20th Annual Dearborn Heights Firefighter's Chili Cook-off and Family Picnic August 24, 2012

Once again, the Dearborn Heights Professional Fire Fighters are organizing their 20th annual “Chili Cook-off,” scheduled for Saturday, August 25th, 2012. This community affair, sponsored by the Firefighters, was instituted to reach out to children who have been injured or disfigured by severe burns. This special day raises proceeds to send these afflicted children to Pretty Lake Vacation Camp, where the children are encouraged to build their self-esteem, not only by counselors who are attentive to their needs, but also by interacting with other burn victims.
Great Lakes Burn Camp, a non-profit organization, will host the weeklong camp this summer, which fosters children from the ages of 7 to 17. The facility is a 213-acre playground, where the children have total access to the “good life”, without the constraints of feeling different or not fitting in. Camping, kayaking, horseback riding, water-skiing, go-carts, the list goes on and on.
Last year the Dearborn Heights Firefighters, IAFF local 1355, were able to send 14 children to this camp, at a cost of five hundred dollars per child. However, without donations they may only send 2 or 3, or even none at all.
Donations (merchandise, retail items, gift certificate, perishable goods, etc.) received are placed on display and viewed by all guests. The items that you donate to this event are then raffled-off to guests who purchase tickets for the prize auction. Subsequently, the more extravagant the gift they auction off, the more raffle tickets that are sold. Cash donations received are applied directly towards a child’s camp fees.
None of the camp staff members, Board of Directors, Firefighters, or Chairpersons receive any pay for their timely investments—All proceeds go towards the children’s camp fees.
Please find it in your heart to give whatever you can, and we hope to see you this summer for one extraordinary Saturday in August.

Please make checks payable to:
Dearborn Heights Professional Fire Fighters Charity Fund (DHPFF Charity Fund)
1999 N. Beech Daly
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
ATTN: Bill Herman / Philip Hall
Donation pick-up can be arranged @ 313-791-3676
Tax I.D.# available upon request