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By Colette House

Since 1915 theAmerican LungAssociation hasworked toprovide research, education,

advocacy and funding for those affected by lung diseases. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. Today, one in seven Americans die of lung disease every year and an average of 7,000 Illinoisans lose their battle to lung cancer each year.“Thirty-fourmillionAmericans are

livingwith a chronic lung disease,”said, KristenYoung, ExecutiveDirectorof theAmerican LungAssociationinGreater Chicago. “That could beanything fromasthma to lung cancertoCOPD.”Young said the American Lung

Association has funded research on lung disease since 1915 and, with the statistics on lung disease as high as they are, research is more important than ever before.TheAmerican LungAssociation

has focused their research effortson lung cancer in recent years.Theorganization funded $3millionworthof research in 2015. Young said theAmerican LungAssociation is onpace to fund over $5 million worth ofresearch in 2016.Lung cancer is themost commonly

diagnosed cancer in theworld, with asmany as 1.8million cases diagnosed

worldwide in 2012. It is the leadingcancer killer in bothAmericanmenandwomen and is expected toaccount for 27 percent of all cancerdeaths in 2015.“The lung association saves lives

by improving lung health, preventinglung disease and specifically throughresearch, education, and advocacy allright here in Illinois,” said Young.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY

Shedding light on lung disease in IllinoisAdvocacyThe American Lung Associationof Greater Chicago successfullylobbied to raise the smokingage from 18 to 21 in the city ofChicago. Now, it aims to take thatmovement statewide.

Why quit?Here are some common reasonspeople choose to stop usingtobacco:• Quitting smoking will improveyour longevity.• Money. Cigarettes can cost morethan $10 a pack in some places.A $5-pack-a-day habit will cost$1,825 a year.• No more heading outside to finda place to smoke.• Friends & family. Smoke harmseveryone who inhales it. Even ifyou smoke outside, you will bringthe smell of smoke back with youon your clothes and hair.

Quit tobacco hotlineYou can get help in your journey toquitting tobacco use.Call 1-800-LUNGUSA

Asthma concerns?Qualified staff can answer yourquestions on treatment andmanagement of asthma.Call 1-800-LUNGUSA

How you can helpThe American Lung Associationneeds your help to continueresearching for cures and helpingthose affected with lung diseases.Your help can be big or small andcan come in many forms, includingone-time cash gifts, recurringgifts, matching gifts, memorialdonations/requests, car donationor becoming involved in some ofthe many events.www.lung.org/get-involved/ways-to-give

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“Thirty-four million Americans are living with a chronic lungdisease. That could be anything from asthma to lung cancer to

COPD.”Kristen Young, Executive Director of the American Lung Association in Greater

Chicago

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Theassociation’s impact toucheson education, research, advocacyand fundraising efforts.They provideonline and in-person classes toeducate people ondifferent lungdiseases and createmore awarenessabout lung health. Courses includingAsthmaBasics, BreatheWell, LiveWell, OpenAirways for Schools, BetterBreathers Club and Freedom fromSmoking are offered either in personor online.More information onhowthese courses are delivered can befound atwww.lung.org.Young said the organization

is partneringwith other healthorganizations to build awarenessabout the benefits of smoke-freehousing and adopt smoke-freehousing policies.“Specifically in theChicagoland

area, there’s a lot to be done.Thebenefits of going smoke-free asa building—meaning residentsare not allowed to smoke on thepremises or even in their apartment— far outweigh giving those rights topeople,” said Young.TheAmerican LungAssociation’s

advocacy efforts are reflected in newcity and state laws.Most recently, thecity of Chicago changed the legal ageto buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.“This is a stepping stone and

we’re hoping other cities and stateswill follow the lead andmake this apriority,” said Young.TheAmerican LungAssociation

was also instrumental in gettingthe Smoke-Free Campus Act signedinto law in 2015 in Illinois.The lawprohibits smoking on the groundsandbuildings of any state-supportedcollege or university,making theseinstitutions tobacco free.

