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- Asthma Camps Offer Summer Fun
- 26 California Counties Fail Association’s Annual Clean Air Test
- Lung Health News Magazine Covers Global Warming
- Association Receives Two Tobacco Control Grants
- National Tribal Forum Addresses Air Quality Issues
- News Conference Highlights Air Quality Flag Alert Program
- Help People Quit Smoking at May Facilitator Training
- Event Honors 30-Year Volunteer and Camp Wheez Organizer
- Researcher Examines Mechanism in Acute Lung Injury
- Breath of Fresh Air Luncheon: Women’s Health
- Oxygen Ball in Orange County Highlights Clean Air
- Tell a Friend
- Honor Your Special Mom With a Mother’s Day Donation
MONTHLY HEALTH TIP
Asthma Camps Offer Summer Fun If you know any children with asthma, make sure their families know about the American Lung Association of California’s residential and day asthma camps to help them better manage their asthma. The following are camp locations and contact information: day camp in Julian (Scasy Sukcharoun, 619.297.3901; ssukcharoun@alac.org); residential camp in Julian (Katie Van Cleave, 562.754.6992, kvancleave@alac.org); day camps in Orcutt, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura (Donna Beal, 805.963.1426, donna@lungsbvc.org); and residential camps in Yosemite National Park (Susie Rico, 559.222.4800, srico@amerilungcencal.org).
26 CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FAIL ASSOCIATION’S CLEAN AIR TEST
California cities and counties continue to dominate the list of places with the worst air pollution in the American Lung Association State of the Air: 2007 report released today. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside metropolitan area continues to sit atop the nationwide list of most polluted cities for 24-hour particle pollution, annual particle pollution and ozone pollution levels. Riverside County ranked worst nationwide for particle pollution, as did San Bernardino County for ozone pollution. By contrast, Salinas ranked as one of the three cleanest cities in the nation for ozone and both measurements of particle pollution. Overall in California, 26 out of 52 counties with air quality monitoring stations received failing grades.
The American Lung Association of California held statewide news conferences in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and the San Francisco Bay Area to release the report to media, which featured a number of association volunteer experts who addressed air quality and lung health issues. The report garnered significant newspaper, television and radio news coverage across the state.
To view the news release and report online, visit http://www.californialung.org/press/070501SOTA.html
For more information, contact Andy Weisser at 818.703.6444 or aweisser@alac.org
LUNG HEALTH NEWS MAGAZINE COVERS GLOBAL WARMING
The current issue of the American Lung Association of California’s statewide news magazine arrived in mailboxes recently with a new name. Previously called Breathe Easy, the Spring/Summer 2007 issue of Lung Health News features a cover story on the lung health threats posed by global warming.
The cover photo shows a dark-haired little girl kneeling over delicate purple flowers, reminding us why it’s so important that we take proactive steps now to reduce global warming. Also included are articles on lung health problems faced by veterans, an air quality flag alert program, an addiction specialist who fights big tobacco, and an update on public policies that affect lung health.
Visit the current edition at http://www.californialung.org/ALAC/lunghealthnews.html
For more information, contact Andy Weisser at 818.703.6444 or aweisser@alac.org
ASSOCIATION RECEIVES TWO TOBACCO CONTROL GRANTS
The American Lung Association of California was recently awarded two tobacco control and prevention grants from the California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section, which will fund its efforts to protect residents who live in multi-unit housing from the health effects of secondhand smoke.
The RESPECT project received a $450,000 grant to work with policymakers, renters, landlords and property managers on smoke-free multi-unit housing issues and policies in four rural counties, including Glenn, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama. For more information, contact Dian Kiser at 800.622.2829 or respect@jps.net
The San Diego office was awarded $450,000 for a three-year project to work with the Latino community on smoke-free multi-unit housing issues. For more information, contact Debbie Kelley at 619.683.7519 or dkelley@alac.org
NATIONAL TRIBAL FORUM ADDRESSES AIR QUALITY ISSUES
American Lung Association of California staff members Maria Viegas and Cecilia Arangure from the San Diego office presented a session linking air quality to asthma at the recent National Tribal Forum on Air Quality in San Diego. As more tribes enter the complex air management arena, they face a variety of issues. Sponsored by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the National Tribal Air Association, the conference was designed to bring together tribal and EPA air professionals to talk about the issues.
