British Columbia Burn Fund Run Raises $14,000

August 27, 2009 -- The 2nd Annual Running Room’s Burn Fund Run raised $14,005.75 for the British Columbia Professional Fire Fighters (BCPFF) Burn Fund Building project.

The run was held April 5 at the Abbotsford Running room and three more took place June 14 at the White Rock/Surrey, Burnaby and Victoria Broadmead Running Room locations. The Running Room is a chain of running stores predominately located in Canada.

“We are very pleased with this year’s turnout and hope to make next year’s run even bigger,” says Director and Vice Chair of the Burn Fund Building Project Tim Ballie. “We want to expand the run to more locations and increase adult burn survivor participation.”

The BCPFF Burn Fund Building is a $25 million project that near both Vancouver General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital. When complete, it will offer accommodations for family members of burn victims needing extended reconstructive care.

Additionally, the building will house a research facility headed by Dr. Aziz Ghahary, a world-renowned expert in burn and wound healing, and an education resource centre designed to teach visitors what to do in a fire emergency, how to prevent burns and what to do after a burn injury.

To date, a total of approximately $8 million has been raised for the facility.