VCU’s Evans-Haynes burn center to host 8TH annual burn survivor Sunday

By Malorie Burkett

RICHMOND, Va. (April 25, 2006) — The VCU Medical Center’s Evans-Haynes Burn Center, in partnership with the Old Dominion Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation, presents the 8^th Annual Burn Survivor Sunday.

The event will take place Sunday, April 30, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the MCV Alumni House, 1016 E. Clay St. Free parking will be available in the visitor parking lot adjacent to the hospital.

Burn survivors of all ages, their families and caretakers will reunite with staff members, firefighters, volunteers and other burn survivors to discuss burn topics and personal experiences. The celebration was designed to honor patients and their families and to educate all regarding this type of injury.

In addition, the firefighters will present a $20,000 gift to the Division of Plastic Surgery for a one-year fellowship on surgical intervention related to restoring function and cosmesis, or the surgical cosmetic improvements of burn patients.

The celebration also will include children’s activities and fire safety information. 

The Evans-Haynes Burn Center at the VCU Medical Center was founded in 1947 by Dr. Everett I. Evans and is the oldest civilian burn facility in the United States. Dr. B.W. Haynes later directed the burn center.

The Old Dominion Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation, composed of healthcare professionals from the Evans-Haynes Burn Unit and Richmond metropolitan area firefighters, is dedicated to the advancement of care, research, prevention, education and the treatment of burns.  

For more information, call Jennifer Hess at 804.828.9240.