On May 26th 1998 The Virginia Beach Professional Fire Fighters “Kayak Team” paddled the Intracoastal Waterway from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Virginia Beach, Virginia, to raise donations for the Shriners Burns Institutes. The trip lasted forty days and we raised $10,000.
Ten years later, The Virginia Beach Professional Fire Fighters “Kayak Team” is going to do it again. Our goal is to double our previous Donation to the Shriners Burns Institutes and raise $20,000. The trip will start on May 19th 2008 and end on June 30th 2008. Join the Fire Fighters and Sponsoring Organizations in supporting the “Kayak Team” with a donation. 100% of your donation will go to the Shriners Burns Institutes. We have been often asked why we do it, all I can say read on.
“In the mid-1960s, the Shriners opened three hospitals specializing in burn care. Each of these specialized hospitals has a three-fold mission
of helping children, conducting burn research and training medical personnel in the treatment of burns.
The Shriners burns hospitals are pioneers in burn treatment. They are actively involved in the development of innovative techniques that will continue to revolutionize the treatment of severely burned children.
Shriners Hospitals have been actively engaged in clinical research from the beginning, but in the early 1960s, the Shriners began earmarking funds for basic and clinical research. Since that time, Shriners Hospitals have been at the vanguard of orthopaedic and burn research.
The rules for all Shriners Hospitals are simple: Any child, up to the age of 18, can be admitted to a Shriners Hospital if, in the opinion of their doctors, the child can be helped by the specialized medical care provided at Shriners Hospitals.”
Shriners Hospitals are open to all children without regard to financial ability or relationship to a Shriner.”
