s “Snack Friend” day, they are invited to bring one show and tell item to share with the class, and we ask that they bring a snack from the SAFE SNACK LIST to share with their class. Show and tell items can be anything that is special to them that they would like to show to their class. We ask that you not send army or war toys such as action figures from cartoons or movies that depict fighting or violence (For example, power rangers or Yugio). A snack calendar will be sent home at the beginning of the year. Again, in order to help provide a safer environment for our students with peanut allergies, we ask that ALL snacks be from the SAFE SNACK LIST.
Thank you so much for your efforts toward ensuring a Allergy Friendly Facility! This requires effort from every family. It makes such a difference to offer a safer environment for children with life threatening allergies. Thank you so much for helping us make King’s Gate a safer place for all our children!
*If you have any questions about Safe Snacks or Special Occasion Treats please feel free to call Ms. Wyndi, 752-2111.
SAFE SNACKS - Foods that do NOT Contain Nuts or Peanut Butter
Crackers & Snacks
Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks
Brach’s Fruit Snacks
Cheerios (Original ONLY)
Fresh Vegetables/Ranch Dip
Fresh Fruit
Keebler Saltine Cracker (Zesta Originals)
Keebler Toasted Crackers
Keebler Town House Originals
Keebler Club Crackers Originals
Keebler Cheddar Sandwich Crackers
Keebler Wheatables-Original and Honey Wheat
Keebler Grahams – Original, Honey, Chocolate
Keebler Munch’ems Baked Snacks (original and cheddar)
Keebler Scooby Doo Cheddar Crackers
Keebler Scooby Doo Graham Cracker Sticks
Kelloggs Fruit Snacks
Kraft Cheesenips (Original Cheddar ONLY)
Kraft Handi-Snacks (Breadsticks-n-Cheese, Pretzels-n-Cheese, Ritz Crackers-n-Cheese)
Lunch Meats
Motts Apple Sauce (individuals come in 6 packs)
Nabisco Barnum’s Animal Crackers
Nabisco Flavor Originals Better Cheddars
Nabisco Fruit Snacks
Nabisco Premium Saltines
Nabisco Chicken in a Biskit
Nabisco Wheat Thins and Vegetable Thins
Nabisco Triscuits
Nabisco Twigs
Nabisco Sociables
Nabisco Ritz Crackers (NO Ritz Sandwiches – cheese or peanut butter)
Nabisco Ritz Sticks
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers (NO peanut butter flavor)
Pepperidge Farm Giant Goldfish & Goldfish Crisps (NO Goldfish Sandwiches)
Ritz Dinosaurs
Rold Gold Cheddar Tiny Twists
Rold Gold Honey Mustard Tiny Twists
Rold Gold Braided Twist
Rold Gold Butter Checkers
Rold Gold Pretzels
Rold Gold Snack Mix and Munchies
String Cheese/Cheese Cubes
Sun-Maid Raisins
Sunshine Cheez-It Party Mix
Sunshine Cheez-It (Original, SpongeBob, Cheddar Jack, Twisterz Cheddar)
Sunshine Big Cheez-It
Sunshine Saltine Crackers (Krispy Originals)
Wal-Mart “Great Value” Brand Animal Crackers (Original)
SPECIAL OCCASION SAFE TREATS
Keebler: Animals Frosted Cookies, Vienna Fingers, Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripe
Keebler: Fudge Shoppe Grasshoppers
Keebler Golden Vanilla Wafers (Original and Mini)
Nabisco: Oreos, Oreos- Chocolate Crème
Nabisco Oreos- Golden Chocolate Crème
Nabisco Oreos- Double Stuff
Nabisco Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip (No Nuts)
Nabisco Chips Ahoy Chunky and Nabisco Chips Ahoy Chewy
Nabisco Nilla Wafers
Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers- Chocolate, Honey, Cinnamon
Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Cracker Sticks- Chocolate, Honey, Cinnamon, Apple Cinnamon
Nabisco Teddy Grahams- Honey, Cinnamon, Chocolate, Chocolate Chip, Dora Explorer
Wal-Mart “Great Value” Brand Honey Grahams
Act II Microwave Popcorn (butter flavored)
Betty Crocker: Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit Gushers
Betty Crocker: Fruit Snacks, Fruit Smoothie Blitz
Brach’s Fruit Snacks
Cheerios (Original ONLY)
Cheetos
Doritos (Nacho Cheese)
Fritos Corn Chips (Original)
Fresh Vegetables/Ranch Dip
Fresh Fruit
Hershey Kisses (regular in silver wrappers only–NOT w/almonds/NOT holiday package)
Hunt’s Snack Puddings (Vanilla, Chocolate)
Kellogg’s: Fruit Streamers, Fruit Twistables, Fruit Snacks
Kellogg’s: Fruit Loops (1/3 Less Sugar, Original, Marshmallows)