To learn more about the conference, visit http://www4.nau.edu/itep/programs/ntf07.asp
For more information, contact Maria Viegas at 619.297.3901 or mviegas@alac.org
NEWS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS AIR QUALITY FLAG ALERT PROGRAM
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the American Lung Association of California held a news conference at Providencia Elementary School in Burbank on April 19 highlighting its air quality flag alert program. Thanks to a grant from the SCAQMD, the association is implementing the program at 50 new schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
First launched by the association at schools in the San Joaquin Valley in 2004, the program uses color-coded flags that indicate how healthy air quality is based on the official air quality index.
To view a related article, visit http://www.californialung.org/spotlight/07ss_FlagAlerts.html
For more information, contact Sondra Widland at 818.926.2107 or swidland@oclung.org
HELP PEOPLE QUIT SMOKING AT MAY FACILITATOR TRAINING
You can learn how to help people quit smoking at the American Lung Association of California’s upcoming Freedom From Smoking Facilitator Training Workshop on May 17, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and May 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The training will be held at Red Lion Inn, 1401 Arden Way, in Sacramento.
The $350 registration fee includes all materials, two continental breakfasts, snacks, drinks, and a working lunch. Participants will learn the skills necessary to facilitate the American Lung Association’s 15-week Freedom From Smoking quit-smoking program.
For more information, contact Elaine Lucero at 530.345.5864, ext. 311, or elucero@alacsb.org
EVENT HONORS 30-YEAR VOLUNTEER AND CAMP WHEEZ ORGANIZER
Thirty years after Myron Lieberhaber, MD, helped launch the American Lung Association of California’s Camp Wheez asthma camp in Santa Barbara he was honored for his years of service and dedication to lung health at a gala fundraiser celebrating the camp. About 250 people attended the Mardi Gras event at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort on March 3.
Dr. Lieberharber is a well-known and highly respected allergist in Santa Barbara who has volunteered countless hours to the association. He continues to be very active in the operation of Camp Wheez, donating his time each year and enlisting the support of physicians and others. Also a talented magician, he volunteers at the association’s annual Celebrity Waiters event, performing his magic tricks.
He has been involved in many projects and served in a variety of leadership roles over the years, including board president. In 1997, he won the American Lung Association of California’s coveted Pottenger Award for his volunteer service, which has only continued to grow in the last 10 years.
For more information, contact Jayne Brechwald at 805.963.1426 or jayne@lungsbvc.org
RESEARCHER EXAMINES MECHANISM IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY
Acute lung injury is a devastating condition with an overall death rate of 30 to 40 percent. With acute lung injury, the body’s normal process of removing excess fluid from the lungs is reduced, impairing oxygenation of the blood.
Jeremie Roux, Ph.D., is hoping to improve the odds for people with acute lung injury by studying how a defense mechanism called stress protein response restores normal fluid transport across lung cells. His project at the University of California, San Francisco, is one of 12 funded by the American Lung Association of California, which granted nearly $700,000 to lung disease research in fiscal year 2006-2007.
For more information about funded projects, visit http://californialung.org/research/research.html
BREATH OF FRESH AIR LUNCHEON: WOMEN’S LUNG HEALTH
Lung cancer kills more women than breast, cervical and ovarian cancers combined and women are twice as likely to get lung cancer as men. To raise awareness about these and other facts about women’s lung health, the American Lung Association of California is holding A Breath of Fresh Air Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 14 at the Claremont Resort in Berkeley. Keynote speaker will be award-winning lecturer and author Bertice Berry, Ph.D.
For more information, contact: Mikey Kamienski at 510.893.5474 or mkamienski@alaebay.org
OXYGEN BALL IN ORANGE COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS CLEAN AIR
The American Lung Association of California is hosting its 12th annual Big Breathe Easy gala called the Oxygen Ball on Saturday, June 2, at the Westin South Coast Plaza Hotel in Orange County. The event will feature dinner, live and silent auctions, an “oxygen bar” and entertainment. More than 200 of Orange County’s finest physicians, corporate philanthropists, community leaders, and American Lung Association supporters will come together for a memorable evening to focus on the importance of clean air.
For more information, contact Lynne Frimond at 714.835.5864 or lfrimond@oclung.org
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