Name: Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run - Virginia Beach, VA 2024
Start: 2024-05-18T00:00:00.000-0400
End: 2024-05-18T23:59:59.000-0400
Location: Mt. Trashmore

May 18, 2024

Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run

Mt. Trashmore • 310 Edwin Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Organized by Jerome Alston Memorial Foundation

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After four years we are happy to announce the return of our Asthma Awareness 5k post pandemic!

Through this annual community event, the Jerome Alston Memorial Foundation (JAM Foundation) continues to move forward in our mission to increase awareness of this chronic lung disease in hopes of further preventing asthma-related deaths.

According to the latest Center for Disease Control (CDC) report, an estimated 24.6 million people suffer from asthma, with more than 3,500 people dying from fatal asthma attacks in 2016. Additionally, uncontrolled asthma episodes is one of the top reasons for emergency room visits and missed school days.

Having experienced tragedy at the hands of this disease, JAM Foundation finds it critical to educate the community on resources that help asthma sufferers manage this disease. In addition to providing an opportunity to educate the public, the Breathe Easy 5k offers an opportunity to celebrate the lives of loved ones lost to the disease. With your help, we can continue our effort to educate communities and uplift asthma sufferers, as well as the memory of those lost to the disease.

Our annual Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness 5K Run/Walk & Health Expo (BE 5K) has helped with this effort since 2013. This event started in Virginia and has since expanded to South Georgia, Los Angeles, Dallas and Oakland.

Thank you for supporting asthma awareness!