Carter’s Project
Providing air quality monitors to communities in need in BC.
Last summer in 100 Mile House, 9-year old Carter Vigh sadly passed away due to an asthma attack triggered by poor air quality. The nearest air quality monitoring station was 100km; the skies were clear, but the air over 100 Mile was, invisibly, very poor. Local, real-time air quality monitoring would likely have saved his life.
Carter’s Project is an initiative in honour of Carter Vigh, which funds the free distribution of air quality monitors throughout British Columbia. Through community engagement, the project aims to increase awareness of air quality monitoring and educate communities about air quality and its effects.
On May 14, 2024, the BC Lung Foundation put Carter’s project into action as they visited 100 Mile House to distribute air quality monitors to local families who want access to real time data on air quality. BC Lung Foundation invited local households to apply to receive an air quality monitor. This is a fully subsidized program, and a total of 100 indoor monitors were distributed. 10 outdoor monitors were also placed throughout the community which provide real time air quality information that all residents can access online.
BC Lung also provided demonstrations for the monitors and how to use them, as well as a workshop on how to make DIY air cleaners.
Let’s keep our community and families safe this wildfire season!
To donate to provide a potentially life-saving air quality monitor, click below.
