Hickory, NC--Frye Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce it will host its 6th annual asthma day camp for children June 12-16, 2006. Camp Air Adventure is open to 25 children ages 8-12 and will be held at the Catawba Science Center located at 243 3rd Ave. NE, Hickory.

The camp is designed to provide a week of fun activities while teaching children how to manage their asthma, identify triggers of an asthma episode, and how to properly take their daily medications.

Camp Air Adventure also provides an opportunity for the children to meet other children with asthma and promotes self-confidence and independence, while enhancing each child’s physical, social, intellectual and emotional growth.

The camp’s medical staff includes a medical director, nurses and respiratory therapists. Leaders and activity specialists complete the staff which provides campers with the opportunity to participate in activities such as arts and science, swimming, music and outdoor activities.

Camp Air Adventure is administered by Frye Regional Medical Center in collaboration with the American Lung Association of North Carolina. Registration is requested by April 28 to guarantee a space at camp. For more information please call 828-315-5021.

A special thank you to the following 2005 camp sponsors who helped make last year’s camp possible: Alexander County School Nurses; American Home Patient; American Lung Association of N.C.; Allergy & Asthma Associates, PA; AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingleheim; Catawba Science Center; CVCC Respiratory Therapy Program; Frye Regional Medical Center Alexander Campus; Frye Regional Medical Center Auxiliary; Frye Regional Medical Center; Genetech, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Hammary Furniture; Hickory Allergy & Asthma Clinic; Hickory City & Catawba County School Nurses; Hickory Foundation YMCA; Hickory Museum of Art; Hometown Sports of Hickory; Kay Schmucker-Prudential Hickory Metro Real Estate; Lincare, Inc.; MedPointe Pharmaceuticals; Piedmont Wagon; Pepsi-Cola; Project Linus; Sam’s Club; Schering Corporation; Sepracor; and Topper’s Pizza.

Frye Regional Medical Center, part of Tenet North Carolina, is a 355-bed acute care facility located at 420 North Center Street in Hickory.  The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of Catawba County since 1911.  The hospital’s main campus includes a comprehensive heart center and cardiopulmonary rehab, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, pediatrics, center for neurosciences, cancer center and women’s pavilion.  Frye has several extended campuses to serve families throughout the area, including Frye Wellness and Education Center, which houses the Center For Diabetes Self-Management Care, perinatal education and community wellness classes; South Campus for psychiatric services; Viewmont and Tate Surgery Centers; Vein and Wound Center/Infusion Care; Unifour Pain Treatment Center; Piedmont Therapy, offering sports and industrial rehabilitation; an urgent care facility; FryeCare, an outpatient diagnostic facility; Alexander Campus, which provides 24-hour emergency care along with diagnostic and laboratory services and infusion care; plus HealthPoint, which provides extensive industrial services and programs to employers.

Frye Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.  To learn more about the hospital, visit www.fryemedctr.com.