Kids severely burned in fires come together each summer for a camp with other children who have survived similar injuries.
They talk about the physical differences they now have from their peers and find strategies to deal with bullying and ongoing treatments.
It's offered free of charge for the families by the Georgia Firefighter Burn Foundation, a nonprofit supported by local firefighters. Recently, donations to that nonprofit have plummeted during the COVID pandemic, down more than 70%, and there's it could impact the camp that means so much to so many families.
"I'm a 70% burn survivor, over 70% of my body. And after getting out I didn't know what life held for me because I didn't see other people like me, I didn't know other people who got burned," survivor and Executive Director of the Georgia Firefighter Burn Foundation Dennis J. Gardin said.