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Medical Advisory Board
Youhanna S. Al-Tawil, MD Regina Hummel, Ph.D. Ashley Rogers, MS , RD, LDN Karen Cox Emily Jessie Lisa Jessie Elias Khoury Robin Tunstall Robin Wilhoit Browder G. Williams Angela and Jason Clabo Jeremy Cox |
KidsFACT is a nonprofit support group created by GI for Kids, PLLC for those diagnosed with pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and their family members. The group’s mission statement is below: Mission Statement KidsFACT is dedicated to making strides towards an improved quality of life for those with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (includes both Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) and to advancing knowledge in order to contribute to better treatments and ultimately a cure. KidsFACT supports and promotes these endeavors through education, family support, and research. Over the years, our practice has been seeing more and more patients from Tennessee and the surrounding states with IBD, making our center one of the largest IBD clinics in the nation and especially in our geographic location. As the number of children we treat with IBD has continued to grow, we thought it was imperative to establish a support group for those patients and families that deal with the disease daily. Therefore, Dr. Al-Tawil created a non-profit organization, KidsFACT (Kids Fighting Against Crohn’s and Colitis Together), for this purpose. Feel free to join the discussion forum (link located on this website), where helpful advice and support from others with IBD is available. You may also post new information relevant to IBD for others to view, such as new treatments, research findings, and medical technologies. To obtain further information concerning IBD, please visit our clinic’s website: giforkids.com. Sunday October 25th Fall Family Fun Day. Located at The Fruit and Berry Patch at 4407 McCloud Road Knoxville, TN. From 1:00pm-8:00pm. Come join Jordanne and her family, KidsFACT & The Chicks Club along with Phil Williams of WNOX's "The Phil Show" and MORE for a day of good ol' fashion FaMiLY FuN!!! Step back in time when you walk up to the 43 acre "Pick Your Own" Fruit and Berry Patch located in Halls. This day will be full of activities for the young and young at heart. The events planned are a 1 acre Corn Maze, hay rides, picking your own pumpkin from the patch, live music, a dunking booth,face painting, a scavenger hunt, apple bobbing and MORE!!! So come out, buy a yummy hot dog or indulge in a homemade fried fruit pie or have some apple cider; there is NO way NOT to enjoy this FaMiLY event that ALL goes to support a worthy cause!!! Mr. Fox has even generously agreed to donate a portion of his day's receipts back to Help Jordanne Clabo Fight Crohn's and KidsFACT!!! This year our HOPE is that your generosity will help fund a camp for children suffering from IBD and provide them an opportunity they might not otherwise be able to participate in. Mark your calendars TODAY for a wonderful day to make lasting memories with YOUR family and OURS!!! For information or if you are interested in SPONSORSHIP or VOLUNTEERING please contact Angela Clabo Saturday September 26th Kalley's Crohn's Challenge Pen Sorting Event. Located at Rural Mount Arena Morristown Tennessee. The event starts at 2:00pm. If you are coming from Knoxville, take I-40 East. Merge onto I-81 North toward Bristol. Take Exit 12, turn right for 2 miles. Turn left onto Grigsby Road for 1/2 mile and the arena will be on your right. We will be selling tee shirts for before and at the event. Monday October 26th The 6th Annual Jordanne Clabo Fight Against Crohn's Golf Tournament. Located at Willow Creek Golf Club Knoxville Tennessee. Tee off time 9:00am. For more information please call 865-357-1189. For further information, please contact Ashley Rogers at 865-546-3998 or anrogers@etch.com. |
