Happy New Year! Yes, it has arrived, so now, what do we do? The past few weeks, we have all had conversations with our friends, families, and even our own internal monologues about once the New Year begins. I plan to… lose weight, exercise more, eat healthier, etc. We all have a few self-improvement […]
Happy Holidays!! I hope everyone is enjoying the season of family, friends, gratitude, and overeating. (Maybe that last one is just me?) . This time of year, we feel that chill in the air, the sun setting at 5pm and waking up and mostly still dark skies. We also use this time of year […]
Hello everyone, As we enter the last part of 2023, yes time has flown by that quickly, we look to the opportunities of the cooler weather, the upcoming holiday seasons, and the excitement of all our upcoming events. We are fast approaching our 25th Annual Festival of Trees Gala. As the signature event for ABF […]
We all knew it and felt it but now it is official, this has been the hottest summer on record, locally and worldwide. Congratulations to all in Arizona that have been able to weather the storm. With this heat it has presented ABF with new challenges as well as compounding existing ones. The families being […]
Hello all of you hanging in there with this current heat wave. As residents of Arizona have all come to expect the summers to be hot. This year I think we can all agree that is really HOT! This heat has come to remind us of the importance of understanding what a contact burn can […]
The experience at Camp Courage never disappoints. Young burn survivors that have faced a tremendous trauma and feel sometimes like they are all alone to fight what is ahead find a safe place to have fun again. But also, during this week they can meet so many other children that are facing the same challenges. […]
Each summer for the past 32 years we have hosted Camp Courage. This camp has become one of our cornerstone programs to support our children ages 6-18 as they start to overcome the trauma of burn. This year we have over 50 burn survivors joining us once again and they will be able to enjoy […]
Spring sprung and decided to leave it up to summer to take it from here. As we welcomed the new blooms of spring at the beginning of April and rejoiced in what the rains had brought, we then transitioned quickly to what all Arizonians understand all too well, the oncoming heat. So now as we […]
The Arizona Burn Foundation is grateful to receive a $50,000 grant from Thunderbirds Charities to support our Helping Others Promoting Empowerment (HOPE) Services. Funding will be used to support HOPE services which begins the moment a burn survivor is admitted to the Burn Unit at Banner University Medical Center Tucson and the Arizona Burn Center at Valleywise. […]
Happy Spring! For those that don’t know me, you should know I love pie! What could be better than a smoked pie ?! Here is a recipe courtesy of Pine-Strawberry Fire District, who won the 2022 Cook Like a Firefighter Competition. Thank you to their amazing chef, Bill Potter, for introducing us to Smoke Peach […]
