Donate Cans, Help Burn Victims In Millburn

MILLBURN, NJ - The Millburn Fire Department has a collection wagon for the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children (ACBC) program, allowing residents to turn their recycling into help for victims.

The ACBC directly benefits patients at the Burn Center at Saint Barnabas and has raised over two million dollars statewide to benefit burn victims and their families, officials said. As New Jersey’s only designated burn treatment facility, each year The Burn Center admits more than 400 patients, with another 6,000 who are seen on an outpatient basis.

Approximately 40 percent of all admissions are children, most under the age of five years, officials said. Typical injures include scalding from spilled beverages, unsafe hot water temperatures and burns resulting from house fires.

According to officials, Aluminum from beverage cans and other items is collected and recycled at designated fire departments throughout New Jersey. All proceeds are donated back to The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas to provide patient assistance and education for our pediatric patients.

All programs offered by The Burn Center are available free of charge only through the generosity of our ACBC participants. Programs include:

• School or community presentations tailored to meet the educational needs of each age group.
• A web-based program “Fire Is….” illustrates the realities of fire, not the Hollywood version
• Two mobile Fire Safety Trailers offering a hands-on experience for the proper way to identify and correct common household fire hazards and to escape a burning building
• School Re-entry to help children assimilate back into their community while recovering from serious injury
• Juvenile Fireset screenings to identify at-risk fire behaviors

For more information, or for assistance in setting up a program in your neighborhood, contact Burn Community Programs at 973.322.4430. Or, visit www.njburncenter.com.

Bring any aluminum cans to the Station #2 Firehouse at 315 White Oak Ridge Road in Short Hills.

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