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Build Smart, Breathe Easier in Metro Atlanta

Build Smart, Breathe Easier in Metro Atlanta
Build Smart, Breathe Easier in Philadelphia

Build Smart, Breathe Easier in Philadelphia
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Detroit

Build Smart, Breathe Easier Detroit
Introducing Build Smart, Breathe Easier

Introducing Build Smart, Breathe Easier

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Carter Oosterhouse

Carter Oosterhouse will lend his expertise to Build Smart, Breathe Easier in the building and outfitting of the homes with asthma-healthy features and participate in each of the home builds.
Partida Family

Through Build Smart, Breathe Easier, we are partnering with the Partida family to build a home with asthma-healthy features in the Greater Los Angeles area.
Johnson Family

Through Build Smart, Breathe Easier, we are partnering with the Johnson family to build a home with asthma-healthy features in the Philadelphia area.
Dunmore Family

Through Build Smart, Breathe Easier, we are partnering with the Dunmore family to build a home with asthma-healthy features in the Detroit area.
Obele Family

Through Build Smart, Breathe Easier, we are partnering with the Obele family to build a home with asthma-healthy features in the Metro Atlanta (North Central Georgia) area.
Partida Family Cutting Ribbon

HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse and Build Smart, Breathe Easier program partners help the Partida family cut the ribbon to their new house with asthma-healthy features at the Nov. 15 dedication ceremony.
Johnson Family Dedication

The Johnson Family thank the Build Smart, Breathe Easier program partners and celebrate their new house with asthma-healthy features at the Nov. 12 dedication ceremony.
The Obele family in Atlanta

The Obele family and volunteers drive in the first nails on their new house with asthma-healthy features built in Atlanta, GA as part of the Build Smart, Breathe Easier national asthma program.
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Volunteers in Atlanta

Build Smart, Breathe Easier volunteers raise the walls on the house with asthma-healthy features built in Atlanta, GA.

Documents

Asthma Insight & Management Survey Fact Sheet

Asthma Insight & Management Survey Fact Sheet
Asthma-Healthy Homes Fact Sheet

Asthma-Healthy Homes Fact Sheet
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Launch Press Release

Build Smart, Breathe Easier Launch Press Release
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Fact Sheet

Build Smart, Breathe Easier Fact Sheet
Carter Oosterhouse Bio

Carter Oosterhouse Bio
Build Smart Breathe Easier Detroit Press Release
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Philadelphia Press Release

Build Smart, Breathe Easier Philadelphia Press Release
Build Smart, Breathe Easier Atlanta Press Release

Build Smart, Breathe Easier Atlanta Press Release

Final ‘Build Smart, Breathe Easier’ House with Asthma-Healthy Features Dedicated in Atlanta

Merck joins Habitat for Humanity Affiliate in North Central Georgia, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America and HGTV’s Carter Oosterhouse to present keys to new homeowner

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., December 9, 2011 – The last of four Habitat for Humanity houses built across the United States as part of the Build Smart, Breathe Easier national asthma education program will be dedicated in partnership with the Obele family in the Metro Atlanta area on Friday, December 9, 2011. Program partners Merck, Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and HGTV’s Carter Oosterhouse will host a dedication ceremony at which Joyce Obele, her mother, Cecelia, and six children will receive keys and walk through their completed house with asthma-healthy features for the first time.

Joyce and her six children are working to rebuild their lives after two devastating events, the loss of their home and Cecilia’s cancer diagnosis. The family’s contribution to building a house with asthma-healthy features is particularly important because two of the daughters, Cindy (11) and Amara (13), suffer from asthma and have been hospitalized on numerous occasions. Despite these challenges, the children excel in school and Joyce is pursuing a degree in human services, hoping to someday work with children of domestic abuse.

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Lesley Brown
Merck
267-305-3545
lesley_brown@merck.com

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