Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails has been a leader in fighting for clean air, healthy lungs, and a tobacco-free future since 1917. Although our name has changed, our vision remains the same.
Now as an independent non-profit, 100% of every dollar raised or donated stays in our community to support and expand out innovative local programs, which improve the health of our residents.
With the continued support and dedication of people like you, we promise to continue making the Sacramento Region a healthier place to live and breathe.
Breathe California is now the only Sacramento-Based organization devoted to clean air, healthy lungs and a tobacco free tomorrow that spends 100% of every dollar raised improving the health of our residents.
Early on, we understood the importance of involving youth in all aspects of our organization. At the heart of that involvement is the Youth Advisory Board, a unique program designed to enhance our projects by including the youth voice. Our most innovative programs, including Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! the School Based Air Quality Assessment Project , and the Teen Asthma Project are based solely on youth research, leadership and advocacy.
BCSET teamed with a panel of local health-care professionals including physicians, school nurses, pharmacists, health care administrators and parents to create the Asthma Collaborative. This dedicated group focuses on the particular asthma needs of our communities. Together, we have created a booklet and wallet-sized card to help Sacramento Region residents receive proper care and to manage this disease. “Your Asthma Book” and “Asthma Self- Care Plan” are available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese (and soon Hindi) and are free, just for the asking.
For years, our region has been listed as being one of the dozen most polluted metropolitan areas in the country. That ranking doesn’t detail the good news: The air here is improving. However, we have a long way to go, and we are doing something about it with these innovative programs: Clean Air Agenda includes a list of simple, effective actions that you, your neighborhood, local governments and organizations can take to make a positive change. BCSET and the Metro Chamber of Commerce founded the Cleaner Air Partnership, which works with business, transportation, public health and environmental communities to help minimize transportation related emissions, and now has expanded to include Valley Vision.
The work of our Health Effects Task Force has resulted in the extraordinary solid documentation of Sacramento Valley air pollution and the resulting health impacts. In May, we recognize the best of the best with our Clean Air Awards, honoring local individuals, organizations and businesses for taking appropriate steps toward cleaning our air. Finally, our School Based Air Quality Assessment Project helps students learn what is really in their air on their campuses.
For a decade, hundreds of teenagers in our Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! program have monitored the gratuitous tobacco scenes on the big screen. We have launched a Web site – www.scenesmoking.org – that offers reviews of current movies for their tobacco content, and are allowing schoolteachers, parents and anti-smoking organizations to use this data to help in our fight of teenage tobacco use, and in spurring the Motion Picture Association of America to include tobacco in the movie ratings.
Our STAND STREET TEAM is now tackling the hot button issue of smoke-free housing.
For more information on all our programs and services, visit our homepage.
