Ever forget to change your ac/furnace air filter or take your medications including birth control?  You aren’t the only one.  We forget many things?

Clean Air and Asthma

• More than 24 million Americans – including 7 million children – suffer from asthma (EHS Today)
• Reducing indoor air pollution can have a dramatic impact on the effects of asthma. (Clean Air Plus)
• Changing the air filter is probably the most missed item of maintenance that homeowners fail to do.  (Anderson/Schoech, Attorneys at Law, Real Estate)
• A dirty air filter is the #1 reason for HVAC system failure.
• 90-95% of AC service calls to rental units are the result of not properly changing air filters.
• A dirty AC filter is hazardous to your health. The Trane website explains, "The air inside your home is usually more polluted than the air outside.”

• Air pollution may double the risk that an elderly person will be hospitalized for pneumonia, according to a study.  (News Max Health - Dirty Air Doubles Elderly Pneumonia Risk Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:13 AM)

Medication Noncompliance (I forgot my mediation/birth control)

• The American Heart Association calls the #1 problem in treating illness today is failure to take prescription medications correctly.
• 1 million unintended pregnancies occur every year from pill user failure.
• 55% of the elderly don't take medication according to the doctor's orders (Agingcare.com)
• 62% of participants in a study conducted by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health forgot to take medication.
• In 2006, Align Map cited a survey that 49% said they had forgotten to take prescribed medications.

Pet Medication

• Heartworm disease occurs in 66-100% of dogs exposed to mosquitoes and who live in endemic regions.
  • Dogs should be given heartworm medication on the same day each month YEAR-ROUND.
• 50% of pet owners fail to administer pet medications as directed
• 30% of pet medication doses are not given in the prescribed time

Other forgotten tasks

Mustang Express (4-2-12) listed some of the top 10 things people forget include:

• • Taking medication
  • Feeding the pets/fish
  • Taking out the trash.
• Watering the plants
• Changing water filters
• Children’s chores

Who We Are

Jim Novak is the founder of the Daily Timer.  His son has severe asthma and doctors said it was very important to change the AC filters on a regular basis for cleaner air.  Jim looked for a user-friendly reminding device for regular filter changes.  After researching online, two things were discovered; there wasn’t a timer that counted down in days and there were many forgotten tasks that could be eliminated by this simple device.  Thus, the Daily Timer was born. 

ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) -  the largest media and marketing organization serving the advertising specialty industry with over 50 years of experience and 27,000 distributors/suppliers as members.  ASI will be the initial "mass marketing" source.

DA International:  a global manufacturer, which has over 22 years of experience in custom manufacturing and product development.   

Our Goal

The requested funds of $30,000 will bring the Daily Timer to life.  The funds will be used for the first run of 10,000 units including a minimum order of 100,000 computer chips.  These prices include everything from production, printing and delivery to the end user.

90 days is the expected manufacturing time for the first round of units.  Time will be significantly reduced for orders thereafter.   We have teamed with a proven manufacturing and distribution company.

The Impact

The Daily Timer is a simple device to help its users to remember important tasks such as taking medication as prescripbed or changing air filters for cleaner air.  These are two of the most forgotten tasks for all of us.  Ask any doctor if they have clients that forget to take their medications – I can tell you what you’ll hear.   Ask any parent with an asthmatic child if having a simple device to remind them to change their air filters regularly is useful.

Other Ways You Can Help

Please help us get the word out.   Send our campaign link to anyone you know that could benefit from the Daily Timer.  Think of doctors, nurses, home healthcare providers, HVAC companies, or anyone with asthma. We look forward to updating everyone on the Daily Timer’s success.  Thank you for your support.