With the summer season underway, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District would like to remind all local residents that poor air quality can affect the health of people of all ages. Symptoms can range from wheezing and coughing to aggravated respiratory illnesses, such as asthma. The good news is there are plenty of fun indoor activities you can do with your kids on Spare The Air days.   1. Treasure Hunt Find all the treasures on the list. Make a list of 10 items and hide them throughout the house. For younger kids who can’t read, take pictures or use symbols and hide them according to your child’s ability level. 2. Fairy Tales and Movie Scenes Act out your favorite bo

The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District will host Scooter’s Clean Air Pet Fest and 1st Birthday Party this Saturday, May 21, 2011. The festivities will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. alongside the dog park at Howe Avenue Park, located on the corner of Howe Avenue and Cottage Way in Sacramento. This free, pet-friendly event will kick off the 2011 Spare The Air season, which takes place every year from May through the end of October. The Spare The Air program offers different tips and tactics that can be used to help reduce air pollution in the Sacramento region. Scooter and several of his mascot friends will gather to celebrate Scooter’s first birthday and pro

CSUS students collected 509 pints of blood in the Unite to Save Lives blood drive for BloodSource, held on May 3rd and 4th. ASI hosted the event and the Public Relations Planning and Management Class (COMS 158), taught by Dr. Jing Zhang, promoted the event. The PR class ran a full-scale campaign to spread awareness about blood donation and Be the Match bone marrow registry. The class The class set a goal of 450 pints of blood over the two-day drive. and were able to accomplish that through the support of students, faculty and staff, and local organizations. CSUS has worked with BloodSource for over twenty years and will host another blood drive, the Causeway Classic in the fall. If you a

CSUS Students are hosting the Unite to Save Lives blood drive and health fair for BloodSource on May 3rd and 4th from 10-5 p.m at the University Union on the CSUS campus. The CSUS students have set an ambition goal of raising 500 pints of blood and obtaining 150 new registrants for the "Be the Match" bone marrow registry. The CSUS students will also be promoting BloodSource's Pint for Pint  campaign. Everyone that attempts to donate will receive a certificate for a free pint of Baskin Robbins ice cream.   Still not sure if blood donation is right for you? BloodSource blood donors give hope to accident victims, surgery patients, cancer patients, and many others in need. Over four million

  At 6’9 and 250 lbs, it is amazing that Big Easy Lofton made it across the zip line. Big Easy Lofton and his friend and teammate Flight Time Lang of the Harlem Globetrotters were recently on the Emmy award-winning CBS television show, “The Amazing Race.” One of their challenges was to cross a zip line suspended over water. In an interview with both Flight Time and Big Easy, Big Easy said the challenge was “exhausting.” He told me that he was told the zip line was tested, but just never tested for someone of his size. Luckily, his strength and athletic ability allowed him to finish. Flight Time and Big Easy finished fourth in the race that premiered the season final on December 6, 2009.