Country Star Trace Adkins Gets Support From U.S. Senators in Advocating for Kids With Food Allergies
Pictured: U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Anne Muñoz-Furlong, Founder and CEO of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, Rhonda & Trace Adkins, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Photo credit: Rob Stack.
Some of FAAN's youngest local members joined the Senators and the Adkins family for this important legislative announcement. Photo credit: Patrick Jaynes.
On Monday, June 9, country star Trace Adkins joined U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker and representatives of the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) to announce they will co-sponsor legislation that would help schools protect the more than 2.2 million children nationwide – including 41,000 Tennesseans – who suffer from life-threatening food allergies.
Thank you to Trace and Rhonda Adkins for their help in gaining Senator Alexander’s and Senator Corker’s support for the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Management Act (S.1232). Bipartisan support for the bill is a great step toward passage of the bill. The legislation co-sponsored by Alexander and Corker would:
- Direct the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary – in consultation with the U.S. Secretary of Education – to develop voluntary guidelines for schools to prevent exposure to food allergens and ensure a prompt response when a student suffers a potentially fatal anaphylactic reaction.
- Provide for grants to local educational agencies to assist them with the adoption and implementation of food allergy management guidelines in K-12 public schools.
Here is a sampling of the media coverage the event has received:
Trace Adkins: Food Allergy Advocate for Kids
Post Chronicle (Denville, N.J.): 6/11/08
Trace Adkins Gets Senators' Support
Country Hound: 6/9/08
Trace Adkins Takes on Washington
Great American Country: 6/9/08
Adkins' Work Pays Off With Allergy Bill to Help Children
Tennessean: 6/9/08
Food Allergy-Free Schools (with video)
WZTV Fox (Nashville, Tenn.): 6/9/08
Trace Adkins Gets U.S. Senators' Support in Food Allergy Legislation
Country Music Television: 6/9/08
Country Star Adkins, TN Senators Push Food Allergy Legislation
Nashville City Paper: 6/9/08
Alexander, Corker Join Trace Adkins in Advocating for Kids With Food Allergies (with video)
News Channel 5 (Nashville, Tenn.): 6/9/08
Alexander, Corker Join Country Music Star Trace Adkins to Announce Support for Bill to Help 41,000 Tennessee Children With Life-Threatening Food Allergies (with Slideshow and Pic of Anne, Trace, and Rhonda)
TraceAdkins.com: 6/9/08
Trace at the Capitol
Country Chatter: 6/9/08
Alexander, Corker to Announce Legislation for Children Today
Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.): 6/9/08
Learn more about Trace Adkins’ connection to FAAN.
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