“Now that the lawhas beenpassed,we’re really looking to educate thosearound the universities to understandthe benefits of it andhow to adopt itfor their specific college,” said Young.TheAmerican LungAssociation

inGreater Chicago hosts fourmajorfundraising events each year.TheyholdA LUNG FORCE run/walk everySeptember inOakBrook (www.LUNGFORCE.org.Walk).The eventdraws about 1,000walkers anditsmain focus is about spreadingawareness about the prevalence oflung cancer inwomen.“It’s really a platform for us to

increase awareness, research funding,and community engagement in thefight against lung cancer,” said Young.“Thewalk is that celebration day forfamilies, patients, and colleaguesto comeout and really show theirsupport on behalf of those livingwithlung cancer and all forms of lungdisease.”Young said the organization hosts

two Fight For Air Climbs every yearaswell.Thefirst climbof 2017 takes

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place atOakbrook Terrace Tower inOakbrook Terrace on Feb. 12, 2017(www.FightForAirClimb.org). Youngsaid it costs $15 to register andhas aminimum fundraising requirementof $100 to climb the 31 floors of thebuilding.TheFight For Air Climb at the

Presidential Towers inChicago,presented byUnitedHealthcare, takesplace onMarch 5, 2017.The eventtypically draws 2,000whoparticipateas individuals, on corporate teams,or on relay teams to climbone, two,three, or all four of the towers to bring

awareness to lung disease.June 9-11, 2017, is the 32nd annual

Fight for Air Ride cycling event (www.FightForAirRide.org). Participants bikeapproximately 50miles a day fromCrystal Lake to LakeGeneva.With thefundraising, your stay at theAbbeyResort in Fontana,Wisconsin, andmeals are included. Riders bike up toLakeGeneva,Wisconsin, on Friday orSaturday and return toCrystal Lake onSunday.“It’s a greatweekend getaway,” said

Young. “It’s certainly not for the eliteriders only; it’s verymuch a friends

and family type of ride.”Young said the organization

is looking for more day-of-eventvolunteers for all of their fundraisingevents.Those looking for a largercommitment can ask about beingplaced on one of the volunteercommittees that help plan and growthe events. Formore information,individuals can email eventschi@lung.org or call (312) 781-1100.Young said theAmerican Lung

Association is proud of their four-star ratingwithCharityNavigatorand that ninety cents of every dollar

raised goes back to theirmission andprogramming.“It goes toward programs like

helping people quit smoking, helpingpeoplewith lung cancer copewiththe disease, teaching peoplewithlung disease how to live healthy livesand generally improving the health ofthose livingwith lung disease and theirfamilies and caretakers.”November is National Lung Cancer

Awareness Month.TheAmericanLungAssociation hopes to increaseawareness and education about thisdisease during this time.

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By Colette House

TheQueen’s Bees are busy. Busywalking. Busy fundrais-ing. Busy raising awareness for a disease that claims the livesofmoreAmericans than breast cancer, colon cancer andprostate cancer combined.MaureenWelborn, 73, was diagnosedwith Stage 1B lung

cancer in 2014. She andher daughter, Kara, had both hadbronchitis and,while Kara’s bronchitis cleared up,Mau-reen’s coughdidn’t go away. At first, doctors foundnothing.After a chest X-raywas ordered, the reason for the persistentcoughwas determined— itwas lung cancer.Maureen got the call about her diagnosis on a Friday after-

noon, pulling over to the side of the road to hear the news.“I sat on a side street talking to him [mydoctor] and I said,

‘Is this is death sentence?’ I remember saying that to him.Hesaid, ‘I’m going to be honestwith you; yes it could be,’” saidMaureen.She took theweekend to collect her thoughts andwaited

untilMonday to tell her children about the diagnosis.“I sat there on that side street for a good 10-15minutes

andhadmyown little pity party,” saidMaureen. “I just kindof shutmyself off fromeverybody and just thought about amillion,million things. I hadmypity party. I finally figuredout I’m going to live, I’m going beat this, sowhy am I sittinghere being like this, because it’s notme. I’m afighter. I’m ago-getter.”Doctors atNorthwest CommunityHospital removed the

tumor andhalf ofMaureen’s right lung. She had one round of chemotherapy,but itmade her so ill that doctors decided to discontinue the treatment. She

underwent pulmonary therapy atNorthwest CommunityHospi-tal’sWellness Center aswell. Today,Maureen is in remission andgoes through routine testing to screen for cancer. She uses an oxy-gen tank to help her breathe, though she doesn’t need it as con-stantly as before.Maureen, a longtime resident of BuffaloGrove, is known around

the village as the “Queen of BuffaloGrove” because she is soactive in the community. She said the nickname stuck sowell thata neighbor once painted a crownonher chimney to identify herhouse.In 2015, a year afterMaureenwas diagnosed, a friendwhose

