Save the date! More details to come.
The NEDA Network, a collaboration between NEDA and other like-minded eating disorders organizations, is working to promote No Diet Day, taking place on May 6, 2019. Network organizations are supporting No Diet Day to encourage the rejection of diet culture and the elimination of shame associated with society’s standards of beauty and respect for all body shapes and sizes.
EDF will be participating in a Twitter Chat at 12pm MST.
Join us at Denver PrideFest
Share your story and hear from other members of the community to help spread awareness, connection and hope. Whether it is your personal journey, your support of a loved one, about body image & beauty standards or food justice – we would love to know you.
Speech, spoken word, songs, poems, readings, etc.
Wednesday, August 28 in the EDF Garden
With Food Truck!
Suggested Donation: $5
Please RSVP
info@eatingdisorderfoundat
Walk-ins are welcome too!
Spread awareness, get connected, share YOUR story:
— Your journey
— Supporting a loved one
— Body image and beauty standards
— Working in the community
— Food justice
— Marginalized communities
— and More!
We are accepting submissions from all communities, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, and/or disability and will strive to represent a diverse population to show eating disorders can affect anyone. Individuals with struggles, family members, clinicians and friends. All are welcome to the mic.
Deadline for two- to four-minute submissions: August 1
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Hosted by The Eating Disorder Foundation, in collaboration with The Eating Recovery Center (ERC), EDCare, Gaudiani Clinic, iaedp Foundation and Project Heal.
Join Kate Daigle, LPC, CEDS as she celebrates the launch of her book, The Clinical Guide to Fertility, Motherhood and Eating Disorders: From Shame to Self-Acceptance” in an intimate garden setting at the Eating Disorder Foundation.
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This book focuses on issues arising from challenges conceiving, sustaining a healthy pregnancy, and mother-child bonding in women who have had or currently have an eating disorder.
Discussion examines research linking the presence of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder to fertility issues and experiential exercises exploring how to process this with clients will be outlined. The author shares some personal experiences from her own life and case studies to highlight the depth of these struggles. This book is the only comprehensive guide to addressing, working with, and healing from emotional struggles related to fertility and eating disorders.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ALERT!
Colorado’s largest day of giving takes place on Tuesday, December 10th. On this day, thousands of people come together to support Colorado nonprofits like ours.
Have you been looking for a chance to volunteer? You can help us raise funds by creating your very own fundraising page! By creating a personalized fundraising page, you can enlist all of the people you’re connected with to support our cause. We’re getting together on November 9th at 9am to hang out and make our fundraising pages together!
Can’t make it? We’d love it if you made a fundraising page anyway. Just make sure to submit your page by December 5th.
Read more about fundraising pages at https://www.coloradogives.org/index.php?section=content&action=fundraising
EDF’S 12TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Light a Candle to Remember, to Honor and to Ignite the Flame of Hope
The eating disorder community invites you to honor the memories of those taken by this devastating illness, the lives of those who continue to struggle, and the resilience of those who have recovered.
Wednesday, November 13th
5:30pm in the EDF Garden
Open House with light refreshments
1901 E. 20th Ave., Denver, CO 80205
Questions? Call 303-322-3373 or email
info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
Each year we like to do something special for those in treatment over the holiday season. This year we will be making cards with words of love, hope and encouragement. Drop in Saturday, December 14th anytime between 9:30 AM – 1 PM.
Help raise awareness, all while enjoying some great chili from your local community. Westfax Brewing will be hosting a Chili Cook Off to raise awareness for “National Eating Disorder Month”. $12 gets you to participate in the chili tasting (tasting up to 10 different chilis), your first beer, and the ability to vote for your favorite chili for a chance for them to win “Peoples Choice”.
$6 from every ticket sold will be donated directly to “The Eating Disorder Foundation”.
Starting at 1PM ticket sales will begin as well as the Chili Tasting and will run until 4 or until the chili is gone. At 3:30PM we will announce the winner of the Chili Cook Off so make sure you vote for your favorite Chili by 3PM!
Serving sizes will be served in 2 oz servings totaling up to at least 20 oz of chili for you to consume plus your first beer included!
We are still looking for Chili Cook Off Participants and will only be taking a very limited number. If you are interested in joining as a cook please email justin@westfaxbrewingcompany.com with your inquiry or simply stop by the taproom and see your bartender for details. All cooks must pay a $5 reservation fee, but it will get you your first beer, happy hour pricing the day of event, ability to participate in the tasting, and the opportunity to win “Peoples Choice” where you’ll receive a gift card and merch to Westfax Brewing.
“Come As You Are”
as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 24 – March 1, 2020
We encourage our community to embrace this year’s National Eating Disorders Awareness Week theme, “Come as You Are: Hindsight is 20/20,” by reflecting on the positive steps they’ve taken — including those stemming from setbacks or challenges — toward accepting themselves and others.
EDF and other local organizations are hosting a few events during NEDAWeek. Check them out!
