And for that reason we bring sealed food (candy in a wrapper). One nice giveaway are sugar bricks that look like legos. Mostly sugar and food coloring. We did that one year. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yeah, taking out the competition due to anaphylactic shock is NOT Gracious > Professionalism!**** > > ** ** > > OTOH, these aren’t tiny kids, and there’s usually food for sale that also > isn’t going to be vetted that carefully, so I’m not convinced this is a > reason to not take stuff. **** > > ** ** > > Perhaps in the spirit of Food Factor, clearly label things with > ingredients.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* First Lego League in Virginia and DC [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Lusco > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:12 AM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [VADCFLL-L] Team give aways**** > > ** ** > > Another reason to avoid food in giveaways is that a fair percentage of > participants have food allergies. Between nuts, peanuts, milk and > wheat/gluten (4 of the most common allergies) you take out a lot of > available food giveaways. Probably the only thing generally safe is pure > sugars. **** > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave > the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.