On Saturday June the 9th the Firefighters Burn Institute will be hosting a party! "A Tropical Affair” will be held at the Shriners Hospital for Children on Stockton Blvd. Located behind Shriners is a large lawn area where the party will be held under the stars! We will have a lot of food and drink vendors that will be there and the band, Wonder Bread 5 will be helping everyone dance the night away! Hawaiian dancers will also be on hand! You can purchase tickets at www.ffburn.org Please support the Firefighters Burn Institute and help make this a night that everyone will remember! Proceeds will help benefit the burn units at Shriners and U.C. Davis Hospitals….

Firefighters from many of the fire departments serving Sacramento and surrounding communities will support the Firefighters Burn Institute at our annual “Fill the Boot for Burns Boot Drive”. This year’s Boot Drive will be held February the 17th through the 20th at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights. Our “kick off” will be held in conjunction with the “Media and Fire Chief’s Challenge” on Saturday the 18th at 10:00 A.M. Fire agencies in 18 Northern California counties are also hosting “Fill the Boot for Burns” events during the next 2 months. The entire weekend Firefighters Mike Feyh and Forrest Rowell will be high above the intersection of Greenback and Sunrise in their Fire Truck Aerial Ba

“Dance on Fire,” a pictorial 2012 calendar created as a joint effort by the Firefighters’ Burn Institute and the Sacramento Ballet, will have its sales debut on October 21. It features twelve beautifully rendered images by award-winning photographer Keith Sutter, each one featuring one of Sacramento areas dedicated firefighters paired with a dancer from the Sacramento Ballet. All proceeds from calendar sales benefit the Sacramento Ballet and the Firefighters Burn Institute equally. The idea for the calendar grew out of conversations between Nancy Garton, a ballet Board member, and Jim Doucette, Executive Director of the Firefighters Burn Institute. When the idea was shared with ballet Art

This Sunday over 50 young burn survivors will be rendezvousing at Shriners Hospital for Children, Sacramento, and heading off to Lake Tahoe for a fun filled week! They will be attending the 19th annual, “Firefighters Kids Camp.” There will be a lot of activities that they will participate in, but the most important thing about this camp, is that they get to be around other kids just like themselves! Burn injuries are very traumatic and can be disfiguring. Sometimes these kids face teasing and ridicule from other kids, but this camp not only gets them away from that for the week, it also teaches them how to handle this kind of behavior in their everyday life. They will also participate in

The Firefighters Burn Institute is recruiting young burn survivors for our upcoming Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp. The camp is held September 30 through October 2, 2011 at Camp Arroyo in Livermore, CA. It is designed for young burn survivors and their families. There is no charge to attend this camp, including most transportation. For more information please contact Catharine Shaw at (916) 739-8525.

 The Firefighters Burn Institute and the Sacramento Ballet have partnered to create a 2012 Firefighter/Ballet Calendar. Both charities have had calendars in the past, but this new calendar will be very different and exciting! Every month will feature a Firefighter and a Dancer together in a very artistic pose! Renowned local photographer, Keith Sutter will be using his talent to capture the breath taking images of the Firefighters and the Dancers together. The calendar will be a fundraiser for both charities and one of the ways we are raising funds is to have an online voting contest to pick the winners from the Firefighting Community and the Sacramento Ballet. Each organization has a web

By going to this link  http://www.raleys.com/cfapps/reach/nomination.cfm?ideaid=1833175  you can help support our Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp. We are trying to win a $5000.00 grant from Raley’s. Below is an article I wrote in September of last year about the Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp.   This coming Friday October the 1st the Firefighters Burn Institute will be holding its third annual, “Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp”. The Little Heroes Preschool Burn Camp was developed for Burn Survivor’s ages 3 to 6 years old and their caregiver(s). This unique 3-day burn camp focuses on providing skills to help participants cope with the physical and emotional challenges associated wit

Our annual “Fill the Boot for Burns” Boot Drive takes place this weekend at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights. This year’s Boot Drive will be our 17th. Although it isn’t our only Boot Drive, it is our largest. It is also the largest fund raiser we have every year. Below is a list of “Satellite Boot Drives” in our region. If you are in the area, please stop by and make a donation if you can. The Firefighters Burn Institute is a great charity that helps a lot of people. Please visit our new and improved website at www.ffburn.org to see the things that we do, and to find out more on how you can help. February 12-13 • Madison Fire Department with help from other Yolo County Fire Departments F

This past Sunday 51 young burn survivors left for Camp Concord in Lake Tahoe for the 18th annual, “Firefighters Kids Camp”. These kids will enjoy a week of fun and education at camp. For many of these kids, this is not their first time attending the camp and it probably will not be their last! The Firefighters Burn Institute has been organized since 1973. More information about our organization can be found at www.ffburn.org