2025 for life without limits™ Fall Gala and Exhibit
Friday, October 24, 2025
6 pm - 10 pm
UMass Club Boston
One Beacon Street, 32nd Floor, Boston
Discounted Parking at One Beacon Garage

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Program

Our annual 2025 for life without limits™ Fall Gala and Exhibit is a highlight of the AAFA New England year. It is a time to gather members of our community - patients, caregivers, medical professionals, and individuals impacted by these health conditions who support our mission and work. We learn from exhibitors, are inspired from information shared during the keynote address provided by a subject-matter expert, celebrate the inspirational work of our Champions of the Asthma and Allergy Community each of whom has made a significant impact on the asthma and allergy community, recognize the progress made through AAFA New England's work for the asthma and allergy community, and we connect in meaningful ways during this program.

The program schedule will include:

6:00 PM Exhibits, Silent Auction, Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
6:45 PM President's Welcome and Executive Director Remarks
7:00PM Keynote Address
7:30 PM Dinner
8:15 PM Champions of the Asthma and Allergy Community Award Presentations
8:45 PM Coffee and Dessert
9:30 PM Auction closes
10:00 PM Close

Our Keynote Speaker

Advocacy: A Catalyst for Change

Karen Hsu Blatman, MD, MBA

Section Chief, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth

Our 2025 Champions of the Asthma & Allergy Community!

QIAN YUAN, MD, PhD
Clinical Director and Principal Investigator, The Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Senior Pediatrician, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dr. Yuan will be honored for his passion and commitment to his pediatric patients and his groundbreaking clinical work on the gut's role in food allergies and intolerances, EoE and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.

JANET WEINSTEIN, MSN, RN
School Nurse, Country School, Weston, MA

Ms. Weinstein will be honored for her unwavering care and exemplary work to create safe and inclusive environments for her students with food allergies that address both the physical and social-emotional needs of these students.

Homefree LLC
Jill Robbins, Founder and President

Homefree, LLC will be honored for it's intensive allergen-safe standards in manufacturing a full variety of flavored cookies all
made in a dedicated baking facility free of the top nine allergens, plus five more, that is gluten-free, Non-GMO verified, and vegan.