Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder will join Chris Draft at the Rams Friday morning practice on August 7, to help raise awareness for the Winning with Asthma movement. Draft has partnered with the Lieutenant Governor to challenge youth and high school coaches to visit the Winning with Asthma website, www.winningwithasthma.org, and sign up for the Coach’s Asthma Clipboard Program. The program allows coaches to better understand the symptoms of asthma, as well as how they can assist their athletes with managing those symptoms and help them compete at the highest level. Draft also serves as the national spokesman for the Winning with Asthma movement and will be taking the same message to the entire country.

Right now in Missouri, over 400,000 adults and over 115,000 children suffer from the affects of Asthma.  In 2004, nearly half of Missouri adults with asthma reported they were first diagnosed as children. To support these individuals, the “Winning with Asthma” campaign, a private-public partnership created by the National Lt. Governor’s Association, features posters and literature aimed at coaches, nurses and students in high schools across Missouri. For more information, visit www.winningwithasthma.org.