Year End Giving
The American Lung Association in New York's ongoing education and advocacy has yielded impressive results during 2011 in support of our Fight For Air. Your support has enabled us to fund lifesaving programs and achieve legislative and policy victories at the federal, state and local government levels. The below list highlights just some of our accomplishments:
Asthma and Lung Disease
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Taught more than 500 students how to manage their asthma through our innovative Open Airways For Schools program
Tobacco
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Led efforts to make local parks and other public spaces across the state smokefree, culminating in the New York City Parks system going completely smokefree in June
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Spearheaded the effort to make train platforms on Metro-North and the Long Island Railroad completely smokefree
Air quality
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Helped lead efforts in New York City to phase out the use of the dirtiest home heating oils
National
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Maintained the National Asthma Control Program as a stand-alone program
