Upcoming Events
August 9-13
Georgia Fire Conference 2016
Augusta, GA
August 13
Health & Safety Expo
Louisville, GA
September 1
BFF Blitz
September 5
Labor Day
SFBF Business Office Closed
September 17
Richmond Hill Golf Tournament
Richmond Hill, GA
September 24
4th Annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Poker Run, Car and Bike Show
Waynesboro, GA
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A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.
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Join us for the
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
5 - 7 p.m.
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By the Numbers:
25: Community Champions raising money for the BFF Campaign.
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SFBF President/CEO, Linda McKnight and Chief Christopher James of the Augusta Fire Department attending the Community Champions Kickoff Breakfast.
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The beauty of the Chavis House is one can come from visiting a loved one, and then be encouraged by others going through the same thing.
Richard DeHay
Chavis House guest
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SFBF staff members thanking all of the churches involved in our meals program. (Pictured left to right) Erin Gallucci, Patient and Family Liaison; Linda McKnight, President/CEO; Krystal Carter, Chavis House staff; and Alicia Sweat, Director of Operations and Development.
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BFF Blitz Sponsors!
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At the Community Champions Kick-Off  Breakfast, Lawrence Manker Jr., Honorary Chair of the 2016 BFF Campaign talked about his healing journey from burns on nearly 85% of his body to traveling and inspiring others. The Community Champions will lead the Burn Foundation Friends Campaign as we reach our goal of $65,000 this fall. Lawrence reminded everyone of the importance of the Burn Foundation's mission. If you want to support Lawrence or another Champion as they help us meet our goal click here to visit our Community Champion page and then click on their photo.
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Augusta Fire Department
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| Shirley Badke |
| David Bagwell |
| Chris Bird |
| Darrell Byrd |
| Chris Calvert |
| Berretta and Paul Coffman |
| Gary Cook |
| Anna Dickinson |
| Jane Echols |
| Fort Gordon Fire |
| FPL Food |
| Georgia Power |
| David Griffin |
| Karen and John Huckaby |
| Gary Jarriel |
| Jodie Jernigan |
| Antoine Kelly |
| Lawrence Manker |
| Lisa McCollum |
| Matt Nixon |
| PotashCorp |
| Phyllis Salazar |
| Rebecca and Matt Sterner |
| Rachel Stofan |
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2016 BFF Honorary Chair
Lawrence Manker, Jr., recalls that fateful day, February 7, 2008, when his life changed forever. "It was a regular day, like any normal day, and it all happened so fast.
I was at work and looked up and a ball of fire was coming at me. I could do nothing but try to cover myself and get away. (Fellow employee) Shemier Frasier and I helped each other get out and I remember getting into David May's car
and he drove me to the ambulance and that's the last thing i remember until i woke up six months later." Lawrence shared. "It's only by the grace of God that i survived."
Lawrence suffered burns over 85 percent of his body, and laid in a drug-induced coma for six months in the Joseph M. Still Burn Center. Lawrence was among 40 workers injured in the Imperial Sugar Refinery explosion, located in Port Wentworth, GA, near Savannah. Twenty victims were admitted
to the Burn Center. The blast, caused by sugar dust igniting like gunpowder, took the lives of 14 people.
Today Lawrence is working towards a Masters degree in Theology from Covington Theological Seminary. "I'm having the most fun I have ever had in studying the Word. I love teaching and helping others grasp the Word." He often teaches at his church, True Gospel Deliverance Center."I love helping people and seeing them smile. I believe God saved me to put me in a position to help others."
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| Emcee, Barclay Bishop, and Lawrence at the 2016 Community Champions Kickoff Breakfast at the Pinnacle Club. |
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