Gift Cards
We are collecting gift cards to local restaurants near the burn center.  These gift cards will be given to the family members of the burn victims.

Firefighters Fundraisers
We need your help!  We are so excited about the opening of Mississippi’s new burn center!  Now we need to raise money to help build a facility where the family members of the burn victims will be able to stay at no cost.  We plan to provide food and lodging for these family members. 

Here are some ways that you can help!

1. We are creating a “Firehouse Cookbook”.  Who has the best Firehouse recipe?  Please submit your favorite recipes to me at afontaine@mfmba.org to be featured in the Mississippi Firefighters Memorial Burn Association cookbook!  Our judges will select “The Best” recipe in each category.  This department will receive special recognition.  We need all recipes by Friday, July 31st!  It would be great if we could get all departments to participate. All proceeds from the cookbook will be used to help construct a lodge adjacent to the new MS burn center.  Family members of burn victims will be able to stay at the lodge free of charge.
2. We are asking each fire department to have some type of fundraiser in the months of July or August!  The proceeds will go to build our new lodge!  I will help any way that I can with any fundraisers that you have for the MFMBA!
3. I realize that some of you enjoy helping the pediatric burn victims.  Our association holds three events for the kids throughout the year.  One event is called “Shop With the Doc”.  We find sponsors for each child.  It looks like this event will be held at the Pearl Walmart this year and possibly the first week in December.  We are working on setting this date now.  Dr. Mullins from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center always joins us for this event.  The cost to sponsor  a child is $150.  Each child receives a $150 gift card; and they can buy anything they would like. The sponsors usually enjoy going shopping with the kids.  Please let me know if you would be interested in sponsoring a child.  We had about twenty kids last year and should have even more this year!