Asthma Awareness Day ‘10

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Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)’s 13th annual Asthma Awareness Day Capitol Hill 2010 on May 5 was a great success!





Watch this site for podcasts of Asthma Awareness Day Capitol Hill speakers, plus an AADCH ‘10 Photo Gallery!

 

Highlights of the day:

  • Unveiling: The Great American Asthma Challenge, the first-ever national grassroots movement to end asthma deaths and suffering in the U.S. Take the Challenge today — join a network of families, healthcare providers, legislators and others who share the mission to transform asthma care, starting today.

www.GreatAmericanAsthmaChallenge.org

  • Members of Congress who spoke about their commitment to ending asthma deaths and suffering in the United States:

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) 
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)

  • Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter announced that she has created a new Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus.

About Chris Draft
“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve.”
2010 marks the beginning of Chris Draft’s 13th year in the National Football League. A linebacker, most recently with the Buffalo Bills, his career in the NFL also includes time on the rosters of the Chicago Bears, San Francisco ‘49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers and St. Louis Rams.

During 2006, Stanford University graduate Christopher Michael Draft established the Chris Draft Family Foundation with the mission of empowering families to live healthy lifestyles.

A proven leader both on and off the field, his philanthropic endeavors keep him busy throughout the year as he and his Foundation are actively involved in various community projects across the country.  The Foundation seeks to make a lasting, positive impact on children, families, and communities.  Using the inspiration and lessons learned while working with youth and families throughout his college and professional career, Chris Draft and the Chris Draft Family Foundation engage in community projects that support youth, families, schools, civic groups and health awareness organizations.   

The Asthma Team™ Movement
Chris Draft launched the Asthma Team™ in 2007, at the beginning of the NFL season. Following an asthma attack during the first week of the Rams’ training camp, he realized that as he was beginning to work with local organizations across the country that promoted asthma awareness and education, he needed to reach out to people nationwide.    

To accomplish this, Chris created a team united by the common goal of Tackling Asthma™. Recruiting children and their families for the Asthma Team started on the road at the first away game for the St. Louis Rams, Chris’ team during the 2007 season, and has continued ever since. In every away city that his team visits, Chris meets and invites his new Asthma Team™ Ambassadors and their families to stand with him, so that every time #52 makes a tackle, he tackles asthma, and the team is right there behind him.

The Asthma Team™ is a partnership between families, children and organizations across the country that are working diligently to teach their community that asthma is manageable and that asthma attacks are preventable. By being advocates for general improvements in public health and working with groups dedicated to decreasing outdoor air pollution and the prevalence of secondhand smoke, the prevalence of asthma can be greatly reduced.

Special thanks to: ExxonMobil, Teva Respiratory, Novartis, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), Aerocrine, Phadia, Pharmaxis.