299 Lancaster St. W.,

Kitchener, Ontario,

Canada N2H 4V4

Phone: 519-514-0099

GrandmasgfGoods@gmail.com

Google Map Available Below

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Who is the Grandma?

Our store is named after Grandma McKee, an amazing 88 year old woman.

The design of our logo, pictured above, is based on her personal hobby in stained glass, of which she had made countless beautiful pieces.

Our store began after both of her grandchildren were diagnosed with Celiac Disease, which turned out to be a very common auto-immune problem. As it was relatively unknown it was difficult to find the resources of uncontaminated (and delicious) food.

Grandma's daughter and son-in-law, realizing other families must be facing the same situation, decided they would attempt to provide the shopping resource people needed to be free from gluten.

With her support we are able to bring to you Grandma's Gluten Free Goods which strives to provide a wide assortment of gluten free products all in one safe shopping environment.

To save gas, money, and time are all great reasons to choose Grandma's but they are not the only ones...

 You can save 5% off everyday on any purchase by showing your CCA card (Canadian Celiac Association) and you don't even have to be Celiac or diagnosed to join!

 You can save an additional 5% off 10 other items every month by joining Grandma's Group to recieve our instore coupons!

 There are great samples to try in the store everyday!

 You enter into an amazing local group which shares recipes, facts, and events!

 We actually contact suppliers to make sure their products are gluten free!

 We provide a shopping experience without worry of cross contamination!

 Our shelves have labels to state several other common allergens - including egg, dairy, soy, nuts, and yeast!

 We understand what it is like to have a family that has to deal with Celiac disease and a list of various other allergies!

 Our labels clearly identify which products were made in Canada!

 None of the workers or volunteers wear any perfume, cologne, or body sprays!

 We have additional filters in the vents to reduce dust in the store!

 All of the decorative plants are artifical!

 If there is a question you have and one of us doesn't know the answer we will research it for you!

 Our store might look small but it holds over 950 gluten free products and we have a list of other products we can order just for you!

Product Count Update

Now going into our second year open, we have over 950 amazing gluten free products into one store!

Plus, the additional large selection to order from! Any products you are looking for not available in the store, just e-mail and we will tell you if we can order them in just for you! Some can be in individuals and some in cases, but cases get case deals!

E-mailing us your favourite products, recipes, tip & tricks helps make our gluten free community even better.

So thank you and we hope you enjoy all the new goodies as much as we do.

Grandma's Group Update

Grandma McKee is personally shocked and excited over the number of members in our group!

No one can believe the amount of people willing to share the facts, recipes and other information and how many have requested to join in such a short time! Over 350 people now belong to our group!

Together we can eat and live healthier - full of life and good food!

Worldwide GF

Althought we are proud to have so many Canadian products in our store, we have found that people all over the world are making gluten free goods. Here are some of the other places our products come from...

• Australia
• Bolivia
• China
• Germany
• India
• Indonesia
• Isreal
• Italy
• Scotland
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• United Kingdom
• USA

Community Events

1. KW Counselling Services is located at 480 Charles St. E. Kitchener, and their cost is based on your income. Regular walk-ins, with no appointment required, take place every Thursday from 12pm to 6pm.
2. For newly diagnosed or people wanting to learn if they should avoid gluten, there is a free meeting on the last Monday of every month (except December). At 29 Westmount Rd. W. From 7 pm to 9 pm. Mt. Zion Church and there is parking on both side of the building. This is also helpful for people on the diet who have more questions or are looking for a refresher.
3. Canadian Wildlife Foundation Shutterbug Contest - Like all contest there are a few rules for example all landscapes, plants, or animals must be Canadian! Your picture can even appear on the cover of a magazine! For for information visit www.cwf-fcf.org/en/action/contests/photo-contest/ to check out their site! Takes place every year.
4. KW Counselling Services will be beginning a 8 week program from Thursday April 15th to June 3rd, cost based on income, from 7pm to 9pm. Learn about the symptoms of stress, mental strengths, physical strengths, social strengths and emotion strengths. Call 884-0000 for more information.
5. Parenting with Passion (www.parentingwithpassion.ca) has $120.00 course on everything from baby to teen. Check out their website for more information.
6. Kids Ability can be contacted at 1-888-372-2258. The Cambridge Times run will take place on Sunday May 30th in downtown Cambridge.  Proceeds will go to Kids Ability!
7. Kids Ability 4th Annual Guelph Fun Run will take place June 6th starting at the West End Community Center. Contact Caroline at cdavidson@KidsAbility.ca or check out the kidsability.ca event calendar for more information.
8. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation will host its fundraising run October 3rd this year. They need volunteers, runners, and donators!
9. May 29th will be the CBCF's Yard Sale for the Cure day, you can register online and dont forget to check your area for these special yard salers. Check out http://www.cbcf.org/en-US/Home/YardSale.aspx for more information and to register.

