About Us — Children's Burn Foundation of Florida

Welcome to The Children's Burn Foundation of Florida, Inc

The Children's Burn Foundation of Florida, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of children who have suffered severe burn injuries.

Made up of representatives from local fire service organizations, hospitals, and businesses, Children's Burn Foundation provides special programs which focus on assisting children and their families in rehabilitation, social adjustment, and motivation to facilitate main-streaming them back into society as productive people.

Children's Burn Foundation volunteers and campers

Ruth Pierson, founder of the Children's Burn Foundation of Florida

A Very Special Organization, for Very Special Children

The Children's Burn Foundation of Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We are dedicated to providing lifetime experiences for burn survivor children and their families through our programs.

Every November we host Camp Tequesta at the Florida Elks Youth Camp in Umatilla, Florida. This 4-day camp is for burn survivor children ages 6 to 17. Our ratio is one adult "buddy" for each child. Most of our buddies are first responders and medical professionals.

The campus is settled in over 400 acres of outdoor beauty. It offers a heated swimming pool, high-angle ropes courses with multiple challenges, cabins, indoor courts, beach volleyball, pavilions, picnic tables, and more! Our staff carefully plans games, crafts, team challenges, a dance, and many other activities!

Our only restriction is that the children are one-year post-burn and comfortable being away from their families and/or guardians. We are dedicated to providing a fun and safe environment that allows survivors to develop lifelong connections and friends.