Resolution 322

Resolution 322, “Designating November 2011 as COPD Awareness Month” passed unanimously in the Senate this past November, led by the Congressional COPD Caucus Co-Chairs, Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID) and co-sponsor Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL).

Published Sunday April 8, 2012 Read Full

November Awareness Activities: Highlighting COPD Summits

Collaboration is the theme this fall as two COPD Summits will be held in November in Massachusetts and Atlanta. Only a comprehensive approach will help fight the burden of COPD, a premise for both events.

Published Autumn 2010 Read Full

Commemorate COPD on Your Stamps

By Lori Palermo, COPD Advocate When I lost my dad, Wayne A. Litzenberger, in December 2003 to COPD/Emphysema, I set out on a mission to not only educate individuals living with COPD and their families and caregivers, but also to spread COPD awareness to the public through all media efforts.

Published Autumn 2010 Read Full

Florida Moving Forward for COPD

By Beth Labasky, Director of State Government Relations for the COPD Foundation.

Published Summer 2010 Read Full

Operation 435:Raising the Voice of the COPD Community in Washington, DC

Joe LaMountain knows the benefits of getting people motivated and involved. In his latest venture on Capitol Hill, he’s spearheading an effort to garner support for Congress to appropriate $1 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to invest in a national COPD action plan in the Chronic Disease Division. To make that happen requires a chorus of voices.

Published Spring 2009 Read Full

Operation 535 Comes Alive

The COPD Foundation has started a nationwide, grassroots membership campaign for the Congressional COPD Caucus. COPD is a public health epidemic. It continues to damage the lives patients and their families. Until every member of Congress recognizes this growing health problem, it will be hard to make strides toward improving the lives of patients with COPD on a national level. There are one hundred senators serving in the U.S. Senate, two from each state. There are 435 representatives serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, with a varying number from each state. That totals 535 possible members in for the Congressional COPD Caucus.

Published Spring 2007 Read Full