The TUFF Project was founded in 2013 after my son died with asthma at the young age of 18. We fight for those with asthma and help those to deal with asthma, its illness, treatments and care.
The Sunset Project uses community-led advocacy to support the creation of smoke-free units in multi-unit housing complexes through tenant voluntary changes and ultimately through policy change.
The Jerome Alston Memorial Foundation is hosting our annual Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run. For health related professions, we would like for you to participate in our health expo which will occur during and after the 5K. Our goal for the health expo is to educate the community on asthma and allergy prevention measures as well as other health related information. The intent is to be as informative and hands on as possible.
The In-home Pediatric Asthma Program uses home visits by an Asthma educator and a community health worker to provide education and interventions to reduce triggers to improve self-management of asthma by children and families, to improve quality of life, decrease missed days of school, unplanned doctor visits, use of emergency room, and hospital visits.
Work as a team to address the topics of food, personal care, household cleaners, yard chemicals, and other areas of potential toxic exposure and environmental harm, as made possible by the collective knowledge and network of a growing task force.