About Breathe California
OUR MISSION
As the local lung health leader, Breathe California of the Bay Area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health.
100 YEARS OF LOCAL SERVICE
Since 1911, our grassroots non-profit organization has dedicated itself to helping all local residents breathe easier. Originally founded as the Tuberculosis Society and later working under three other names (including the American Lung Association of Santa Clara-San Benito Counties, 1970-2005), we have offered a wide array of services that address the most pressing lung health issues of our time. This includes programs to:
- teach kids how to manage their asthma;
- prevent teens from using tobacco;
- assist smokers who want to quit;
- offer support to local COPD & lung cancer patients;
- advocate for clean air policies; and
- support innovative lung disease research.
We believe the most significant impact on people's lives takes place through local interaction. Through education, political advocacy, cutting-edge research and patient services, we use a comprehensive approach to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the impact of lung disease. With a committed core of volunteers and staff who hold hope, determination, action and vigilance as the cornerstones to creating change, we will continue our drive to ensure we can all breathe easier.