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 Get In Stride for Burn Survivors
Tis' the time to think about getting those running shoes on! Join us for the 8th Annual Jimmy D Memorial 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at 9 a.m. Memorial Stadium, Joyce Kilmer Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ! In order for us to make this year's 5K another huge success we need runners, walkers, volunteers and sponsors!...more »
Watertown Fire Department Hockey Team to Host Worcester on February 3rd
All Proceeds to Benefit Family of Fallen Worcester Firefighter
On Friday February 3rd, the Watertown Fire Department Hockey Team will host the Worcester Fire Department Hockey Team in a benefit game to be held at Taft School’s Odden Rink in Watertown. Festivities begin at 7:00 PM; tickets will be available at the door. Admission will be ten dollars per person and all proceeds will benefit the Jon Davies Children’s Fund...more »
 ServPro of Meriden/Green Construction Co. Builds a Stronger Foundation for the Children's Burn Camp Future
ServPro of Meriden, CT/Green Construction has become the exclusive restoration company sponsor of The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation for 2012...more »
Wine Tasting to Benefit the Bridgeport Hospital's Connecticut Burn Center on February 16th
The Stratford Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation and The Bridgeport Hospital Foundation are presenting a wine tasting at Oronoque Country Club in Stratford...more »
 Watertown FD Hockey Jamboree Heats Up the Ice for the Children’s Burn Camp
The Watertown Fire Department hosted is first annual Hockey Jamboree that scored $3,487 to support The Children’s Burn Camp...more »
 Paul Grimmer Goes the Distance For The Children’s Burn Camp
It was November of 2010 when Paul Grimmer first laced up his running shoes and started logging the miles...more »
 Mayor of Bridgeport, CT Proclaims Dec. 13th as Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder Day
In recognition of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder’s 75 years of support of the City of Bridgeport and many of the area’s top non-profits, the Mayor of Bridgeport proclaimed Dec. 13th as Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder Day...more »
Helping Hand Community Thrift Store & Furniture Bank is Now Open 7 Days a Week!
Many people have asked and Helping Hands has responded! Beginning November 20, 2011, Helping Hands will be open from 9:30 am until 3:00 pm on Sundays!!! Just in time for the Holidays! ...more »
 Car Show/Drive-In Movie Driven To Success
The second annual Classic Car & Motorcycle Show Plus Drive-In Movie wheeled into the fast lane of success on Sept. 10th, raising $21,000 and making it one of the most successful fundraisers in 2011...more »
The CT Burns Care Foundation To Honor Its Camper & Counselor of the Year & Benefactor of the Year
The CT Burns Care Foundation will honor its Counselor and Camper of the Year and Benefactor of the Year at the 32nd annual Gala Dinner Dance Saturday at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport, CT...more »
 Westport Soccer Kids Score For The Children’s Burn Camp
Adam Vengrow of Westport, CT wanted to honor the memory of his fellow workers of and friends at Cantor Fitzgerald who perished in the attack on 9/11...more »
 Renegade Knight Pig Roast: A Succulent Success
From across the expanse of Fireman’s Field in Guilford, CT, you could smell the delicious aroma of pork roasting at the first annual Renegade Knights Motorcycle Club Pig Roast on August 7th. In fact, five whole pigs were turning slowly for hours on spits to feed the hundreds of supporters who attended the event to raise funds for The Children’s Burn Camp, operated by the CT Burns Care Foundation...more »
 Life Changing
Bryttany Pauly, a Florida resident, attended The Children' s Burn Camp for nine years and graduated this year. She has run several fundraisers to help support the Children’s Burn Camp. Bryttany wrote this poem that was published in The International Day, the daily Burn Camp newspaper, to express her sentiments about her experience as a camper and what it has meant to her...more »
Mr. Junker Designates The Burns Foundation As Its Charity of the Month
Mr. Junker Outlet Store, located at 116 Main St. Milford (Devon), has selected The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation as its Charity of the Month for July. Mr. Junker will contribute a portion of the proceeds for all sales this month to the Foundation...more »
Burn Camp Camper Stars on Radio Talk Show
Bryttany Pauly of Orlando, FL, ranks The Children's Burn Camp as one of the most important influences in her young life and told her story Feb. 23rd on the Jim Buchanan Talk Show on WICC in Bridgeport, CT...more »
 CT Burns Care Foundation Sponsors Inaugural Walter E. Pleban Honorary Lectureship at Bpt. Hospital
Medical staff, friends and family packed the Hollander Auditorium at Bridgeport Hospital January 20 for the Dr. Walter E. Pleban Honorary Lectureship, sponsored by the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation (CBCF)...more »
 Honoring a Hero By Supporting The Children's Burn Camp
About three hundred people crammed into the Harvest Moon Brewery Café in downtown New Brunswick, NJ to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Jimmy D's Firehouse Red beer on January 16th...more »
 Taking On the Wheel For the Burns Foundation
One golfer stood on the first hole at Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course in Fairfield at the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation 5th Annual Golf Tournament September 21st with the wooden headed driver in hand and marveled at how small it was compared to today's high-tech metal types...more »
Chili Cook Bring the Heat for Charity
The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation partnered with Liquid Lunch Restaurant to present the 2nd annual Chili Cook Off April 24th at Liquid Lunch Restaurant, 6 Research Drive in Shelton...more »
 CT Burns Care Foundation Pig Roast/Classic Car Show: Driven to Success
The sun glinted off the chrome and richly polished paint jobs of 93 Classic Car on display at the first CT Burns Care Foundation Classic Car Show...more »
 John Atcherson, a Loyal Foundation Supporter Passes
The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation lost a loyal supporter and wonderful friend in June with the passing of John Atcherson, a retired Bridgeport Firefighter and President of the Foundation Support Group...more »
 Red Knights Motorcycle Club Rides Again
This year, the Red Knights Shoreline Chapter IV motorcycle club rode a new course in its eighth annual ride to benefit the Children's Burn Camp...more »
Waterbury Calendar Raises Dollars for Children's Burn Camp
Local 1339 fire fighters are working hard to make sure that young burn surivors can attend the Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp located in Union, Connecticut...more »
Summer Camp Time Again For Children With Severe Burn Injuries
It was hot and humid - perfect weather for the 72 campers who enjoyed a great camping adventure July 11-18 th at the Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp, operated by the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation, based in Milford...more »
Newman's Own Foundation Presents Grant to the CT Burns Care Foundation
For the second consecutive year, Newman's Own Foundation awarded a grant to the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation Teen Smart Choices Program...more »
 Shelton Exchange Club Supports the Children's Burn Camp
The Shelton Exchange Club has reached out to burn survivors by recently donating $300 to the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation Children's Burn Camp...more »
 The Foundation Honors Kim Phuc, ("The Little Girl in the Picture") As Person of the Year for 2010
Kim Phuc, the "little girl in the picture" of the iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning Vietnam War photo, mesmerized the audience in a luncheon to benefit the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation March 29th with her story about her recovery from severe burn injuries, leading her to her life work working with children injured in war....more »
 CT Burns Care Foundation Hosts Teen Smart Choices Program
For the sixth year, The Connecticut Burns Care Foundation will sponsor its Teen Smart Choices Program, raising awareness about safety on the road and avoiding accidents that can cause burns and even claim lives...more »
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