CAMP CONNECTION
ISSUE 3 * VOL. 4 | JUNE 2023
BURN CAMP NEWS AND UPDATES
Family Camp 2023
When a person experiences a burn injury, the whole family is affected. It is for this reason that the Family Burn Camp has been part of the Burn Camps Program for over 30 years. Six families from Ohio, Colorado and New Mexico met up at the Estes Park YMCA in early June for a four-night camp. Participants ages 1 through 60 created a camp community focused on connecting and continued healing. A staff of eight professionals crafted a program that included daily age-based breakout groups that focus on psychosocial support. A trip to the low-ropes course at Cheley Colorado Camps gave campers and families a taste summer camp while also promoting communication, team building, problem-solving and FUN! Everyone enjoyed a visit from Estes Valley Fire Protection District firefighters with two fire engines to explore including spraying a real fire hose. Visiting historic MacGregor Ranch and enjoying free-time activities at the YMCA gave families a chance to play and heal as a family.

Reflecting on the Family Camp experience one family wrote, “Getting to connect with other kids has improved his self-image a lot! He knows he's not the only kid that got burned anymore. And other people have siblings like him too. The whole experience was very much needed and more so than I realized myself. Thank you for everything!”
2023 Courage Classic | July 15 - 16, 2023
Our Courage Classic fundraising team is excited to support the Burn Camps Program! S’more Courage is a group of dedicated volunteers raising money by hitting the road for two days of cycling over picturesque Rocky Mountain passes. This year’s tour has something for everyone with six route options from 12 to 79 miles through the beautiful Rocky Mountains, starting and ending in Copper Mountain. Whether you ride, fundraise, donate, volunteer, or sponsor the Courage Classic, your support helps provide lifesaving care for children at the region’s only nonprofit pediatric hospital.

Help us raise $25,000! Please visit our team page and click on “Donate Now.”
Summer Burn Camp | August 2023
We are excited about Summer Burn Camp at Cheley Colorado Camps in Estes Park, CO. This is an opportunity to come together and share stories with one another. Campers reflect on their past and continue healing their physical and emotional scars. With their burn injuries bringing them together, the safe, challenging, nurturing, and accepting environment at camp is what allows campers to thrive. This year's Summer Burn Camp will run from Monday, August 14th through Sunday, August 20th.
2023 Golf Tournaments
Colorado Fire Protection Association
Friday, September 8, 2023
Arrowhead Golf Club
10850 Sundown Trail
Littleton, CO 80125

Please join your friends from CFPA at Arrowhead Golf Course to benefit the Burn Camps Program. Arrowhead is one of the top 10 most-photographed golf courses in the world, has been voted the #1 public golf course in the Denver area, as well as one of America's "Top 75 Public Courses" by Golf Digest. If you have not played there, Arrowhead will truly be a golf experience you will remember forever. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Children’s Hospital Burn Camps.

Registration opens at 6:15 am with an awards celebration at 1:00 pm. The cost is $225.00/person and please register early as space is limited. The price Includes: green fees, cart, practice greens and driving range, curbside bag drop, professional scoring, breakfast, lunch, putting contest, and prizes. Please wear collared shirts and slacks or shorts and no tank tops. We look forward to another great tournament for everyone.

Click here for more information and to view the event on the CFPA website.

Denver Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation
Monday, September 11, 2023
Fox Hollow Golf Course
13410 W Morrison Rd
Lakewood, CO 80228

Join us for the 35th annual Denver Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament in support of the Burn Camps Program; burn survivors; doctors, nurses, and therapists in the burn care field; widows and orphans of Denver firefighters; and firefighters and their families who are going through significant medical or financial hardship.

Click here for more information or to register as an individual, foursome, or tournament sponsor.
40th Celebration | November 4, 2023
You are invited to join us in celebrating 40 years of Burn Camp! In lieu of our Creating Ties event and to honor this milestone, we are celebrating 40 years of Burn Camp Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Denver Center For The Performing Arts Seawell Ballroom.

This elevated event will include a delicious culinary experience to include a cocktail reception, dinner, post-party, silent and live auctions, and inspirational program. Hurry! Early bird tickets are only available until August 3rd! For more information about the event, to purchase tickets, or a table, please visit: https://noordinarycamps.org/40th-anniversary-celebration/.
 
We hope you’ll join us for a fun evening filled with friends, food, libations, auction, and the power of camp!
 
This event is 21 and over.