Breathe California of Sacramento – Emigrant Trails is dedicated to healthy air and preventing lung and other air-pollution related diseases by partnering with youth, advocating public policy, supporting air pollution research, and educating the public.

Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails has been a leader in fighting for clean air, healthy lungs and a tobacco-free future since 1917.

We are the only Sacramento-based organization that spends 100% of every dollar raised locally to support and expand our innovative programs, which improve the health of our residents.

With the continued support and dedication of people like you, we promise to continue making the Sacramento Region a healthier place to live and breathe.


Thank you to our Centennial Sponsors for their year-round support of our programs

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22nd Emigrant Trails Bike Trek!

This weekend is the 22nd Annual Emigrant Trails Bike Trek! Participants will enjoy three days of cycling through the beautiful Napa Valley Wine Country and two nights of camping at the Napa County Fairgrounds in Calistoga while supporting a great cause!

Thank you to those of you who have made a donation to a rider or team. If you want to donate to a Trekker now, please click here.

A special thank you goes to our event sponsors, riders and volunteers who help make this event a success!

Support Our Mission While Sprucing Up Your Fall Wardrobe!

You can support Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails while kick-starting (or wrapping up) your holiday shopping by participating in Downtown Macy’s Community Shopping Day.

With the purchase of a $10 ticket from Breathe California, you will be supporting our youth programs, including the purchase an 8-DRUM sampler for our A.I.R. project! Not only that, but the ticket grants admission to the Community Shopping Day, gives you a one-time use of $10 off any purchase of $25 on November 22, 2008, 10% off furniture, mattress, and area rug purchases as well as 20% off apparel, accessories, housewares, luggage, electric and technology purchases made November 12 through November 22. You could also win a $1000 shopping spree! Return your “Bonus Stub” to the collection box inside Macy’s Downtown on November 22, and Breathe receives and additional $3 donation!

In addition to a storewide non-profit informational fair, this 12-hour shopping experience offers great discounts, fashion shows, local restaurant tastings, cosmetic sampling events and live performances.

Buy your tickets online now or call (916) 444-5900 for more information!

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: High Speed Rail in California

Please mark your calendars for a very exciting Brown Bag lecture on High Speed Rail in California. The Governor just signed AB 3034 to replace Proposition 1 on the November ballot with Proposition 1A. Importantly from a Sacramento-region perspective, the bill enables the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to request and the Legislature to appropriate funds for high speed rail corridors outside of San Francisco to Anaheim, including Sacramento-Stockton-Fresno, and Merced-Stockton-Oakland/San Francisco via the Altamont Corridor. 

The Brown Bag Lunch Lecture will take place October 7, 2008, from noon until 1:30 p.m. in the Cal EPA building.  We are planning for a 3 person panel discussion to include state and local electeds as well as the HSR Authority. More information to follow.

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Updated 7/2/08
  • Three Scenarios Created for RT’s Transit Master Plan
  • Meet Breathe’s New Board Members
  • Air Quality Assessment Project Received Molina Award
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