TOMA Foundation for Burned Children

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plastie.jpg (31453 bytes) The Foundation for has several active programs in different areas and through these varied programs it.....

Provides, updates and maintains, through the corporate sponsoring services of HSH Page, this interactive website aimed at giving Burned Children, parents or concerned visitors, a platform to interact with Foundation volunteers, health and fire professionals and each other.
It conducts year round ongoing burn and fire awareness, education and prevention events in major retail businesses throughout Ontario and Québec.
Maintains a year round computer gifting program for Burned Children deemed to be in psychological, clinical or social isolation. These multi media computer systems are state of the art, come complete with monitor and color jet printer and FREE Internet time for the young patients and are given to the child completely free of charge.
Is actively present every month at hospital clinics such as Montreal's Ste. Justine Hospital's Plastie clinic with a view to bringing support to and interaction with parents of burned children and the victims themselves.
Participates in several community events such as Fire Chiefs and Fire Fighters Conventions and several high-profile public events.
Is structuring a Fire Fighter/Burned Child sponsor program that would allow a Fire Department or Service to become the active sponsor of a particular young burned victim.
Taking steps to bring forward, through a major national corporate sponsor, the design, building, completion and operation of two mobile fire simulators (Fire Houses) that will be moved, weekly, from city to city, with a view to bringing burn and fire prevention and awareness to children across Ontario and Québec.
Maintains close and active ties with Fire Fighting professionals through its membership with such high profile Associations as National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA), Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC), Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC), Fire Fighters Association of Ontario (FFAO) and the newly formed Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association (CVFSA)