Kellogg’s: Rice Krispies Squares (Original), and Rice Krispies Treats Split Stix
Kraft “Easy Cheese” Cheddar Spread (can)
Kraft Marshmallows Jet-Puffed (Original, Mini, Funmallows)
Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts
Lays Potato Chips
Lifesaver Gummies
Lunch Meats
Motts Apple Sauce (individuals come in 6 packs)
Nabisco: Honey Maid Soft Baked Snack Bars-Oatmeal Raisin, Blueberry, & Banana
Nabisco: Fruit Snacks and Ritz Chips
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Mini Bites (Iced Strawberry)
Ruffles Potato Chips
Skittles
Smartees
String Cheese/Cheese Cubes
Sun Chips: Original Flavor, Harvest Cheddar Flavor, French Onion Flavor
Sweet Tarts
Tootsie Rolls J
Wal-Mart “Great Value” Marshmallows (Original, Mini, Flavored)
LUNCH BUDDY IDEAS
We know peanut butter & jelly sandwiches are a staple for many families and it can be difficult to come up with peanut free lunch ideas, so hereís a list of great alternatives:
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soy nut butter* & jelly sandwich
meat & cheese sandwiches
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meat & cheese cut into shapes with cookie cutters with crackers
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cottage cheese with or without fruit
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cream cheese (flavored or not) & jelly sandwiches
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cut up quesadillas
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yogurt
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string cheese
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tuna salad
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chicken salad
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pasta salad
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hot dogs
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veggies with dip
*Soy Wonder is a soy product made in a peanut free facility. It tastes like peanut butter.
If you have any ideas for other parents, please share them with us!
IDENTIFYING PEANUT & NUT FREE PRODUCTS AS YOU SHOP
*NOTE: The specific brand of item listed is very important as it is a “safe” item. Brands not listed may not be safe for a specific item. These brands may have warnings on the labels of their product possibly containing nuts – such as “May Contain Nuts” or “May Contain Traces of Nuts” or “Made in a facility that produces nuts or nut products” or “Made on equipment that produces nut products”.
SAFE INGREDIENT: Nutmeg
Steps to take when reading labels:
1. Look for any words on the list that could indicate the presence of peanut:
Peanuts (any form, Ex: Peanut Butter, Peanut Flour, Peanut Oil, etc.)
Nuts (any type, Ex: Mixed Nuts, Walnuts, Cashews, Pecans, etc.)
Mandelonas (Peanuts soaked in flavoring)
Sunflower Seeds (They are usually always processed on the same equipment with nuts.)
Goober Peas, Marzipan, Nougat
2. Look for the warnings “may contain peanut or nut traces”.
Unsafe Foods That Contain Nuts or Peanut Butter
No Cheese Crackers (Packaged in 6 pack packages, similar to peanut butter crackers)
No Chex Mix
No Chocolate Candy Bars (MOST, Except Plain Hershey Bars)
No Cracker Jacks
No Famous Amos Cookies
No Fiddle Faddle
No Granola Bars
No Gummy Bears/Worms, etc. Many brands have a warning that they may contain nuts.
No Honey Nut Cheerios
No Ice Cream (Many store bought – read labels)
No “Jelly Belly” Brand Jelly Bean Candy
No Junior Mints Candy
No Little Debbie Snacks
No M&M Candy (ALL)
No “Pink” Iced Sugar Cookies-Found in Deli Sections at Wal-Mart, Target, Albertson’s, etc.
No Reeses
No Slice and Bake (Ready Made) Cookie Dough (MOST)
No Store Bakery Cookies (MOST)
No Trail Mix
***NO HOMEMADE ITEMS***
NO BAKERY ITEMS
(Due to cross-contamination concerns, this is usually the items that cause most allergic incidents.)
NO STAUFFER’S BRAND ITEMS
(Labels may not indicate peanut/nut traces.)
NO RITZ BITZ
(Even the cheese contains peanut ingredient)
***INGREDIENTS THAT MAY BE QUESTIONABLY SAFE***
(Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Soybean Oil)
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