Every year, PHA supporters organize dozens of events across the country to raise much-needed funds to support the PH community. Some events are hosted by PHA, and others are hosted by members in the community.
Every event brings together people with pulmonary hypertension, caregivers, medical professionals and our industry partners to support one another in our fight against PH. Support the PH community by participating in an upcoming event near you!
Interested in hosting an event? Email PHA’s Director of Fundraising Events.
Fundraising events can be anything from a walk to a school event. Learn more about fundraising and how to get involved.
Support PHA’s Mission Through Community Events
Pulmonary Hypertension Association O2breathe walks begin this weekend in Tampa. spring. PHA’s O2breathe walks bring together members of the pulmonary hypertension community to connect, celebrate the community’s accomplishments and raise funds to support PHA’s programs and services.
Casey Perez was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension three months after her wedding in 2018. The 32-year-old lives in Bradenton, Florida, with her husband and works as a marketer. “I turned to PHA’s invaluable resources on how to live better with PH,” she wrote in PHA’s most recent annual report.
Rain didn’t stop the Houston-area pulmonary hypertension (PH) community from raising more than $19,000 at its first O2breathe walk. The Jan. 28 at Buffalo Bayou Partnership Water Works-Brown Foundation celebrated participants, patients and top fundraisers.
Kevin Heyen, vice president of development and industry relations for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, recently stepped behind the bar in his hometown to support PHA. Kevin’s celebrity bartender stint was an example of creative ways the PHA community raises money to support pulmonary hypertension research and awareness.
Pulmonary hypertension communities in Boston and Northern California raised nearly $25,000 in recent PHA O2Breathe walks.
A family’s fundraiser has raised $120,000 for the Pulmonary Hypertension Association since 2011. Melinda Rummel of DeWitt, Michigan, founded the race in honor of her daughter, Mackenzie Grubich, who died in 2009.
