| Show First Xmas Obviously Who gels the first Christmas Seals in Christmas and Mr THAT'S the way it was Monday when Lyman F. president of the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association of opened the 1972 Christmas Seal Campaign by presenting the first colorful Christmas Seals to Susan Christmas and Chris D. Christmas is an Orem formerly of is a pre-medical student at the University of now living in Salt Lake They support the annual fund drive to fight respiratory and the conditions that cause lung illness or make it SMART said that Christmas Seal letters will be going to homes and businesses in Utah during the next few letter carries an educational message and an appeal for contributions for the work of the non-profit Smart ARE two ways to support the answer your Christmas Seal letter with a use Christmas Seals on gifts and packages to help remind others that the fight against respiratory disease is matter of The goal of the fund drive is an increase of 1971 IS needed because there is more to do to bring better health to the people of said and bronchitis disability and death is increasing Progress against tuberculosis is slowing down and we once again have to fight public There is much yet to do to restore clean air to our Much suffering and death will occur because of cigarette smoking Women are not the at the same rate as Too many young people are taking up the habit despite solid evidence of the A NEW program this year has been the establishment of an Emphysema Club in Salt Lake Supported by Christmas Seal this club provides educational experiences whereby victims of chronic bronchitis and asthma can learn ways to breathe increase their physical ac am reduce the number of acute hospital episodes of their The Christmas Seal Association also participated in a health screening project in Sanpete County this Its purpose was to help farmers in the area by finding out the kinds and distribution of pulmonary disease they BECAUSE the incidence of tuberculosis is highest among the Navajo Indians in and because the language and culture barrier makes tion of these people most the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association is developing special educational materials in preparation for an educational program that will communicate with the Indians in their language and Smart the Christmas Seal service most in demand are the Respiratory Disease Self-Care Classes which are held monthly in sponsorship with the Intermountain Thoracic Society and the said Mr HOURS of instruction are given monthly in a class designed to help lung disease victims learn what they can do tn help themselves cope with the daily problems of living with lung The Christmas Seal Campaign is conducted entirely by There is no door-to-door solicitation nor withholding of pay by The first Christmas Seal campaign in the United States was in It has been conducted annually since then throughout the United States and in many countries of the |
