Zoom meeting with Patricia Esposito
2021-03-13 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom Meeting
Patricia Esposito, Dietitian at the Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Center for Human Nutrition, will discuss with us the increased risk of malabsorption in Celiac Disease. Specifically, the increased risk of vitamin and mineral deficiencies such Vitamin D, iron, and several B Vitamins. She will review the importance of following a well-balanced gluten free diet to aid in prevention and treatment of these deficiencies, along with recommendations for regular follow up with your physician.
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Zoom meeting with Dr. Dawn Adams
2021-05-15 12:00 - 13:15 | Zoom Meeting
Dr. Dawn Adams, the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at Vanderbilt, is scheduled to speak to us about upcoming clinical trials related to celiac disease.
Zoom meeting details to come

NCAT Zoom Meeting: Gluten Detection Service Dog!
2021-09-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Meeting
Zoom Meeting: We will send you a link and a password so only our members and guests can get in the Zoom classroom.
One of our own NCAT members, Gretchen Mansourian, is going to share with us how she is training her clever dog, Archie, to detect gluten in foods at restaurants and in products she brings home.
She will review the current laws pertaining to Celiac disease as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as the potential tax questions. She will also discuss cross contact and labeling challenges.
She will share information on her journey to partner with a gluten detection service dog, highlighting a dog’s superior scent detection abilities and our legal right to benefit from a gluten detection service dog.

NCAT Meeting
2021-11-13 13:00 - 15:00
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Gluten Free Picnic in River Park
2022-05-07 11:00 - 13:00
NCAT’s Gluten Free Picnic in River Park in Brentwood!
Please bring a gluten-free dish serving 8 to 10 to share and your family’s favorite lunch beverage. You may bring brunch dishes as well as lunch dishes. We are very flexible – breakfast casseroles, cheese grits, GF biscuits or pastries, and fruits, or salads, luncheon casseroles, and desserts. Please bring an ingredient list for your dish so others can know what your dish contains in case they have other food allergies such as dairy, soy, nightshades, etc. Thank you!

Online Nourished Festival
2022-05-14 10:00 - 2022-05-15 17:00
You can join the Online Nourished Festival for free May 14-15. There will be free classes on cooking, baking, allergen- friendly products, dealing with inflammation and gut-health, and general Gluten-Free Living.
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Register now and receive a FREE 100-page Gluten-Free eCookbook AND be entered to win a $250 Gluten-Free Prize Pack! The winner will be announced on May 16th and notified via email.
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Community Walk to celebrate International Celiac Awareness Day
2022-05-16 20:00 - 21:00
Community Walk on the pedestrian bridge to view the lighting of the Korean Veteran’s Bridge to celebrate International Celiac Awareness Day.
The VUMC Celiac Center and NCAT will join forces to celebrate International Celiac Awareness Day by crossing the John Siegenthaler Pedestrian Bridge to view the lighting of the Korean Veterans’ Bridge to Shine a Light on Celiac Disease. We will meet at the South 1st Ave. entrance adjacent to the pedestrian bridge at 8:00 pm and leave for a community walk to the center of the bridge at 8:15 pm to get the best view of the lights on the Korean Veterans’ Bridge. Parking is in Lot R at Nissan Stadium.
Glow Sticks will be provided. This is a family-friendly community event. The more the merrier!
Email your RSVP to Alie.Basil@VUMC.org.

September 2022 Meeting
2022-09-10 12:00 - 14:00 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Our September meeting will be held at the Goodpasture room at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave, Nashville, 37205, entrance on the Mayfair Ave side, ramp down to the room near the disabled parking places, across from the parking lot.
Speaker: Dr. Dawn Adams, our NCAT Medical Advisor and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), will present an update on research on celiac disease.
Snacks will be provided by the Sunflower Bakehouse, Grandma’s Gluten Free Goodies, and Gretchen Mansourian’s Coconutty Joy treats.

November 2022 Holiday Potluck
2022-11-13 12:00 - 14:00
Our annual November potluck will be held in the Goodpasture room at Westminster Presbyterian. Please RSVP by Thursday, Nov. 10 to let us know the number in your group/family who will attend the potluck on November 12th. Each family brings a gluten-free side dish – salads, veggies, or desserts – to serve 8-10 people. We ask that you bring a list of ingredients for your dish so that those with other allergies can make sure they can have some of your dish. It would be even better if you could bring copies of the recipe to share with the group. That is a good way to expand your gluten-free holiday recipes.

Group Meeting
2023-03-11 12:30 - 14:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Our next meeting is Saturday March 11th; 12:30-2:30. The attached newsletter has details about the program as well as other celiac-related news. Please join us in person at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., 37205. Children are welcomed! This program will also be available via Zoom*.
The program will focus on families that have kids and teens with Celiac Disease (CeD). The presenter is Valerie Kraft, Director of Community Engagement at Beyond Celiac, who first experienced celiac as a teen and who built a career as an advocate for teens and young adults managing celiac in school and college.
Please note also that there is also a NCA program for kids “Raising Our Celiac Kids” (ROCK) which offers zoom meetups focused on different age groups. The second attachment has information on the links to use to join those meetups.

Spring Potluck!
2023-05-27 10:30 - 13:00 | River Park in Brentwood, TN, TN, United States
Please bring a gluten-free dish serving 8 to 10 to share and your family’s favorite lunch beverage. You can bring brunch dishes as well as lunch dishes. We are very flexible. – breakfast casseroles, cheese grits, GF biscuits or pastries, and fruits, or salads, luncheon casseroles, and desserts.
Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 24 to nashvilleceliacs@gmail.com can have the right amount of tableware for everyone.
River Park in Brentwood (37027) is located at 1100 Knox Valley Drive, just off Concord Rd, a short distance east of I-65 and the WSM Broadcasting Tower.

