For the second year in a row, we've partnered with the fantastic Mariposa Baking to promote National Celiac Awareness Month and raise awareness throughout the Bay Area and beyond!! And don't forget to #glutenfreemay with your favorite recipe created with their newest croissant and/or sandwich batard. The chosen winner will receive a gift certificate to Mariposa Baking!
Prominent Bay Area Gluten-Free Baking Company Teams Up to
Help Find a Cure for Celiac Disease
Mariposa
Baking and The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center
Celebrate National
Celiac Disease Awareness Month in May
Mariposa Baking of
Oakland is again partnering with The University
of Chicago Celiac Disease Center for National Celiac Disease Awareness
Month in May. This unique partnership, formed through a strong desire to
generate more awareness of celiac disease on the west coast, brings together
the Bay Area’s preeminent 100% dedicated gluten-free bakery and a
world-renowned leader in celiac disease research.
Throughout the month of
May, Mariposa Baking’s retail locations (Oakland and SF) and online shop will
offer their customers the opportunity to participate in this fundraiser. A
portion of Mariposa’s May sales will go directly towards funding research at The
University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center. Mariposa Baking is highlighting its newest pastry, a delicious butter
croissant
and newest bread offering, sandwich batard, which can be purchased in their retail
locations, online store or by mail order.
“Mariposa
is committed to the long-term health of our customers and The University of
Chicago Celiac Disease Center is doing important research to improve the lives
of people with celiac disease and gluten intolerance,” said Patti Furey Crane, founder of Mariposa Baking. “We’re very happy to support the work of the University of Chicago Celiac
Disease Center and to enable our customers to participate in this fundraising
effort, while raising awareness in the Bay Area around celiac disease. We look
forward to great success.”
May is National Celiac Disease
Awareness Month. The focus is to raise awareness about celiac disease and non-celiac
gluten sensitivity (NCSG). Approximately 3 million Americans have celiac
disease. There is no evidence-based data to indicate how many have non-celiac
gluten sensitivity.
“We
are delighted to be partnering with Mariposa, a company that not only delivers
delicious gluten-free products to those who require the diet, but also demonstrates
their commitment to the community with substantial efforts to help raise
much-needed awareness and funds,” said Carol M. Shilson, executive director at
The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center. “Our programs and services
educate thousands of consumers and medical professionals across the country
each year and our research is truly leading the way to a cure.”
Event Details: May 1 – 31, 2014
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Locations: Mariposa’s Bakeshops:
o Oakland
Bakeshop: 5427 Telegraph Ave., D3,
Oakland, CA 94609
o
SF Bakeshop: 1 Ferry Building Plaza, Shop
32, San Francisco, CA 94111
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Telephone: 510-595-0955
For more information about this
event, details about this partnership or celiac disease, please visit: www.mariposabaking.com. For
information about The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center, please
visit: www.cureceliacdisease.org.
About The University of Chicago Celiac Disease
Center:
The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center seeks to cure celiac
disease. It is an international center of excellence providing comprehensive
patient and professional education, expert diagnosis and treatment for both children
and adults, groundbreaking bench and clinical research, and active leadership
in advocacy efforts. The Celiac Disease Center is part of the University of
Chicago, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization completely funded by donations.
About
Mariposa Baking:
Our start was simple. Patti Furey Crane, Mariposa’s founder, craved
high-quality sweets while pregnant with her first child. Finding few options at
the time, she set out baking them herself. And so, in 2004, Mariposa was
hatched. Mariposa’s mission – create wholesome, hand-crafted food using the
finest natural ingredients. Our certified green bakery also houses our first
retail bakeshop. We have two storefront locations, our Oakland Bakeshop and our
new SF Bakeshop, est. 2012 and located inside the Ferry Building, where we’re
able to bring daily bread and hand-crafted sweets to San Francisco’s
gluten-free community. We have an online store for customers outside of the Bay
Area, distribution to natural foods stores on the West Coast and we service many
local restaurants with our artisan breads and pizza crusts. We have a passion
for- the baked goods we make, the creative journey we’re on, and the
communities we serve.
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