Category: Featured

  • Our Look to 2021

    Please open our 2020 Newsletter Here: https://nateam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nov-2020-Sunshine-Foundation-Newsletter-Final-1-1.pdf

  • Partnership to support food allergic, food insecure families

    Partnership to support food allergic, food insecure families

    “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.”–Dr. Seuss Seven years ago, 13-year-old Natalie Giorgi died of an allergic reaction after biting into a treat she didn’t know had peanut butter. Today, her memory is inspiring a new effort to address a unique issue during this…

  • Emmy Award Winning PSA

    Emmy Award Winning PSA

  • Natalie Giorgi Sunshine Act

    Natalie Giorgi Sunshine Act

    July 2019: We would like to thank Governor Newsom for both his insight and his willingness to recognize the dangers of this epidemic, especially as awareness and education of the reality of food allergies is integral in defeating them. The Natalie Giorgi Sunshine Act will work to provide a safer world for the current 1…

  • 5th Annual Giants Peanut Allergy-Friendly Game

    5th Annual Giants Peanut Allergy-Friendly Game

    Again this season, the Foundation is elated to have the 5th Annual Allergy-Friendly game hosted by the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park. It is a time to raise awareness–both in the Community Clubhouse area on the Promenade and on the scoreboard.  It is scheduled for Friday night, June 28th, at 7:15 pm against the…

  • PBS Documentary & 2nd Food Allergy Bill

    PBS Documentary & 2nd Food Allergy Bill

    This summer marks 6 years since we lost our Sunshine Girl, Natalie. Her light continues to shine and continues to make a difference. With support of family and friends, her legacy has grown. The Sacramento PBS station, KVIE, and their remarkable producer, Joyce Mitchell, has produced a documentary on food allergies. It is both tragic…

  • Foundation Vineyard Dinner Benefit

    Foundation Vineyard Dinner Benefit

    On August 22nd, a vineyard dinner fundraiser, graciously hosted by the Lucchetti family at their ranch in Sacramento, was held for the benefit of the Foundation. The authentic Italian- style dinner, generously donated in its entirety by the Lucchetti family, featured a live auction of donated items. Auction items were donated from a variety of benevolent…

  • California EpiPen Bill

    California EpiPen Bill

    With the creation of this Foundation, we aimed to remember and honor our Sunshine Girl by raising food allergy awareness and saving lives. There could be perhaps no more immediate and substantial fulfillment of this goal than through the passing of state legislation which would work to save the lives of children in schools. Schools…

  • The TODAY Show Segment

    The TODAY Show Segment

    The Foundation got some great publicity on an NBC Today Show segment in which Natalie’s parents were interviewed. The segment highlighted the pressing need for EpiPens in schools, the work the foundation is doing with the California Sate Legislature and our efforts to raise awareness.