September meeting
2023-09-09 12:00 - 14:00 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
SPEAKER: Kara Miller (MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN) is a Kroger Health dietitian in the Nashville area conducting individual appointments, grocery tours and teaching classes. Prior to Kroger, Kara was a Sodexo dietitian working with university dining programs across the state of Tennessee to create safe dining environments for college students and their families. She also worked closely with the housing departments and Offices of Accessibility to create an inclusive collegiate experience. Kara was Certified AllerTrainerTM through MenuTrinfo for five years, training culinary teams on the importance of avoiding cross-contact, understanding ingredient lists, and assessing package claims.

November 2023 annual potluck
2023-11-11 12:00 - 14:00 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
The National Celiac Association Tennessee will once again meet at Westminster Presbyterian’s Goodpasture Hall for our annual holiday potluck. It is always a fun event! Families are invited to attend together. We will start eating at noon.
Each family brings a gluten-free side dish – salads, veggies, or desserts – to serve 8-10 people. We ask that you bring a list of ingredients for your dish so that those with other allergies can make sure they can have some of your dish. If you could bring a copy of the recipe to share with the group, we will gather them and post them on our NCAT website. That is a good way to expand your gluten-free holiday recipes.

How to talk to the newly diagnosed about Celiac Disease
2024-03-16 12:30 - 14:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
We will discuss how you can help people whom you meet in your daily life who need more information about the gluten-free diet or testing for a diagnosis of CeD. We have gathered suggestions from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Celiac Center to share with you at the meeting. We will discuss how you can provide basic information about testing for CeD and about adjusting to the gluten-free diet so that these people you meet can learn to live a healthy gluten-free life.
We will begin meeting in the Overlook Room of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Turn off West End Ave at Mayfair Ave. as we have for our previous meeting room. Continue past the west entrance towards the back of the property. Turn into the back parking lot. The North Entrance is through the portico at the back of the building. There is plenty of parking, even disabled parking spaces near the entrance portico.
Building security requires that we have someone meet you at the portico door. Then you will take the elevator up to the second floor. The Overlook Room is located directly across from the elevator on the second floor.
If you have questions, please call Jack McFadden for help at (6 one 5) five 7 nine — 3 six 00.

Brunch--CANCELLED
2024-05-18 10:30 - 12:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
CANCELLED: This will be rescheduled at a later date.

Celiac Barbecue Supper/Pool Party
2024-08-18 16:30 - 19:30 | Pool Party, 507 Promenade Court, Franklin, TN, 37064
The party will be held at the pool of our past chair’s subdivision. See address for GPS directions. We will provide home-cooked barbecue and gluten-free buns! You will bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to serve 8-10 people to share. Please bring a list of the ingredients so that those with other allergies can know what dishes that they might need to avoid.

Peer support group sessions for young adults and parents (National Celiac Association)
2024-11-12 18:30 - 19:30
Zoom link for registration:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlc-ypqTwiGNKSvpiE5VjvM-nwuQA_x6oG
NOTE: There are four available dates at the registration link above. Choose only one. The first date is this Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m.

Holiday Potluck 2024
2024-11-16 11:30 - 13:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Please RSVP by Monday, November 11 to nashvilleceliacs@gmail.com with the number in your party so
we can have plenty of turkey and tableware for everyone.
Chris Rich will be our special guest. Chris will be sharing with us the changes that have taken place with the national organization over the pastyear and how a renewed focus on community support and the relationship between NCA and clinical centers, such as Vanderbilt, will drive NCA’s initiatives in 2025.
We will share wonderful gluten-free salads, sidedishes, or desserts to accompany the turkey that NCAT will provide. Please bring a dish that will serve 8-10 people. Please include a list of the ingredients or a copy of the recipe so that those with other allergies can know what dishes that they might need to avoid such as for dairy or nuts.We will also collect donations of gluten-free pastas, crackers, flours or mixes, etc.
Enter at the portico. There will be a code to enter the building that we will post.Take the elevator to the second floor and enter the room across from the elevator, the Overlook Room.
At our Annual Holiday Potluck, we will hold our annual elections for important membership roles.

NCAT Meeting
2025-02-08 12:30 - 14:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Our next NCAT Meeting will be held on Saturday, February 8, from 12:30 -2:30 pm at the Overlook Room on the second floor of the back entrance to Westminster Presbyterian Church. At our Holiday Potluck in November, we elected a new NCAT Leadership Team. We encourage you to come to meet the newly elected leaders and to hear about the various new initiatives that NCAT is expanding in 2025.

April NCAT Meeting
2025-04-12 12:30 - 14:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Our next NCAT Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 12th, from 12:30 -2:30 pm at the Overlook Room on the second floor of the back entrance to Westminster Presbyterian Church.
The theme of this meeting is: Living with Celiac Disease – How to Deal with Anxiety about the Diet and Social Situations

September NCAT meeting
2025-09-20 12:30 - 14:30 | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3900 West End Ave., Nashville, TN, 37205, United States
Please join us Saturday 9/20 at 12:30 for our next program meeting. Candice Vaden from the Vanderbilt Celiac Center will talk about how their program’s functional medicine team helps Celiac patients manage their health. Details are in the newsletter on our website. The meeting will be as usual at Westminster Presbyterian Church; a Zoom link will be forthcoming for those who can’t join in person. Hope to see you then!
