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Burn Camp

Burn injury is extremely painful and challenging for children. They often don't understand about the injury and why wound care and physical therapy hurt and require so much effort.

Contact with professionals who understand burn injury and with peers who have suffered similar injuries can make a big difference in the lives of children who have been burned. Burn Camp offers just such an experience to each burned child and there is never a fee.

Camp counselors are firefighters, burn center professionals, and burn survivors who want the opportunity to help burned children with their on-going recovery. All are carefully screened for their ability to relate to young burn survivors in a camp setting.

The burn camp experience goes far beyond an exciting few days in the woods. Camp programs include the normal range of land and water sports, arts and crafts, physical challenges, games, skits and social gatherings. Counselors concentrate on building trusting relationships with and between the campers to enhance their comfort and social skills.  Sharing between children and with their counselors can often provide a "personal growth spurt" which improves their lives long after camp ends.

Burn Foundation Involvement

The Burn Foundation is affiliated with three Burn Camps in our region:

• Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp
• Camp Susquehanna
• Delaware Burn Camp
  

Your Involvement

The cost to send a single child to camp is approximately $750. Your donation, in any amount, will help the Burn Foundation to continue the burn camp program here in the Greater Delaware Valley, as well as our prevention and education programs.

For information on how to make a donation or if you know a child who might benefit from the Burn Camp experience, contact the Burn Foundation at (215) 545-3816.