The Canadian Celiac Association is an amazing national organization, that is designed to assist those with Celiac disease with information and support. Supporting this organization allows them to spread awareness, advocate for the individuals, promote education and research. Although you do not have to be diagnosed as Celiac to become a member or support this cause, if you or a family member has this disease you are welcome to join. As well as anyone with, or that has family members with a wheat or gluten allergy or intolerance. Medical professionals are also encouraged to join and anyone with an interesting in learning about Celiac. The National Level is divided by the local chapters, which work together to "Increase awareness of the disease among health care professionals and the public. Provide reliable and up-to-date information about the disease and the gluten-free diet (newsletters, availability of gluten-free products, relevant literature). Consulting with the government and the Food & Drug industries about the gluten-free food and other interests of the association." Plus many more daily and large events and problems we would face alone without them.  This association is incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act and is a registered member of the Canada Revenue Agency, as a charity. It has a national office in Mississauga, Ontario and is volunteer-based. It was founded in 1972 by two women in Kitchener Ontario. Beginning as a way to help us help ourselves and each other, this amazing group now has over 28 chapters and 30 satellite groups across Canada. There is a board of directors, which assists in the development of policies, provides leadership and national strategies, and guides the chapters with amazing leadership skill.

TD Canada Trust's Friends of the Environment Foundation, has funded over 17,500 products across Canada and the best part is every cent donated goes right back into our communities. Donations can be one time, or monthly right from your account, meaning you can help every month without a second thought. You can also join an advisory board or volunteer for the Great Canadian Shores Clean Up, which is an amazing success. In 2008 alone 63,000 Canadians removed 130,000 kilograms of garbage! Of course people wonder what TD is doing besides relocating funds, but with all their steps towards a healthier planet, they were named as one of the worlds most sustainable companies. They are working with cleaner, renewable energy; recyling more than paper; are committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2010... A great example for other companies across Canada and the world. In their foundation, they also give grants to not-for-profit Canadian organizations who can easily apply online. Basically FEF is helping keep Canada the amazing place it is, and should always remain.

WWF - Canada is an amazing charity which can even help the next generation start of a path of change for the world and all within it. Throwing an ECHOage birthday party is one of the way we can start helping sooner find out more about these special events at www.echoage.com Learn for the start that it is great to get and give! People of all ages can also join the "Living Planet Community" and see what they already do and what else they can do to help the environment and animals. You can even get tips on writing to the Prime Minister and your local MP to support changes on their end. Also famous for the annual shoreline clean up, this is yet another way to involve the family, class, or just remind youself about the need to be eco-friendly to our country and world. You can even adopt a risk species or give the gift of adoption https://wwfstore.donorportal.ca/c-11-wildlife-adoptions.aspx, an amazing an thoughful present you can feel good about!

The KW Humane Society is always in need of support! Kitten and puppy food is always needed and volunteers are always appreciated! They also provide amazing fact filled newletter which can be opened quickly from their site, including their latest edition. Not only do they save local animals and street animals, they take several dogs a year now from puppy mills, and are a great supporter of tougher laws on those "factories" where dogs are abused and bred without care. You can also give gifts in honour of loved ones which make super special gifts for mother's day, father's day, birthdays, christmas, and really any special occasion - and starting at only $10.00! Although people can have pets their whole lives, there is always more we can learn about them and how to take better care of them. For example, during a thunderstorm or fireworks many puppies get scared but it turns out just saying "Don't worry, it'll be ok" and stoking them can actually reinforce the scared behaviour for the next storm.

