Our Mission: 

Gluten Sensitive Teens advocating for positive support and awareness for themselves and others.

Our Goals:
1. Provide teen support through the internet
2. Provide a model for local support groups, event planning and Gluten Free Awareness activities
3. Tags helps to fulfill GIG's mission on a local and national level through programs tailored towards teens. 


Our Local Goals:
1. Provide a social outlet for teens dealing with gluten sensitivities
2. Provide safe gluten free activities for gluten sensitive teens.
3. Provide positive support for teens to advocate for themselves.
4. Share stories 

TAGS program:

GIG Teen Advocacy and Leadership Program

GIG is planning a teen program as part of the 2012 GIG conference in Denver, CO. The program is designed to help teens be positive advocates for themselves and leaders for the needs of youth following a gluten-free lifestyle.

We would also like to develop an ongoing program for teens that will help them advocate for themselves, be role models for other kids, and become future leaders. This may be the ‘teen version of ROCK’.

You will commit 2-4 hours per month working, as a team, to complete develop the program by May. The program will be presented to the GIG Branch Leaders on the Leadership Day; to those attending the conference at Saturday evening banquet, and used to direct parts of the teen conference program.

Our first meeting and location is TBD.

We are looking for a few teens and adults interested in helping to shape a teen leadership program. If you are a teen (13-19) or adult and want to be a leader in establishing this program, please RSVP to nichol.creach@gluten.net.

Nichol Creach, Director of Social Programs
Karen Fantozzi, Conference Planning Committee
Irina Risuhina, ROCK Leader

 

GIG's Goals:

GIG seeks to fulfill our vision by embracing and modeling: 

  • caring
  • compassion
  • honesty
  • forthrightness
  • creativity instilled with humor and joy
  • knowledge and being informed
  • embracing open-mindedness and acceptance
  • a positive attitude

GIG values and seeks to encourage and support individuals, organizations, companies and whose work and lives exhibit: 

  • community-mindedness
  • interconnection
  • teamwork
  • collaboration
  • family esprit de corps
  • loyalty
  • accountability
  • integrity
  • personal and professional responsibility
  • proaction / leadership / positive community impact