We are looking for event volunteers to help with our annual events.
Our events include:
- School Food Allergy Awareness and Training - (August)
- Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival - Food Allergy Education and Awareness at the Nonprofit Spot Booth - Friday before the parade. (September)
- Annual Morton Pumpkin Festival - Parade - Food Allergy Education and Awareness (September)
- Annual Red Sneakers Peoria 5K Walk/Run & Teal Pumpkin Fall Festival (Second Saturday in October) Peoria Heights - Tower Park & Grandview Drive
- Planned Food Allergy Friendly Soccer Clinic - Summer 2026
We are also looking for ongoing volunteers to help with committees, event planning and our day to day tasks to grow our initiatives.
Our Initiatives include:
- Growing our local support group.
- Food allergy education, awareness
- CPR/ First Aid training for schools, restaurants, first responders, businesses and communities.
- Donating allergy-friendly foods
- Donating epinephrine.
- Advancing food allergy legislation.
- Improving access to therapies.
- Implementing food allergy menus.
- Advocating for allergy safe zones at venues. - - - Fostering allergy camps.
- Installing allergy safe signs at local parks/playgrounds
- organizing other fragmented support groups across the country.
Chris Horan
Co-Founder, Red Sneakers Peoria
309.472.4721
Peoria@RedSneakers.org