STEPS, Society for Permanent Recovery, holds a 90 recovery program for willing participants who want to change their lives and get back to living them. Working and attending 12 step meetings has been shown to improve the potential for permanent sobriety. Located in Richmond Hill Ontario, there are ways to help by donating clothes and items which can be given to help the members or sold to outlets who support back to the charity. Talize in Kitchener being one of the best "new and nearly new" clothing and item store in the area who supports STEPS. Offering coffee and a place to talk with workers, volunteers and other persons addicted to damaging influences in their lives, through drugs or alcohol, there are beautiful meeting rooms and groups offered throughout the week. The used furniture store open in Richmond Hill, allows the members to learn skills and gain confidence in the workplace. With an amazingly broad volunteer and donation support system, there are experience for the members and the rest of the community.

An amazing Canadian charity is The War Amps. Recognizable by it's keytag program which was launch in 1946, providing stable employment for disadvantaged people across Canada, and in 1972 they began the division of Address Labels Service. One of its more recent divisions, started in 1975, is called the CHAMPs program, standing for CHildren AMPutees. This program helps children develop a positive outlook and understanding of their challenges they face but also realizing the families may need financial support and assistance with artifical limbs. The also contect families to each other for emotional support and help with recreational development. Although the age to join CHAMPS is under 18, after a child turns 18 they may continue throught the CHAMPs development program. Under this program, in 1991, came JUMPSTART focused on children missing more than one limb, and helping deal with those challenges. Plus providing early age computer training to jumpstart the childrens technological abilities, to help them provide a great career for themselves in the future. Also realizing that most child amputees had lost limbs in avoidable playground accidents they started PLAYSAFE in 1978. In 1985, they began a project called NEVER AGAIN, which pays tribute to those to have served but also explain the true horrors of real war. As part of this mission, there is available a Military Heritage Series with currently 23 videos available to loan or own. Another major division in the War Amps is the DRIVESAFE program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2007! You may own or have noticed the logo in several car windows across Canada.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a well known foundation, which like most health care centers list whole wheat as a food of choice (again proving why we all need to spread the word if a large company dedicated to health doesn't know the effects gluten can have on the heart and body). Hopefully due to their values of innovation, and the passion and courage to discover other areas of focus and finding new behaviours and approaches, they will soon be caught up and leading the way in the gluten free healthy heart campaign! Otherwise, their website is loaded with useful information and leads to discoving even more. You can join their newletter group, develop an action plan, and see what the younger generation can do and learn in this field. You can even sign up for the occasional free CPR training programs. They work on eliminating smoking and helping people manage their weight (again why they need to look into Celiac since so many actually gain weight not lose weight). There are always chances to donate or volunteer and contact them.

Although this year Mark Yantzi, the man who started it all, retired - Community Justice Initiatives is successfully and more reknowned than ever going into its next year booming! This non-profit organization is known as the world's first restorative justice program, which involves the bringing together of the person who committed a crime, the person who was harmed by the crime, and the community to address the crime together. An excellent choice of volunteer/agency coordination, you can tour the facility, meet the staff, take training programs in several fields, and become a member (gaining invites to events, newsletter, volunteer opprotunites, and more)! They also have an onsite library and a collection of amazing books to purchase. Divided into groups we find Resolve, Revive, and Stride. Resolve is the original program which deals with victim/offender reconciliation. Revive started as a group where sexually abused women were able to come together and talk about their experiences. It has now evolved into groups which help the women recover and the men who abused to avoid reoffending. Stride helps women who have been in the federal prison system with support to transition successfully back into the world.

The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation is recognized as a leader in Cancer research and the leading Cancer research center in Canada. Raising around $60 million dollars a year, their goal is to find a cure for cancer "In our lifetime." Focusing on all areas of cancer from brain and head to skin and cell cancer. Every dollar is used to the best ablility with 67.4% going straight into research, 9.5% going to patient care and education, only 3.7% going to the building and equipment, and even putting 9.7% into endowments for the future. With the amazing support of the communities this foundation is the leader in robotic surgery, is able to promote new ideas developed by leading doctors, and remain in the top 5 of cancer research facilities in the world!

