Who We Are

First conceived by the office of the Indiana State Fire Marshal and Riley Hospital for Children, Hoosier Burn Camp was founded in 1997 to extend physical and mental rehabilitation opportunities to severe burn survivors in Indiana ages 8 to 18.

Our programs were developed to combine the fun of summer camp with opportunities to build life skills that kids need to fully recover from the trauma of their burn injuries. Since 1997, we have grown to provide 15-20 programs throughout the year to burn survivors from infancy through young adulthood. Many of these programs support the entire family as well.

Many of our campers are referred to Hoosier Burn Camp through our partnerships with Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, and Lutheran Health Network in Fort Wayne, but our programs are open to any young Hoosier who has experienced a burn injury or has been treated for burns requiring hospitalization in our state.

Over the last 26 years, our camp programs have positively impacted the lives of roughly 500 young campers and thousands of their family members and loved ones.