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January, 2009
Dear Friend of IFSA Burn Camp:
The Bucks for Burn Camp Committee is busy planning
their “Bucks for Burn Camp” fundraiser
scheduled for June 13, 2009. All proceeds from their
event will be donated to the Illinois Fire Safety
Alliance Burn Camp. Any monetary donation or donation
of raffle prizes would be very helpful to them.
We encourage your support to this event so that we
can all accomplish something very positive for those
young children that have endured more than most of
us ever will as adults.The special programs we make
available at camp help the children build self-esteem
while lear
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p psychological trauma they often suffer.
It costs approximately $1,500 per child to attend
Burn Camp. The campers’ families never incur
any expense. Camp is only possible through fundraisers
such as this. 96 children attended our Burn Camp in
2007. Burn Camp 2009 will be held June 14-20. We expect
to have approximately 100 campers this year. One of
our previous burn survivors, who now comes to us a
volunteer counselor wrote this poem that says it all….
Special, Beautiful
Burn Camp
By J.J. Chevron
For one week of the year, at a special place
called burn camp,
a group of extraordinary people get together
to temporarily erase the very permanent damage
that fire has painted upon so many innocents.
They do what most cannot, but what everyone
should.
They see beneath the masks and suits of scars
that so many wear.
Exposing the only thing that any of us should
see…
The Beautiful Children.
Armed with huge hearts and immeasurable love,
these great souls set the children free from
all that should not be, to run and play and
soar…
the way it should always be. |
We appreciate your support to the Bucks for Burn Camp
committee and their fund raiser. Please contact them
with any donation you may have.Sincerely,
Mary Werderitch
Executive Director
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