Zebu Forno to support Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network

RED BANK — Zebu Forno, the European style bakery and café, will join with the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) by offering donation sites at its Red Bank and Holmdel locations Aug. 9 to support the organization's 2008 Walk for Food Allergies in Long Branch on Sunday, Sept. 7.

Customers are being asked to support the event by making a tip donation to their servers, who will turn their tips over to FAAN. Customers who donate $5 or more will receive a free cup of coffee. All proceeds will be donated to The Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward a Cure, a three-mile walk held to raise awareness and funds for food allergy education and research.

According to FAAN, more than 12 million Americans have food allergies, including 3 million children.

Locally, the N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services reports that approximately 327,000 New Jerseyans suffer from food allergies, including nearly 100,000 children. Severe reactions result in more than 30,000 trips to emergency rooms and an estimated 150 to 200 deaths each year in the United States. Just eight foods account for 90 percent of all food-allergic reactions: milk, eggs, peanut, tree nut (walnut, cashew, etc.), fish, shellfish, soy and wheat. Zebu Forno's Red Bank store is located at 20 Broad St. and the Holmdel store is at The Commons at Holmdel, 2130 Route 35 south. Both stores are open 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday- Thursday; 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; and 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday.