Lace-Up for Lungs:
Join Us and Support COPD Awareness
Join the COPD Foundation's Lace-Up for Lungs COPD Awareness month campaign this November. This year, the Foundation's COPD Awareness theme is Lace-Up for Lungs: Let's Outpace COPD. We're committed to innovative approaches to raising awareness for COPD and encouraging early diagnosis.
Lace-Up for Lungs highlights the need for better breathing & lung health, exercise & activity, and quality of life & caring for those impacted by COPD. This year, we're encouraging our Lace-Up for Lungs advocates to share messages about getting diagnosed early. Your participation can help others learn about COPD and the ongoing need for research, education, support, and ultimately a cure for COPD, bronchiectasis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease.
Alone we are one voice, but together, we are the COPD community and champions on a mission to raise awareness. Read on to discover how you can join Lace-Up for Lungs!
You Can Help Share Awareness About COPD
Sign Up Today for the Lace-Up for Lungs Toolkit
It's time to Lace-Up for Lungs: Let's Outpace COPD. Get your Lace-Up for Lungs toolkit to track your activity in November, share your activity and personal stories on social media, post messages about COPD awareness, and encourage early diagnosis.
Join us for a great cause, keep moving, and share with friends! Get started here by requesting your free, Lace-Up for Lungs toolkit. Fill out our quick form, and we'll send you a Lace-Up for Lungs toolkit.
You can walk, run, bike, lift weights, garden, do chair exercises, or stretch - it's all up to you - any activity is acceptable as part of Lace-Up for Lungs! And, you can share your creative ways to get active by posting. We hope you will have fun while supporting a good cause!
Watch this video for inspiration as you get ready to Lace-Up for Lungs
Lace-Up for Lungs: Let's Outpace COPD - Join Us and Support COPD Awareness. Check out our video, grab your camera, get creative, and challenge others! Alone we are one voice, but together, we are the COPD community and champions on a mission to raise awareness for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Video de Lace Up for Lungs - Español
Cordones para los pulmones: Únete a nosotros y vamos a la distancia para crear conciencia sobre EPOC ¡Lo invitamos a unirse al desafío #LaceUpforLungs de la Fundación COPD! ¡Mira nuestro nuevo video, toma su cámara, sé creativo y desafía a los demás!
Are You Ready to Share on Social Media?
Don't forget to tag the Foundation on social media as you post your pictures and videos. Include #LaceUpforLungs and @COPDFoundation in your post so we can track and highlight your creativity and so that you can learn about our COPD Awareness Month events.
We'll be announcing events, education, and social challenges now through the end of November on COPD360social, our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages, and right here!.
And, if you haven't already, please join: COPD360social. You can share your photos, videos, and challenges on COPD360social.
Here are a few sample posts to show you how easy it is to show your support and challenge others to Lace-Up for Lungs!
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Lace-Up for Lungs doesn't have to be a solo event! Do you work with a team of respiratory therapists, nurses, pulmonologists, or health care staffers?
We invite you to show us and tell us why you lace up! Download our ready-made sign and add your personal touch!
Order Your Lace-Up for Lungs T-shirt
You can order a Lace-Up for Lungs T-shirt to wear now in support of COPD Awareness month or wear it throughout the year to let others know that the COPD community supports individuals with chronic lung diseases and their families. Your purchase helps to support the programs of the COPD Foundation.
Donate Now to Lace-Up for Lungs
You Can Support the COPD Foundation's efforts to improve the lives of those with COPD, bronchiectasis, and NTM by donating to the Lace-Up for Lungs campaign. Your contribution will help us go the distance for research, education, treatment options, and finding a cure.
As a token of our appreciation, contributions of $25 or more to Lace-Up for Lungs will be recognized as part of our donor honor roll.
Discover More about COPD - Visit our COPD Awareness Page
Did you know that more than 350 million people worldwide are living with COPD? Imagine the population of Germany, France, UK, Italy and Spain combined; that's what 300+million looks like!
Visit our COPD Awareness Month page and discover educational resources about COP, awareness month events, and ways to share information with others.
Visit COPD Awareness Month.