Canada

Location: Squamish, B.C.
Contact:
Peter Hansen, Executive Director
#463-4800 Kingsway
Burnaby, B.C. VSH-4J2

Tel: 1 (604) 436-5617
Fax: 1 (604) 436-3057

Location: Camp Arnes
Contact:
Isla Crawford, Child Life Specialist.
Fire Fighters Burn Fund Childrens'Burn Unit.
Childrens' Hospital.
CK3, 840 Sherbrook Street.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1S1

Tel: 1 (204) 787 2650
Tel: 1 (204) 787 4785

Fax: 1 (204) 787 2049

Affiliation: Childrens' Hospital; Fire Fighters Burn Fund Inc

Burn Camp:
Camp Bucko

Location: Rosseau, Ontario
Contact:
Gwen St. John, PT
London Health Sciences Center
London, Ontario

Tel: 1 (519) 667-6616

Affiliation: London Health Sciences Ctr. Hamilton Gen. Hospital, Windsor Reg. Hosp. Hosp. for Sick Children

The group who is primarily a Support Group, caters for burn survivors from the Toronto area who have been treated at the Ross Tilley Burn Centre.
The Burn Survivors Association produces a quarterly Newsletter in hard copy and publishes it on the WEB.

Group contacts:
Kelly MacInnis: mcbur@interlog.com
Dr. Joel Fish: e-mail address is on the their web site
Link to Ross Tilley Burn Centre website

AboutFace is a charitable organisation providing information and emotional support to individuals with facial differences and their families. They welcome and include those whose facial differences are present at birth or the result of accidents or illness.
AboutFace has a Network in place that can put people in touch with others who share similar concerns and experiences.
They publish an international newsletter containing personal stories, information and resources related to facial disfigurement.
They make the general public aware and educated them about facial differences and dispel myths about unusual appearances, this is achieved through a school program and other activities.

Group contacts:
E-mail: Consuelo McQueen at: About Face International
E-mail: AboutFace USA at: AboutFace USA

Link to the International AboutFace web site

Mailing address:
Ste. 1003
123 Edward St.
Toronto
Ontario, M5G 1E3
Telephone: (416) 597-2229; 1-800-665-3223
Fax. (416) 597-8494

For the USA please telephone: 1888 486-1209

Please take note that Spanish and Portugues is also spoken!

Our aim is to help burn survivors of Cape Breton Island thru financial help and support meetings and also to promote our children's burn camp.
Burned children that would like to attend should contact us. The camp is being held every year.

Contact Camp Chair (Atlantic Burn Camp)
E-mail :cb.burncare@ns.sympatico.ca or use link on website
Website: www.cbfburncare.ca

The support group was formed in 1986. The main goals of the Group is to provide support to burn victims as well as their family and friends during their stay in the hospital and after discharge. The aim is to reintergrate the survivor into society as soon as possible. The group has district representatives in most areas across Nova Scotia.

Regular open discussion meetings are held every second Wed.

We are a newly founded Non-Profit Association, that has taken on the the fight and the rights for Burn Survivor's to gain all necessary information, education, Pshychologial, therapuetically, Surgically, etc,

My name is Donna Spence and I'm the Founder, and President of this Association, and also a Burn Survivor. I sustained 68% rd & 4th degree burns on my forehead to my upper thighs, with 12% being 2nd dgree. I was burnt only 16 month's from now (Tuesday, September 28, 1999) and I know that NO one knows what a traumatization this causes upon the emotions, physically, mentally, socially, etc, except for the Burn Survivor.

The Flicker of Hope Foundation is a non-profit organization created to provide educational opportunities for burn survivors, offer emotional support and practical guidance to burn survivors and their families, increase awareness of the social needs and issues of burn survivors, and give motivational reinforcement to the fire safety community.

NEED
Nationally, 30,000 children annually receive massive burn injuries affecting more than 70 percent of the body surface, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. A confidence-devastating burn injury can significantly affect their chances to live a rewarding and productive life enhanced by social interaction, education and professional development.

GOALS
General
The objectives of Flicker of Hope Foundation are to help young burn survivors achieve a measure of social confidence and meet specific educational goals. We will meet these goals by providing general support and counseling services for children up to age 14 and their families. Additional efforts for children 15-18 will focus on helping them perform well academically by supplying encouragement and mentors. A major focus of the Foundation will be to provide funds for those with financial need when they are accepted into an accredited post-secondary institution.

Academic
The opportunities afforded by scholastic achievement far outweigh the serious physical limitations imposed by fire injuries. Therefore, the Foundation will direct a substantial portion of its funding toward providing college scholarship monies for burn survivors. Such funds will cover the costs of tuition, books, supplies, and on-campus room and board. Funds will be paid directly to the institution.

Technical/Career
A further effort will be to work with seriously burned children age 16 and older who will not pursue a college education. These children are often overlooked by those providing scholarship funds but are typically unlikely to obtain adequate job skills. The Foundation will work with these children to provide trade and technical career training.

Publication
Flicker Of Hope Foundation will publish and distribute to burn survivors On A Ring And A Prayer, the autobiography of David Borowski, the Foundation’s president, which details how he managed to live a life of significant accomplishment despite experiencing the physical ravages of fire.

Re-Entry
David will work with schools to ease the move of a burned child back into the classroom by visiting with the child’s classmates ahead of his/her return and discussing with them the nature of their friend’s injuries, the recuperative process, and what they can expect when the child returns to class.

Fire Safety Community
Dave actively advocates national policies endorsed by the fire and life safety community. Since 1998, he has worked to restore the Children’s Safe Sleepwear Standard to the Flammable Fabrics Act. He gives motivational talks to firefighters and educates schoolchildren about the importance of fire safety practices in the home. He is also part of the Fairfax County, Virginia Fire and Rescue Department’s Juvenile Fire Starter Intervention Program whose goal is to redirect the inclinations of young fire starters.
www.flickerofhope.org

E-mail: Dave Borowski

ASSOCIATION DES GRANDS BRÛLES
Mouvement d'accueil aux victimes de brûlures

Directrice générale : Marie Dionne
1750, rue de Vitre
bureau 102
B.P. 30
Québec G1J 1Z6
Tél. depuis l'Angleterre 001/418.527.7004-
Fax : 001/418.527.3403 -

Message e-mail à Martin Guay : martinguay@videotron.ca