Lung Health General Meeting #3 4/27/2015

1. UW LUNG HEALTH
Welcome!

2. Agenda
•Success in our Kick Butt’s Day photo campaign
•Lung ForceWalk
•Officer application
•American Lung Association campus chapter
committee

3. KICK BUTTS DAY
Kick cigarette’s butts, eat donuts!

4. Great success in the national Kick Butts Day!
• We were on the front page of the Daily!
• Great success with our photo campaign and campus cigarettes
clean up
• Awesome collaboration with UW Hall Health

5. Kick Butts Day • “Kick Butts Day is a day of activism that empowers youth to
stand out, speak up and seize control against BigTobacco
• “More than 1,000 events are planned by independent
organizers across the United States and around the world. ”
• “Everyday, more than 3,000 kids under 18 try smoking for
the first time and 700 kids become new regular, daily
smokers.”
• Tobacco use is still the leading cause of preventable death in
the U.S.
• We organized a Kick Butts Day event at UW to
raise awareness about the problems of tobacco
use!

6. Kick Butts Day
#not a replacement
photo pledge
http://www.kickbuttsday.org/for-youth-advocates/not-a-
replacement/

8. Photo © Julie Van Tosh Photography — at University of Washington.

9. LUNG FORCE WALK
May 9th 2015!

10. Big problems-Big goals
• Every five minutes, a woman in the U.S. is told she has lung
cancer.
• The lung cancer death rate in women has more than doubled
over the past 35 years.
• Anyone can get lung cancer.
• Lung cancer is the #1 Cancer Killer in both men and women in
the U.S.

11. Lung Force
• “We work to change people’s minds about what it means to have
lung cancer—so that everyone understands their risks.
• We raise our voices for innovations in research that will lead to
earlier detection and more personalized treatments—so that
everyone has a fighting chance.
• We stand together as one LUNG FORCE—for our breath, for our
lives.”

12. Lung ForceWalk
•the frightening rise of lung cancer in women
•the deadly disease that is COPD
•the daily challenges that asthma sufferers face
•pollution that threatens our lungs and our lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzUjsLhL38c

13. OFFICER APPLICATION
2015-2016

14. • Secretary:
• Record meeting minutes and track attendance during club meetings
• Send weekly emails with meeting minutes and reminding members of upcoming meetings/events
• Register the club for meeting room/other activities for RSO’s.
• This position could double as ‘web master’ in ensuring the website is up to date with material about
upcoming events.
• Vice President:
• Preside over weekly club meetings in the absence of the president, and attend all club meetings be
in contact with the projects of the club.
• Support the governance and success of the club by optimize the relationship between the
Committees, members, and to achieve the club’s agreed goals.
• Treasurer:
• Manage UW Lung Health BankAccount
• Serve as Membership Chair, collecting and tracking registration forms
• Keep track of incoming and outgoing funds
• In charge of collecting fundraising/event income

15. • Fundraising Committee Chair:
• Lead a committee of other club members to plan, design, and create fundraising opportunities.
• Work closely with American Lung Association to coordinate fundraising events and bring them
to the UW campus
• Plan at least one large fundraiser a year and two smaller ones.
• Delegate other club members and other committees to promote and implement events and to
involve community outside of the UW.
• Public RelationsCommittee Chair:
• Lead a committee of other club members on promoting UW Lung Health through social media:
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,Tumblr.
• Design and distribute flyers around campus to promote club/club activities.
• Organize tabling events around UW Campus to promote the club & club activities.
• Reach out to and schedule speakers for each meeting
• Bring new ideas for speakers that the club could enjoy
• Plan quarterly social event

16. CAMPUS CHAPTER
PROPOSAL
Be the first to start the UW Campus Chapter of the American Lung
Association!
http://college.relayforlife.org/getinvolved/collegesagainstcancer/training-and-resources