We just got word from the Children's Aid Society that last Saturday hundreds of East Harlem residents marched from 116th Street to the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building on 125th Street to raise awareness of asthma. Two students from the Children’s Aid Society’s Community School P.S. 50 in East Harlem served as co-grand marshals for the march. Mariah George and Brianna Byers, both 12-year-old 6th graders, are working to raise kids' awareness of asthma and its triggers. Their community has one of the highest asthma rates in the nation.

The effort may not have taken the form of an asthma mobile, but it's still a job well done. What's your community doing about asthma?