How You Can Help

How You Can Help

Hoosier Burn Camp offers a life-changing, unforgettable summer camp experience for young men and women who have experienced injuries from burns - at no cost to the families. We are able to do this solely through donations we receive.

How To Donate

• Camp is made possible by the volunteers who work at camp as camp counselors, medical staff and operations staff. 
• If you are interested in serving very deserving young people and gaining friendships and memories that will last a lifetime, fill out our volunteer application (download form here, or email HoosierBurn@gmail.com for more information).  
• Want to help but can't commit to the entire week of camp? In addition to needing counselors for camp we are also in need of visiting artists, help on visitors day, and various activities during the year.
• Throughout the year fire departments, community organizations and individuals organize and run countless fundraisers to benefit Hoosier Burn Camp. Some examples of past fundraisers include: Golf Tournaments, Motorcycle Rides, Fill-the-Boot Drives, Casual Jeans Friday, Chili Cook-offs, Bowling Tournaments, Wedding Gift in Lieu of Party Favors, Fitness Challenge Competitions, Roller Derby Events, • Dunk Tanks, Car Washes, Hog Roasts, Blues Fests, Car Shows, Bake Sales, Tip Jars, PTO events and Restaurant fundraisers.
• If you are interested in organizing a fundraiser please fill out and send in the fundraiser request form that can be found on the Resources page.

Wish List

In addition to volunteering we are always in need of both monetary and physical donations.  Helpful items are listed below.  Have something you are interested in donating that isn't listed?  We'd love to hear from you!

We will do our best to update the list so please continue to check back as needs are filled.  Please let us know as soon as possible if you have items for us so we can keep our list current for others that are planning a donation. 

2012 Program Requests for our Olympic Theme Games
**Thank you to the generous donors for the items already recieved!  HBC will purchase items that have not been received by May 10th to ensure we have all the supplies we need to make HBC Programs a success.

• Sumo Suit
• Bocce ball set - Mark & Kathy Gillam
• Oven mits-glove type (4) - Fishers Fire Department
• Stop watch (8) - 1 stop watch donated by Fishers Fire Department
• Clip Boards (10) - ordered
• Ribbon Dancer Wands (4) - ordered
• CD Player (2) - 1 CD Player - Abby James
• Jamaican Music CD - ordered
• Balloons (100) - Mark & Kathy Gillam
• Disposable Shaving Razors (5) - Becky Sorg
• Plastic Rings - approximately 5-6 inches diameter, not weighted (20)
• Hula hoops (10)
• Fake pizza dough for tossing (2)
• Red, white, blue  face paint (7 of each)
• Box of sugar cubes (2)
• Bag of rubber bands (1) - Becky Sorg
• Wooden Dowel - 1/2 inch thick, 2 feet long (4) - Becky Sorg
• Metal foil pie pans (40)
• Flagging tape - any color (5 rolls) - Lowe's Home Improvement
• Mariachi Band music CD - ordered
• 3 ring binders (10)
• 100 chopsticks - Kabuto's in Greenwood

Tier One

Tickets and Gift Card:

• Indianapolis Indians Tickets (for our August outing)
• Indianapolis Zoo Tickets (for our April family outing)
• King's Island Tickets (for our October outing)
• McDonald's, Subway, etc gift cards (for meals during our teen trips)
• Wal-mart Gift Cards (we make a Wal-Mart run daily during camp)

Medical Supplies:

·         Acetaminophen (Tylenol) 500 mg tablets

·         Ibuprogen (Motrin) 200 mg capsules

·         Benadryl 25 mg tablets

·         Sudafed PE, sinus headache

·         Sudafed PE, sinus and allergy

·         Claritin 24 hour

·         Imodium AD

·         PEpto bismol capsules

·         Tums, antacid tablets

·         Children’s Allegra Allergy, oral disintegrating

·         Children’s Zyrtec

·         Tylenol Jr., melt-a-ways

·         Hydrocortisone cream - 1 tube donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         Neosporin ointment - 4 tubes donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         After bite (insect bites and stings)

·         Eye drops

·         Ear drops (swim ear)

·         Benadryl spray

·         Gold bond medicated powder

·         Chloraseptic throat lozenges

·         Mole-skin

·         Icy-Hot

·         Peroxide

·         Wound cleaner

·         Clorox cleaning wipes

·         Gloves, non-latex, size medium and large

·         Lice Killing shampoo

·         Laundry detergent

·         Reusable ice packs - 2 donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         Zip lock bags, sandwich and gallon size - 2 boxes of each size donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         1 oz plastic solo cups with lids

·         9 oz drinking cups

·         Ear plugs, waterproof

·         Band aids, waterproof, knuckle and finger

·         Band aids, waterproof, extra large

·         Band aids, waterproof, regular size - 1 box regular size and 5 boxes assorted size donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         Aloe sun burn spray

·         Female hygiene products (pads/tampons)

·         Garbage bags

·         Trauma scissors

·         Tweezers/hemostats

·         Splinter remover

·         Staple remover

·         Lotion, unscented - 1 bottle donated by Sophia, Age 6*

·         Ear curettes

·         Q-tips - 2 boxes donated by Sophia , Age 6*

·         2 in, 4 in, 6 in ace bandage with Velcro closure

·         Mastisol

·         Mepllex border

·         Steri Strips

·         Tegaderm 4 inch

·         4x4 gauze

·         Chap stick - 5 donated by Sophia, Age 6*

General Items:

• Bug spray
• Sunblock - Higher the SPF the better (we prefer SunBLOCK not SunSCREEN - there is a difference - who knew?) - 1 donated by Sophia, Age 6
• Recurve Bows and Arrows (for archery at camp)
• Stamps

• White Copy Paper
• Ink cartridges (HP 564 and HP 940)
• Mini-DV video Tapes
• Thumb drives – 2 GB (7)
• Industrial Shelving for our Storage Unit at Camp Tecumseh

Tier Two

General Items:

• Batteries
• Hand Sanitizer
• Liquid Soap 
• Toothpaste - Linda Hamstra
• Paper Towels
• Bathing Suits (Must be new. We need suits for both sexes, but girls must be one pieces)
• Markers
• Scissors - Deborah McCullough
• Construction Paper
• Scrap booking Supplies - Creative Memories and the Fites family
• Books for evening discussions
• General books for the kids to take home with them
• Sports Stuff (i.e. Basketballs, soccer balls, frisbees, disc, etc)
• Extension cords (indoor & outdoor)
• Water shoes for little feet (when skin is recently grafted it can be painful to walk on cement at the pool barefoot)
• Flashlights
• Individually size snack foods

Tickets and Giftcards:

• Office Depot (office supplies)

Medical Items:

• Small packs of Kleenex
• ABD pads to stop bleeders
• Rolls of cloth tape (1 inch and 1/2 inch)
• SAM Splint
• Pen light
• Bacitracin

Specialty Items:

• Jet Ski for Lake Monroe Boating Trip
• Mule Vehicles/Gators for use during camp
• Adaptive pads for making canoeing accessible for all campers
• Working, kid-resistant if possible, digital cameras and/or memory cards for our photo-PEG kids.
• Sleeping pads for use during camp for our Teen Overnight and also for our teen camping trips throughout the year

Tier Three
General Items

• Large "Super Soaker" type Water Guns
• Beach Towels
• Sleeping bags
• Fans (for cabins in the summer)
• Plastic Sleds

Tickets and Giftcards:

• Children's Museum, IRT, Movie Tickets, or other event or activity tickets around the state. 

  
*Six year old Sophia asked for items on the HBC wishlist in lieu of birthday presents.  She donated the items noted above as well as 17 pairs of socks.