BC Lung Foundation

New Year, New Goals 📝 And we’ve got the perfect way to tick some of them off! ✅ Join us at Climb the Wall, on March 2, 2025. This event lets you crush your personal goals while supporting a great cause. Don’t just make resolutions - make them happen. See you there! 🏔️ To learn more and register visit www.climbthewall.ca

When you donate to the Holiday Seals campaign, you are supporting important initiatives like the Breathe Project! The BREATHE (Building Resilience to Emerging Airborne Threats and Heat Events) Project is a community-based initiative in partnership with Simon Fraser University that teaches community members how to build DIY air cleaners to improve their indoor air quality. BREATHE workshops are held throughout the province for people vulnerable to the health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure, such as older adults, and those living with lung conditions like COPD, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. Learn more at bclung.ca/diyaircleaners Donate online at bclung.ca/donate Team Members pictured: Prem Gundarah, Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol, Genevieve Cheng, Riley Condon #holidayseals, #donate, #holidaytradition, #bclungfoundation, #lunghealth 

CLIMB FOR A CAUSE! For 23 years, passionate climbers have tackled the 48 stories of the Wall Centre Vancouver to raise funds for vital lung health initiatives. Join us as we celebrate our 24th annual Climb the Wall on Sunday, March 2, 2025! More than just a climb, this event will leave you feeling inspired, entertained, and fulfilled, with the incredible impact you’d have made. Whether in a team or solo, competitive or social, the Climb is an event you don’t want to miss! To learn more and register visit www.climbthewall.ca

“Holiday Seals are a symbol of hope,” says Tom DeSorcy, Fire Chief (RET), Board Chair, BC Lung Foundation. “We thank all of our donors for their generosity and ask British Columbians who are concerned about healthy lungs and healthy air to give generously to the Holiday Seals campaign.” 💖 Donate online today at bclung.ca/donate 📸 Board members pictured: Dr. Bob Schellenberg, Muff Hackett, Tom DeSorcy, Sharon Korol, Jacqueline Brinkman and Mike Ellis. #holidayseals, #donate, #holidaytradition, #bclungfoundation, #lunghealth

On Thursday, Canadian creditors will vote on the landmark Big Tobacco settlement of $32.5 billion proposed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. At first glance, this might seem like a victory in the fight against an industry responsible for decades of harm. But beneath the headline figure lies a sobering reality: most of this money — $24.7 billion — would be handed to provinces and territories with no strings attached. BC Lung CEO, Chris Lam weighs in via this opinion piece in the Toronto Star: https://lnkd.in/etBWDAsG

When you support BC Lung this holiday season through the Holiday Seals campaign you're supporting our incredible asthma education camps! 🎄 These specialized, fully-subsidized camps offer a fun, educational setting for children ages 8-10 (with physician-diagnosed asthma) to learn about their asthma and enhance their management skills. Kids who live with asthma can breathe better, and lead healthier, happier lives – they just need to learn how! Donate online at bclung.ca/donate #holidayseals, #donate, #holidaytradition, #bclungfoundation, #lunghealth #asthma

Don’t RSVP to a respiratory illness. With holiday parties coming up, now is the time to get your flu and Covid vaccines. Talk to your doctor or book an appointment by visiting immunizebc.ca for more info on where and how to book. Learn more about how to protect yourself and others at bclung.ca. #vaccination #fluvaccine #healthylungs #protectyourself #bclungfoundation

2025 REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Join us for a sports-tacular climb at our 24th annual Climb the Wall event on March 2nd, 2025. Located at the striking Wall Centre Vancouver, we will come together once again to watch British Columbians from all walks of life take on the incredible 48-storey climb. Blazing the way for our climbers will be hundreds of our very own firefighter heroes from all across the province - who take to the stairs in full attire, weighing up to 70lbs! Whether you are 5 or 75 years old, looking to compete for the best time, or simply have a fun day out while making an impact, this event is for you. Following your incredible 48-storey climb, you will be welcomed back to the ballroom with a delicious brunch, music, awards and plenty of entertainment to keep the competition and excitement flowing. We are excited to partner with The Divot Den, who will be bringing their golf simulator, which will sit alongside a pingpong table, free throw arcade-style basketball and pickleball training walls, allowing everyone to have a ball at climb the wall. Register your team and self online at www.climbthewall.ca

Reminder! 📣 BC Lung’s Annual Radon Workshop offers an opportunity to hear about new initiatives and the latest science. For this year, we are lining up speakers to discuss how radon and climate change intersect – whether a warming planet increases radon levels, effects of wildfire smoke on radon exposure, and how energy efficiency initiatives need to take special precautions around radon. Best of all, its free to attend and online! November 27, 2024 9:30am to 12:00pm Sign-up here: https://lnkd.in/gQ2Chbj6

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers in BC. While it can build up in homes and workplaces, most indoor spaces still haven’t been tested. Fortunately, BC has a thriving community of advocates, public health officials, doctors, scientists, technicians, and others who are working to make a difference. BC Lung’s Annual Radon Workshop offers an opportunity to hear about new initiatives and the latest science. For this year, we are lining up speakers to discuss how radon and climate change intersect– whether a warming planet increases radon levels, effects of wildfire smoke on radon exposure, and how energy efficiency initiatives need to take special precautions around radon. Best of all, its free to attend and online! November 27, 2024 9:30am to 12:00pm Sign-up here: https://lnkd.in/gQ2Chbj6