mother had died from lung cancer askedKara towalkwith herin theAmerican LungAssociation’s LUNGFORCEWalk to raiseawareness about the disease. Kara discussed it withMaureen,whothought that itmight be fun to get a team together.Thewalkwasthe perfect opportunity to get their community involvedwith thecause andput their fundraising skills to use.“Everythingwas done over Facebook,” saidKara, 46, and aBuf-

faloGrove resident. “It was just putting our story out there andpeople having the love and respect formymomandwanting tohelp.”They called their team “TheQueen’s Bees” in honor ofMau-

reen’s nickname. Instead ofwearing the teal-colored race T-shirts,they donnedbee attirewith their teamnameproudly displayed ontheir shirts. After the race, theywere presentedwith the award formost inspirational team.Maureenherself walked the first twomiles of three-milewalk.

Her teampushedher in awheelchair for the remainingmile shewasn’t strong enough to complete onher own.

Theyhadnearly 30walkers onTheQueen’s Bees team in 2015 and raised$5,073 for the cause.They did sowell for an individual team, in fact, that the

Busy breathing betterMaureen Welborn, left, and her daughter, Kara, spoke to participants in this year’s LUNG FORCE Walk, which raises awarenessabout lung cancer, which Maureen was diagnosed with in 2014. Before fighting that battle, Maureen had made a name for herselffor her active involvement in her community; she fought cancer with that same spirit.

“Don’t despair. Even onthe worst days, there’shope. There’s alwayshope. Keep a positivemental attitude and

surround yourself withpositive people.”

Maureen Welborn, lung cancersurvivor and honorary “Queenof Buffalo Grove” for hercommunity involvement

Active in her community, ‘Queen of Buffalo Grove’ fights cancer, raises awareness

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American LungAssociation sought advicefromTheQueen’s Bees onhow teams couldfundraise for upcoming races.“Themorewepromote this and themore

we support it, themore awareness comesand themore it’s in people’sminds,” saidKara.TheQueen’s Beeswanted to increase

fundraising for the 2016walk, which tookplace on Sept. 26 inOakBrook.They againused Facebook to spread theword abouttheir fundraising efforts. At first, Kara saidit was harder to raisemoney for the secondwalk. She said people had already given in2015 and getting them to donate againwasdifficult at times.So she andhermother got creative.They

ran an online drawing, offering four itemstowinning donors. For every personwhodonated $10 to the cause, his or her namewas added to the drawing towin a $100Visagift card, two rounds of golf at the BuffaloGroveGolf Course, a portable patio smokerformeats and aChicagoBears lawn chair,or a cooler full of thewinner’s favorite beer.The ideaworked.TheQueen’s Bees had

35walkers and raised $5,360 this year, sec-ond only to the team fromNorthwesternMedicine.Maureen’s doctor, Dr. NeerajDesai andhiswifewalked onher team thisyear.“That justmeant theworld tome,” said

Maureen.Kara placed second for top donations

froman individual, andMaureen placedninth in the same category. Fundraising,

however, isn’t all thewalk is about. It’s alsoabout raising awareness for a disease thataffectsmanyAmericans. Kara said thatseveral friends have quit smoking, as did ayoungmanwhowalkedwithTheQueen’sBees, because ofwhat hermother hasendured.“He said his last day of smokingwould be

the day before thewalk. As of right now, hehasn’t smoked,” saidKara.Just a fewweeks ago,Maureen spoke at

Northwest CommunityHospital’s “Shine aLight on LungCancer” night, to give thoserecently diagnosed and their familiesmoti-vation and support for the journey ahead.“Don’t despair. Even on theworst days,

there’s hope.There’s always hope,” saidMaureen. “Keep a positivemental atti-tude and surround yourself with positivepeople.”In her spare time,Maureen enjoys play-

ingWordswith Friends and connectingwith others on Facebook. She’s still active inthe community. She’s on theBuffaloGroveDays committee, an event she chaired forseveral years.TheQueen’s Bees plan to participate in

the LUNGFORCEwalk next year, with thegoal of raising evenmoremoney than theydid in 2015 and 2016.The emotional support fromMaureen’s

friends and family, combinedwith hermedical care seem to be paying off.Mau-reenwalked the entire threemiles of theLUNGFORCEwalk this year—nowheel-chair required.

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