Pictured: Honourable Minister of Health Jim Reiter and Jennifer May, Vice President of Community Engagement, The Lung Association.

The Lung Association, Saskatchewan hosted members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan at a radon reception on Monday, October 28, 2019 at Saskatchewan Legislature. With Saskatchewan being a radon hotspot, it was the opportunity to educate the provincial leaders about the dangers of radon and what can be done to help protect Saskatchewan people against it.

RADON is the second leading cause of LUNG CANCER. You can’t see, taste or smell radon. The only way to know how much radon is in a home is to TEST for it.

Following presentations by The Lung Association, Take Action on Radon Saskatchewan Coalition partners and Health Canada, Honourable Jim Reiter, Minister of Health, proclaimed November as Radon Action month.

Special guest Andrew Greene, Saskatchewan Roughrider Alumni and Tackle Radon Ambassador was also in attendance.  This fall Andrew joined forces with an unlikely teammate, Adam Bighill from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In football, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg are known for their competitive rivalry. Yet Adam and Andrew make a dynamic duo tackling radon in the two prairie provinces. “It doesn’t matter if you wear green or blue, when it comes to lung cancer prevention we are all on the same team,” says Greene. 

The ambassadors know how to protect their teammates on the football field, but they are challenging all residents to protect their families at home by testing for radon.  Everyone that purchases a radon test kit from TackleRadon.ca by November 30, 2019 will be entered to WIN prizes.

A diagnosis of lung disease often comes with increased costs to both the patient and their caregiver. The financial burdens associated with lung disease can cause added stress. We want you to know we care.

The Lung Association, Saskatchewan's Caring Breaths financial assistance program is a reimbursement program created to help ease the financial burden lung disease can bring to patients and their caregivers.

The program is new to the organization, and was inspired by our Breathe Ambassadors lived and shared journeys with lung disease. With the generosity of our donors, this program is designed to help people living with lung disease, their primary care givers and those in need of a lung transplantation a chance to live better and breathe easier.

Donate a Car Canada accepts vehicle donations for The Lung Association, Saskatchewan.

Free towing is provided in most areas across Canada, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation.

When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to The Lung Association – Saskatchewan through Donate a Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction (depending on its condition, age and location).

Donate a Car Canada will look after all the details to make it easy. After your vehicle donation is complete, The Lung Association will send you a tax receipt and will put your gift to good use.

People use tobacco despite health-risk knowledge and firm tobacco-related policies. We must go beyond education and policy to shift social norms. At the Lung Association, we use our passion, research and relationships to curate impactful opportunities to support needed change. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to building awareness and shifting health behaviours.

We approach every focus through a data-driven lens, bringing together topic research and audience insights to develop knowledge and tailored behaviour change campaigns. Through our initiatives and your generous support; the reduction of youth and young adult behaviour to use tobacco starts shifting!

Through our experience promoting healthy behaviours, we have developed comprehensive ways to support and get involved with The Lung Association. One of those ways to engage with us is through corporate philanthropy.

Corporate philanthropy fosters higher employee engagement and produces business value. When businesses participate in corporate philanthropy, they are not only creating a positive public image for themselves, enhancing their relationships with their clients; they support our mission to ensure we have healthy lungs for everyone.

If you would like to know more about how your company can get involved, give Neil a call at 306-667-3013.