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Mission
Participating Organizations
Board of Directors
History of Current Projects
- Promote the quality of medical care delivered at existing asthma camps.
- Provide parameters for asthma education; to promote the development
of new asthma camps.
- Develop initiatives to target high-risk children and give them the
opportunity to attend asthma camp.
Founded in 1988, the Consortium has taken an important role
in coordinating the activities of asthma camps nationwide,
promoting the quality of medical care and asthma education,
and advancing the positive impact of the camps on the lives
of children with asthma.
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The Consortium is composed of representatives from:
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
- American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
- American Lung Association
- American Thoracic Society
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Officers:
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Chairman
James Herman, MD
Fort Worth, Texas
Treasurer
Margaret Guill, MD
Augusta, Georgia
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Secretary
Mario Cruz-Rivera,
Ph.D., MPH, FACAAI, FAAAAI,
Wilmington, Delaware
Past Chair
Michael Welch, MD
San Diego, California
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Members:
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Joann Blessing-Moore, MD
Palo Alto, CA
Mary Brasler, EdD
Washington, DC
Linda Ford
Papillon, NE
Sherwin A. Gillman, MD
Orange County, CA
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Richard Nicklas, MD
Washington, DC
Katherine Pruitt
Washington, DC
Sue Rutkowski
Livonia, MI
Richard Sveum' MD
Minneapolis, MN
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Kathleen Ververeli, MD
Allentown, PA
Mary Worstell
Washington, DC
Mohamed Yassin, MD
St. Cloud, MN
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Staff:
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Penny Gottier Fena, Executive Director
penny.fena@alamn.org
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The following are among the many important contributions
that the Consortium on Children's Asthma Camps has made for
children and families:
- supporting the development of new camps and the national
growth in the number of asthma camps, including initiatives
that provide high-risk, inner-city children with the opportunity
to attend camp;
- developing and demonstrating the Inner-city Asthma Initiative,
providing effective asthma education and management tailored
to the needs of inner-city children;
- providing education for asthma camp leaders from the medical
community, including training sessions at the American Lung
Association and the American Thoracic Society annual meetings during
the past two years on topic areas that include operational
guidelines, staffing, fundraising, addressing children's
behavior problems, and establishing a positive camp climate;
- developing Asthma Roadways, a unique program that empowers
low-income families to work together to improve their understanding
of, communication about, and management of a child's asthma
by setting and implementing individualized goals for asthma
management;
- and, providing asthma camps with uniform standards for
educational goals and overall operations.
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