• History
• Management Team
• Board of Directors
• Affiliated Burn Centers
• Community Partners

About Us

The Burn Foundation works to prevent fire and burn injuries, support the four regional burn centers at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Temple University Hospital, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and Lehigh Valley Hospital and advocate for burn survivors and their families. We are supported through a network of volunteer organizations, corporate philanthropy, firefighters and government grants. The Foundation’s efforts focus in four principal areas:

Prevention

• Providing burn and fire prevention programs to schools and other community organizations
• Developing and distributing media, articles and special reports on burn prevention topics
• Implementing fire safety workshops for fire services, industrial, government and trade organizations
• Providing burn prevention information to high-risk audiences including senior citizens and families with young children

Education

• Coordinating burn-care seminars for student nurses and health care professionals
• Participating in regional and national conferences on burn prevention and treatment issues
• Monitoring and reporting regional and national trends in burn incidence and treatment

Treatment

• Providing financial and program support through state grants to regional burn centers
• Furnishing emergency burn care information to 160 referring hospitals in the tri-state area

Recovery

• Providing a support network and referrals for burn injury survivors and their families
• Covering burn pressure garments for underinsured patients
• Sponsoring campers and providing counselors to summer camp for burn survivors
• The Anapol Schwartz Family Mentorship Program for Burn Survivors