Thank you to the Saguaros for sponsoring our Camp Nurture. Camp Nurture is designed for burn survivors ages 0-6 and their families to better understand and heal physically, emotionally, and socially after a burn injury. This therapeutic camp provides families with a community of support and coping skills to incorporate beyond camp. Breakout session topics include […]
Happy New Year! Each new year brings with it the excitement of what is possible. It’s a fresh start as you start a new calendar year, you learn to write the correct year when dating documents, you make your new year’s resolutions and then you count the days until you forget what those resolutions were. […]
Another incredible community smoke alarm walk season has come to an end. We would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to the 7 fire departments and 229 volunteers that helped make our fall 2022 smoke alarm walks possible. We were able to install 673 smoke alarms in 200 high-risk homes across 7 different cities, […]
The Holiday Season is such a great time to celebrate this year full of memories with family and friends. Here at ABF we are also in a celebrating mood. Our year has been filled with activities and support for the burn community and it is because of all of the support you have been providing. […]
GivingTuesday was launched in 2012 to create a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past ten years, this global movement that inspires millions of people to collaborate, give, and celebrate generosity. On November 29, 2022, GivingTuesday will kick off the season of giving by inspiring people to make a positive change in […]
During these past several months we have found some potential gaps in the ABF camps programs while talking to survivors and their families and looking at how we deliver the ABF mission. So coming into 2023 we will be hosting 6 camps instead of the 4 camps like in past years. After taking a deeper […]
As we enter the last three months of 2022, we are constantly amazed by the generosity of all of you, our community of donors and volunteers. Because of that generosity, we are able to continue assisting burn survivors at the moment of crisis at both the Arizona Burn Center and the newly established burn center […]
In 2021 ABF worked with some of our key partners in the burn community, Burn Center leadership, burn survivors, donors and staff and created the “Growing Hope” campaign. This campaign is designed to assist in our ability to truly support on a statewide basis our objectives of supporting burn survivors and their families. It was […]
The Buckeye Valley Community Smoke Alarm Walk was a great success this past Saturday, October 1st! Thanks to Buckeye Valley Fire District and the 25 volunteers who joined. You reached 33 homes, educating 104 residents on fire safety. You also installed 142 smoke alarms and 1 Deaf & Hard of Hearing smoke alarm at no […]
Did you know that you only have 2 MINUTES to escape your home once a house fire starts? This very short amount of time helps illustrate how incredibly important our Deaf and Hard of Hearing Smoke Alarm Systems are to Arizona residents who require special assistance to hear their smoke alarms and respond in an […]
