CHEST Foundation Donor Spotlight Spring 2015 | Página 5

Looking to get involved? The CHEST Foundation is a great place to volunteer! CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! The CHEST Foundation has five workgroups you can join. Over the next few months, your talents can contribute to: Patient-Focused Public Education n Development and coordination of disease-state education in over 40 topic areas in English and in Spanish. n Development of public service announcement (PSAs) videos for public events. n Review of patient education materials, such as comic CHEST Foundation’s Community Outreach Spirometry Event at Austin Lung Health Day , October 27, 2014. books and brochures. n Coordination of spokespersons for disease-specific media events. Tobacco Education and Cessation n Development and coordination of tobacco-related physician education materials. n Updating and delivery of Lung Lessons™, our youth tobacco prevention education for classroom and museum programs. n Delivery of public tobacco education and cessation materials. Clinical Research Grants n Development of criteria and selection of clinical research grants to be given out each year. n Scoring and awarding of clinical research grants. Community Service Grants n Development of criteria and selection of community service grants to be given out each year. n Scoring and awarding of community service grants. Communications and Social Media n Content development and coordination of social media and print communications. n Oversee the “I’m in the Family” campaign. n Coordination of spokespersons for foundation media events. The CHEST Foundation workgroups develop the resources of the foundation and deliver an immediate impact to our members, patients, and the public. In addition to volunteers, each workgroup is composed of Board of Trustee members and CHEST Past Presidents, donors, and volunteer CHEST members. It’s a great way to connect, contribute, and learn. To volunteer please e-mail: [email protected].