Our programs and services are growing! We need your help to expand our mission to improve the quality of life for burn survivors and their families in Arizona, while promoting burn prevention and fire safety advocacy and education. We are holding our bi-annual Community Smoke Alarm Walks. We have targeted 8 at-risk neighborhoods across the […]
Burn Awareness Week is here. This week is Burn Awareness Week. This is an opportunity for you to share burn prevention advocacy and education with your community. As part of Burn Awareness Week, our goal is to raise enough funds to provide 600 low-income families in high risk neighborhoods with working smoke alarms. When you […]
ABF’s spring smoke alarm walks are back! We are partnering with 8 Arizona Fire Departments to install FREE smoke alarms in low-income, high-risk communities across the state. We will be visiting over 2,400 homes in the next 4 months and need your help! Volunteering at these walks is fun, inspiring, and very rewarding. You will […]
Spring is in the air. Here in Arizona we are blessed to have mild winters which allows for us to have an early jump on spring weather. And what will we do with these spring like temperatures? We will make an impact in our communities of course. Spring is when we are able to do […]
As we begin the New Year and reflect on our programming, we would like to take a moment to celebrate the incredible success of our Milo & Moxie: Smart Safety Rangers™ curriculum! Since the program’s targeted launch in 2017, we have seen an overall 31% decrease in the number of pediatric burn admits to the […]
ABF’s ambitious 3-year plan to expand our programs and services throughout the state is closing in on the end of the first year. During this year we have been able to secure over 49% of our 3-year goal of $1.78M dollars and have been able to establish an office in Tucson, hire a Client Care […]
Happy New Year from all of us here at ABF. As we reflect on 2021 we once again see our burn community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and our programs were held virtually. We feel strongly that we are still delivering opportunities for our families to stay connected and make an impact on their journey […]
In a recent support group meeting hosted by ABF staff counsellors, some family members were in attendance. They were motivated to be part of the burn survivor support group to learn about different resources and learn of different ways they could be of support to their family member who was a burn survivor. At a […]
This time of year, the weather starts to feel cooler, the days are shorter, the feeling starts to lean to festive and that can only mean one thing….ABF Annual Festival of Trees must be upcoming. We are looking forward to getting everyone back in person at the Arizona Biltmore on Saturday December 11th. We have […]
It’s turkey time! Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday to celebrate family and food, but can unfortunately be a dangerous day for cooking mishaps. Here are 3 safety tips to keep your Thanksgiving safe, fun, and memorable for good reasons!
