The new school year is almost here, and thanks to an 11-year-old boy from Los Angeles, parents will have a new tool to keep their children healthy in school.
This is a new guide from the California Department of Education to prevent food allergies and all because of the ingenious participation of Zacky Muñoz who, when he suffered an emergency at school, decided to help other people.
Zacky Muñoz, as a result of a great scare at his school, decided to make a change.
“I was eating normal lunch and my body didn’t want to eat anymore,” Muñoz said.
It turns out that a piece of bread with sesame seeds gave him a complicated allergic reaction.
I was choking, vomiting, got hives and ended up in the hospital, he said.
After this incident, Zacky and his mother decided to get down to work and achieved forceful changes: the approval of state legislation known as Zacky’s Law to protect other children from allergies that they could suffer in schools, and today their effort does not went by unnoticed.
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“We wanted to Recognize the work that he (Zacky) did and also get the word out to students and parents that there is a state guidance available,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
With the help of Zacky’s Law, a new California Department of Education Food Allergy Resource Guide was launched, now available to all school districts to assist staff, parents, and caregivers in protecting students with allergies. meals at school and to minimize the risk of an emergency during school meals
“This guide will prevent and so that schools are not serving something harmful. To be able to have ways to respond if there is a child with a reaction,” said Helen Chavez, spokeswoman for Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
Zacky, in addition to helping millions of children with food allergies with the creation of his legislation and a state guide, has big plans for the future.
“I honestly want to be president and help our country because I believe that we can all make a difference, and I just want to do my part in this world,” Zacky said.
To receive more information about this law, enter zackysbill.org
