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Bowling for Better Breathing--Champ Camp Fundraiser
March 30th, 2012
The Alley Denver 6:00p.m.-8:00p.m.

 Profits from Bowling for Better Breathing will fund full and partial scholarships for children and adolescents to attend Champ Camp, Colorado’s longest-running weeklong summer camp for children ages 7-14 with asthma. These scholarships create an opportunity for young people, regardless of family income, to learn how to manage their asthma and empower them with the knowledge and tools needed to make important decisions to control their asthma.

Your generosity will extend beyond the week of Champ Camp and will help to make a significant difference in the community.  With every contribution we are one step and one breath closer to achieving our mission. Please join us for this fun-filled event!!

To REGISTER, click HERE!! Also, check out our Bowling for Better Breathing Flyer!

Reach the Peak: April 12-13, 2012
Reach the Peak is a comprehensive two day program that will equip participants to successfully complete the Asthma Educator-Certified (AE-C) Board exam and will be held on April 12th and 13th, 2012.

The Colorado Asthma Coalition, The Children’s Hospital, and the American Lung Association in Colorado work together to present the Reach the Peak Annual Asthma Seminar (previously the Asthma Educator-Certified Prep Course) each year.

Reach the Peak prepares participants to:

• Describe the pathophysiology and contributing factors of the asthma condition.
• Conduct a patient and family assessment, including medical history, objective measures of asthma
  severity and educational needs.
• Develop an Asthma Action Plan, including prescribed medications and behavioral and environmental
  modifications.
• Improve asthma care, including integrating newly acquired knowledge into clinical practice, defining
  program outcomes, and developing a network of referrals.
  

This is not a typical seminar! Facilitated by a multi-disciplinary faculty of leading physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists and behavioral health experts, the seminar includes a combination of lecture,case scenarios, hands-on device technique, networking and small group strategizing. Each participant receives a Resource Book and CD, Asthma Device Instruction DVD and Asthma Education Toolkit with placebo training devices, valved holding chamber and a peak flow meter. Continuing education credits are offered.

REGISTER FOR REACH THE PEAK HERE and check out the conference brochure!!

Improving Pediatric Asthma Care Training (IMPACT) Wednesday April 11th 5:00pm-9:30pm-The Children's Hospital in Colorado

You and an asthma advocate from your office (nurse, medical assistant, respiratory therapist) are invited to attend IMPACT, an innovative and evidence-based CE program designed to improve pediatric asthma outcomes in your office. IMPACT is not a typical CE program! With a focus on you and your practice’s needs, IMPACT incorporates a problem-based approach to build upon what you already know and have applied in your practice. Each practice team will receive a FREE Asthma Toolkit that includes printable office tools and resources, asthma placebos and devices, and a DVD with asthma device instructions. Click HERE to see the IMPACT brochure.

Champ Camp
Celebrating 32 Summers
July 15-21, 2012
Champ Camp is a place where kids. aged 7-14 with asthma will gain new experiences, new friends and memories that will last them a lifetime! During our week-long camp, children will gain confidence in themselves and their ability to take control of something very important, control of their own lifelong condition - a disease called asthma. 

Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe. Asthma is chronic, meaning that inflammation is always present, even when there are no noticeable symptoms. When provoked by a trigger, the inflammation worsens and these changes produce airway obstruction, chest tightness, coughing and wheezing that can lead to asthma episodes.

Asthma is a burden if not handled properly, which involves avoiding triggers, staying active and sticking to the proper medicine regimen. At camp we teach all three and more, and in the interim enrich lives by infusing empowerment into mindsets and daily routines.

For more than 30 years we have impacted hundreds of campers. They come to us as children eager to grow and learn. Over the years they mature into their role as manager of their own disease. Campers and Volunteer SIGN UP online!! For more information, please visit our main Champ Camp site or email champcamp@lungcolorado.org. Click here to visit our facebook page!

Friends of Champ Camp:

The Kunsberg School is a Colorado Department of Education approved facilities school on the National Jewish Health campus that provides an outstanding education for students in the grades K-8 who struggle while attending public school due to chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, auto immune deficiency and severe food allergies. The school is tuition free. Our mission is to provide a safe, friendly, and healthy educational environment committed to whole child development. For more information please contact Michelle Freas, Coordinator of Medical and Health Services, 303-398-1934.