PHOENIX, June 14, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Just tough it out." That used to be the only advice available to young asthma sufferers. In fact, a doctor once gave Clint Sanderson that very advice. Sanderson, now the President of Crexendo, a Web Marketing company, was a boy at the time, struggling to cope with asthma as he grew up in Wyoming.
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Perhaps that's one reason Sanderson and the company he leads has been so involved with the American Lung Association of Utah and its Open Airways For Schools program.
"The Open Airways For Schools program wouldn't exist without all the support it's gotten from Crexendo," Director Don Hooper of the American Lung Association said. "Because of the large donations from Crexendo and its pledge of continued support in the future, any Utah elementary school that wants to participate in the Open Airways program, can. The school doesn't have to pay anything."
Open Airways For Schools educates asthma sufferers ages 8-11, some of whom might not learn about it any other way. It helps kids understand that by managing their condition, children with asthma can do anything non-sufferers can.
"With today's medication, most children with asthma can be confident about playing sports, being outdoors, and even being around animals," said Hooper.
Proper education about asthma is important for the children and their families but the issue reaches much further than that.
"Knowing how to manage asthma often means the difference between a routine trip to the doctor and a rush to the emergency room. In terms of cost, that can be a difference of $400 or more," Hooper said.
In the case of kids who live in low-income households, that cost savings filters down to all tax payers. Especially because asthma attacks are a leading cause of emergency room visits for school-age children. And the percentage of asthma sufferers in the general population is on the rise.
There are currently 33 elementary schools in Utah participating in the program and any school that would like to participate can still do it. The program is ongoing.
Clint Sanderson is slated to begin his term as Chairman of the American Lung Association in Utah on July 1, 2010.
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iMergent (AMEX:IIG) provides eCommerce solutions to entrepreneurs and businesses enabling them to market and sell their business products or ideas via the Internet. The company sells its proprietary software and training services which help users build Internet strategies to allow entrepreneurs and businesses to market and sell their products, accept online orders, analyze marketing performance and manage pricing and customers over the Internet. In addition to software and training, iMergent offers site development, web hosting and search engine optimization (SEO). iMergent, StoresOnline and Crexendo Business Solutions, Inc. are trademarks of iMergent, Inc.
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