Participating Organizations

AARST is a not-for-profit, professional organization of members who are dedicated to the highest standard of excellence and ethical performance of radon measurement, radon mitigation and transfer of radon information for the benefit of members, consumers and the public at large. Radon Professionals Working Together To Save Lives.

Alpha-1 Association is a member-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to identifying those affected by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and to improve the quality of their lives through support, education, advocacy and to encourage participation in research. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency is a genetic disorder that can cause liver and lung disease in children and adults. 

Alpha-1 Foundation is dedicated to providing the leadership and resources that will result in increased research, improved health, worldwide detection, and a cure for Alpha-1 deficiency.

American Respiratory Alliance of Western Pennsylvania has been providing services to local communities for more than 100 years. They originated as a grass roots society to fight tuberculosis and have evolved to offer programs for adults with chronic lung diseases, children with asthma and their parents, adults and adolescents who would like to quit smoking, health professionals who require the most current information on tuberculosis, influenza, and other lung diseases, as well as anyone wishing to learn more about their lungs and how to keep them healthy. They serve more than 3 million residents of Western Pennsylvania.

As the local clean air and healthy lungs leader, Breathe California fights lung disease in all of its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. Five local agencies in the Bay Area, Central Coast, Golden Gate, Sacramento, and Los Angeles beginning in 1903. Key roles have been to establish tobacco-free communities, achieve healthy air quality and fight lung diseases such as asthma and tuberculosis. Prevention is their priority. Through education, advocacy, and research they use a comprehensive approach to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the impact of lung disease.

Breathe New Hampshire is committed to eliminating lung disease and improving the quality of life for those living with lung disease in New Hampshire.  The organization's mission encompasses the challenges associated with asthma management; keeping both indoor and outdoor air clean; nicotine addiction; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); and other matters affecting healthy breathing. 

Cancer Survivors Against Radon educates the public and policy makers on the deadliness of radon gas, which takes the lives of more than 21,000 people each year due to radon-induced lung cancer, with a goal to inform society on how to test and prevent this deadly gas from entering homes.

Chicago Respiratory Society fosters the development and dissemination of the scientific foundations of respiratory disease through meritorious research and professional education. The organization provides leadership and assistance to physicians and medical professionals engaged in the practice of treating patients with respiratory disease.

Chicago Asthma Consortium is a coalition of medical and public health professionals, business leaders, government agencies, community based organizations, and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma through networking, information sharing and collaboration.

The mission of the Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Foundation is to provide support, education and hope to families affected by a pediatric interstitial lung disease and to advocate and raise funds for scientific research.

The mission of the Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Foundation is to provide support, education and hope to families affected by a pediatric interstitial lung disease and to advocate and raise funds for scientific research.COPD Foundation sets out to improve the lives of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as the lives of those with a related disease. Through research and the supply of information, the organization works for public awareness, early diagnosis, and better treatment that will lead to a cure for COPD. 

EFFORTS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of individuals who have emphysema, a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

The mission of Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation, a not-for profit healthcare provider, is to provide free and comprehensive asthma care and health education to children in Chicago's underserved communities. Each of the foundation's three Asthma Vans is staffed with a pediatrician, nurse, and clinical assistant/driver, who provide on-going care to an established and evolving roster of patients identified through partnerships with local public and parochial schools, as well as Head Start programs.

Nursing Assembly is devoted to promotion of optimal respiratory health in community by advancing the science and practice of respiratory care. In addition, the organization provides support to the Asthma Action Plan for Chicago, the COPD Initiative, the Lung Cancer Initiative, and the Catch Your Breath: Women and Lung Health Initiative.

The mission of Respiratory Health Association is to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease through research, advocacy and education. To that end, the RHAMC serves an estimated 1 million Cook County residents diagnosed with asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and other lung diseases through community-based interventions.