There is in the Waterloo Region a division of the Food Bank, and they give out about 3 million pounds of emergency food a year! However, with this amount comes the understanding that it is not enough for our community and with poverty increasing, business being closed, elderly people on unrealistic pensions, and most jobs only hiring part time with little to no benefits - the amount of food needed and the amount of hungry people and families will only increase. Since the recession in 1982 and the official founding in '84, the Food Bank has helped millions of Canadian regardless of age, gender, background, etc.  Beside donating your food or time, you could ask the business you shop or eat at if they donate. Especially in the foods sector, any food left over at the end of the day could go to families who have not eaten all day. The most important thing to note is that around 25000 people in our community need this support and therefore need your help if you are able. If donating food the cost is low for the top 5 most needed foods; canned stews, pastas, beans plus dry pasta and rice. It is also important to realize that almost half of the hamper recipents are children, and over 25% of people receiving these were 2 parent families!

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Assorted Health Facts

• American College of Cardiology - An 11,000 patient placebo-controlled clinical study demonstrated that the risk of dying of heart disease is 15% less over time if Omega-3 supplements are consumed.
• Archive of Internal Medicine - A study by Harvard researcgers has established a link between a reduced risk of lung cancer and the intake of lycopene found in tomatoes. Smoker benefit from lycopene intake more than 124,000 men and women who participated in the study.
• American Journal of Epidemiology - A recent study shows that people who supplement with more than 700 mg per day of vitamin C have a 62% lower risk of dying from heart disease than people who take 60 mg per day or less.
• National Cancer Institute - A study of nearly 30,000 males between the ages of 50 & 69 reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicated that daily doses of vitamin E reduced prostate cancer by 1/3 and the diesease's death rate by 41%.
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - According to recent studies, a hight dietary intake of vitamins C and E can substantially reduce the risk of stoke. Subjects with high levels of vitamin C had the lowest risk of stroke from 40 years onward.
• Tufts University - A study by the Unversity of Western Australia shows that women concerned about osteroporosis should pay attention to sodium intake. Results show that as soduim consumption increase, calcium loss accelerate, resulting in decrease bone density.
• Mental Health Works - Agoraphobia is closely related to depression, attempted suicide rates in person with this disorder are approx. 20%. The fear of having a panic attack and not being able to excape a situation actually occurs in 1 in 3 young adults each year. Panic disorders usually begin before a person is 30 years old.

Quick Guide to News-emails

2009 E-mail 1

• Spinach Pancake Recipe
• Info on Tapioca

2009 E-mail 2

• Jelly Roll Cookie Recipe
• Info on Headaches
• Info on Quinoa
• Old taste vs New taste

2009 E-mail 3

• Toasted Cinnamon Bun Recipe
• Info on Amaranth
• Info on Rice Dream
• Info on Cream of Tartar

2009 E-mail 4

• Tex Mex Mac & Cheese Recipe
• Info on Autism
• Info on Sorghum

2009 E-mail 5

• Black and Blueberry Muffin Recipe
• Info on Zonulin
• Info on Buckwheat
• Restaurant Card Link
• Tax Credit Link

2009 E-mail 6

• Peanut Butter Brownie Pie Recipe
• Info on Modified Corn Starch
• Info on Garbanzo
• Local Gastro Dr. Hirji
• Info on Calcium Lactate

2009 E-mail 9

• 5 Snack Ideas Recipes
• Info on Wakame
• Info on Membership with CCA
• Info on Naturally Fresh
• Info on Ezekiel Breads
• Info on Brent Stoesz, GF Author
• Food for Life Food List 

2009 E-mail 10

• Nicky's Sweet Potato Fries Recipe
• Gluten-Free Faces Membership 
• Info on Biocards
• Info on Tootsie Brand

 2009 E-mail 16 

• Granola Fruit Crisp Recipe
• Info on Fructooligosaccharide
• Spicy Roast Garlic Soup Recipe
• Info on Listerine
• Strawberry Mini Bites Recipe

2009 E-mail 18

• Stuffed Shell Recipe
• Info on Weight Gain
• How to get your child involved
• Info on Creative Touches Canada
• Gluten in other products
• Botanical names for wheat & its types  

2009 E-mail 19 

• Tropical Mango Muffin Recipe
• Info on Prolamines
• Info on Osteoporosis
• Info on Quaker Rice Cakes 

 2009 Christmas Special 

• Sausage Stuffing Recipe
• Is GF a Fad  

2010 E-mail 1 

• Beef & "Barley" Stew Recipe
• Info on DNA
• McDonalds Sauce
• Info on Strawberries

More info coming soon!