Kids, how do you manage your asthma?
The AAAAI and AAP announce 14th Annual Poster Contest

MILWAUKEE – Children with asthma across the country are encouraged to show their creativity in the “Living with Asthma” poster contest hosted by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). More than 6 million children in the United States have asthma and it is important for them to understand that asthma shouldn't keep them from participating in activities that they enjoy.

The AAAAI will accept entries for the 14th Annual “Living with Asthma” Poster Contest from September 1 until December 3, 2004. Children in grades 1 through 8 who have asthma and express their asthma control in a colorful poster to raise asthma awareness have a chance to win great prizes.

Children can enter their posters individually in three age categories – 1st and 2nd grade, 3rd through 5th grade and 6th through 8th grade. More details for entering the contest and an official entry form are available in the Patients & Consumer section of the AAAAI Web site, www.aaaai.org or the Section on Allergy and Immunology's home page on the AAP Web site, www.aap.org/sections/allergy/.

Contestants are encouraged to show their imagination with crayons, markers, paint, etc. on a piece of paper 8 ½ x 11 or larger. Posters can be submitted with the official entry form or with the following information on a separate piece of paper:

• Name
• Grade in school
• Mailing address
• Name of school
• School address
• Principal's name
• Name of doctor who treats your asthma and his/her specialty

Please send poster entries to:
AAAAI/AAP Poster Contest
555 E. Wells Street
Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202.

Individual Entry Prizes
First Prize -- $500 U.S. savings bond and a $250 gift certificate
Second Prize -- $250 U.S. savings bond and a $100 gift certificate
Third Prize -- $100 U.S. savings bond and a $50 gift certificate

Contest winners will be able to choose a gift certificate from one of four national retailers: Toys R Us, Barnes and Noble, Target or fogdog.com (a sports equipment Web site). Each winner's school will receive a free supply of asthma education materials.

Winners will be notified by mail in early January 2005 and their names will be posted on the AAAAI and AAP's Web sites shortly after notification.

The AAAAI represents allergists, asthma specialists, clinical immunologists, allied health professionals and others with a special interest in the research and treatment of allergic disease. Established in 1943, the AAAAI has more than 6,500 members in the United States, Canada and 60 other countries. The AAAAI serves as an advocate to the public by providing educational information and a physician referral directory through its Web site at www.aaaai.org.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

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