This county exceeds the national average for asthma-related and COPD related deaths.
What is Duval County?
100
This tower is a 617 ft (188 m) skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
What is the Bank of America Tower?
100
This was known as the “white plague” taking the lives of people who were young, old, rich and poor.
What is Tuberculosis?
100
February 4, 2012
What is date of the Climb?
100
This U.S. President was an honorary vice president from 1905 to 1919 and went by the nickname"Teddy".
What is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
This disease is the fourth leading cause of death in America, claiming the lives of 120,970 Americans in 2006.
What is COPD ?
200
This is the second tallest building in the United States located in New York City, standing at 1,250 ft. tall.
What is the Empire State Building ?
200
To save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.
What is ALA Mission statement?
200
This is the location of the Fight For Air Climb.
What is Bank of America Building?
200
This french physician suggested double cross in 1902 as a symbol for the "crusade" against tuberculosis.
Who is Dr. Gilbert Sersiron?
300
This causes more deaths than the next three most common cancers combined (colon, breast and prostate).
What is Lung cancer ?
300
This is the tallest building in the United States. It stands at 1,729 ft and located where cubbies play ball.
What is Willis Tower (formaly known as the Sears Tower)?
300
Founded in this year as the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosisear.
What is 1904?
300
Tuesday/ Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings you can find the ALA team at the Bank of America Building.
What is Climb Practice?
300
This woman created the first Christmas Seals in 1907 to raise money for a small TB sanatorium, and led the growing effort for many years. She is now hailed as a public health pioneer.
Who is Emily Bissell ?
400
Each year 36,000 Americans die from this common illness and its complications.
What is the flu?
400
This tower was built in 1930 in New York City and King Kong did not climb.
What is Chrysler Building?
400
In 1907 ALA launched this annual Campaign for the holiday season.
What is Christmas Seals Campaign?
400
This Big Apple landmark is about double the height of the Jacksonville Bank of America building.
What is Empire State Building?
400
The founder and first president of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the precursor to the American Lung Association.
Who is Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau?
500
This is one of the most common chronic disorder in childhood, currently affecting an estimated 7.1 million children under 18 years of age.
What is Asthma?
500
This the world's tallest building located in the United Arab Emirates.
What is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper?
500
This year White Christmas came out to the big screen and ALA played a critical role in getting tuberculosis under controll in the U.S.
What is 1954?
500
The total of 80+200-75+178 is also the total of steps in the Bank of America Building.
What is 838?
500
The current American Lung Association President and Chief Executive Officer.