COPD
Patients: All Aboard for the 14th Annual Smooth Sailing
Cruise
 This
September, Breathe California invites local lung disease patients
to come sail away for an Alaskan adventure. In partnership with the
American Respiratory Alliance of Western Pennsylvania, we are
sponsoring a seven-night cruise that will allow you to explore
Glacier Bay National Park and four other
Alaskan ports of call. The all-inclusive cruise helps take the
worry out of traveling by coordinating guests’ oxygen
arrangements and providing volunteer medical staff onboard. Space
is limited, so
learn more
now!
Now is also a great time to check out our Better Breathers Club. With
meetings in San Jose, Palo Alto and Gilroy, the BBC offers you a
great opportunity to meet other patients and learn strategies to
breathe easier!
Faces in Focus: Join Pledge Runner Vicki Hudson
at the 2008 ING Bay to Breakers
12K
 Vicki
Hudson brings an extraordinary passion that is fueled by
her desire to help a cause close to her heart. An Army veteran who
served in the first Gulf War, Vicki began noticing herself
struggling to catch her breath. Although she was in great shape,
the most routine tasks left her panting. Upon returning home, she
was diagnosed with chronic bronchitis and vasomotor rhinitis
– developed from exposure to vast amounts of dust and
airborne toxins near the Iraq border. In spite of her diagnosis,
Vicki has pledged to continue pursuing activities she
enjoys.
“I'm not going to let
chronic bronchitis keep me down,” says Vicki. “Running
in the Bay to Breakers and raising money to fight lung disease is
one small way I can help make sure everyone can breathe and breathe
well.”
Join Vicki on race day
by
signing up as a Breathe California pledge
runner. Can’t make it? You can still support Vicki’s
efforts by donating to her
personal fundraising
page. Every dollar helps!
Local TB Cases Increase for 2nd Straight
Year
In 2007, Santa Clara County experienced an increase in active TB
cases for the 2nd consecutive year (representing a 21%
rise from 2005) and saw a growth in multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB
cases, prompting Breathe California and its partners to call for a
renewed commitment to fight TB.
Read more
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More: TB
rates also up in many other Bay Area
counties
Other Lung Health News:
EPA
toughens smog standard; critics argue it doesn't go far
enough
Diesel emissions raise cancer, lung disease risk near Port of
Oakland
Owe Taxes? Save on Your '08 Return with a
CGA
A charitable gift annuity is a contract that allows a donor to make
a gift to their favorite non-profit, which in return makes fixed
payments to the donor for the rest of his/her life. In addition to
offering the donor a tax deduction, CGA’s offer payment rates
that typically outperform money market and savings accounts. Sound
like a pipe-dream? Learn more.
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Avoid Suffering
from Springtime Allergies
Read our
Hay Fever brochure for
tips to prevent allergies from
ruining your spring!
Calendar of
Events
April
4/2 – 4/10
CLASP
Sessions
Bret
Harte Middle School
San Jose, 9:00
am
4/3
Better Breathers Club
St. Louise
Hospital
Gilroy, 11:00
am
4/7 – 4/15
CLASP
Sessions
Castillero Middle
School
San Jose, 2:00
pm
4/8 – 5/6
Asthma
Management Classes
Ida Jew Intermediate
School
San Jose, 11:30
am
4/14
Better Breathers Club
Avenidas
Senior Center
Palo Alto, 1:30
pm
4/18
The 18th
Annual
Clean
Air Awards Luncheon
Carnelian
Room
San Francisco, 11:30
am
4/26
Smokeless
Saturday
Breathe
California office
San Jose, 9:00
am
4/28
Better Breathers Club
Breathe California
office
San Jose, 1:30
pm
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