What’s Included
Each kit comes in an AAFA-STL backpack with a variety of educational materials to help manage your child’s asthma or allergies. We also include a special friend — Velvet Hugs, a Certified Allergy-Friendly stuffed animal — to show your child they are not alone.
Our asthma kits come with a variety of fun and educational resources for children and caregivers.
By utilizing the resources the in diagnosis kits, families can adjust to their diagnosis and more quickly get to a managed state.
Asthma resource kits can include any of the following pieces:
Children’s resources
- Aerochambers
- Disposable Spacers (LiteAirs)
- Velvet Hugs, a Certified Allergy-Friendly stuffed animal
- Kids with Asthma Can: Arthur Activity Book for parents and kids
- Rescue and Controller Stickers to label your inhalers
- Asthma Trading Cards
Caregiver educational resources:
- Asthma Inhalers Poster
- Creating a Healthy Environment Guide
- Asthma Inhalers Poster
- Asthma Action Plan
- How to Use a Peak Flow Meter
- How to Talk to Your Doctor about Asthma
- How to Use a Spacer
- Guide to Managing Asthma
- Guide to Managing Severe Asthma
- Know Your Zone
- Nebulizer for Treatment
Our food allergy kits come with a variety of fun and educational resources for children and caregivers.
By utilizing the resources the in diagnosis kits, families can adjust to their diagnosis and more quickly get to a managed state.
Allergy resource kits can include any of the following pieces:
Equipment pieces:
- Aerochambers
Children’s educational resources
- Velvet Hugs, a Certified Allergy-Friendly stuffed animal
- Decoding Food Allergies Coloring Book
- Food Allergies bracelets
- Controller Stickers
- Kids with Food Allergies Can: Arthur Activity Book (Book)
- SuperDan & Food Allergies (Book)
- Daniel has an Allergy (Book)
Caregiver educational resources:
- Anaphylaxis Poster
- Epinephrine Poster
- Food Allergies Action Plan
- How to Talk to Your Doctor About Food Allergies
- A Guide to Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies
- Alternate Names for Top 8 Food Allergens
- Anaphylaxis Emergency Action Plan
- 10 School Planning Tips for Food Allergies
- A Quick Guide to Practical Food Allergy Management
Assembly and Distribution
AAFA STL delivers diagnosis kits in large quantities through school and organizational partners, and on a case-by-case basis through referral partners.
We collaborate with corporate sponsors and organizations to host packing parties to assemble diagnosis kits. These service projects connect volunteers with a tangible health care need and ensure we have enough kits to send out.
Sponsor a Packing Party
We welcome school districts, corporate partners, and other organizations to host a service event. A service party is a great opportunity to bring together volunteers together in a fun environment to assemble resource kits for worthwhile families. These are particularly successful at school nurse conferences, corporate volunteer days, and other gatherings or professional development events.
Reach out to info@aafastl.org to learn more about hosting a packing party at your next staff event or professional development conference.
Request a Diagnosis Kit
Are you the parent or guardian of a child recently diagnosed with asthma or allergies? We’re here to help from the very beginning. Start by requesting a free kit filled with practical resources to help you and your child navigate this new journey.