Firefighters risk their lives for the safety of our communities. While others run to escape the danger of a fire, firefighters put themselves in harms way to rescue lives and contain damage. Although skilled and usually successful in their mission, a firefighter’s heroics may unfortunately result in burn injury. Burn care requires specialized skills and technology which doesn’t always receive priority amidst competing health care costs. The Hook & Ladder Firefighter Burn Foundation provides needed funding to ensure that burned firefighters receive the best possible treatment and care available.

Mission

The Hook & Ladder Firefighter Burn Foundation’s purpose is to support firefighters by improving care, treatment and the quality of life for burned firefighters and other burn survivors. It accomplishes this by supporting firefighter burn foundations and/or hospital burn centers serving the local regions where Hook & Ladder Brewing Company products are sold. Its goal is to eventually serve every firefighter in the United State by improving burn care services throughout the entire country.

Primary areas funded include: new equipment for burn units; clinical research studies for burn treatments; educational opportunities to improve burn care; and direct support of burned firefighters and their families. Supported projects and programs also benefit non-firefighter burn survivors; however, the foundation’s first concern is to ensure that the best care is available to serve those who serve us through their hard work and dedication to keep our communities safe.

The foundation does not allow recipients to use donations for administrative costs, salaries, or general operation expenses.

Guiding Principles

The Foundation’s support for burn centers is based upon its formation as an extension of Hook & Ladder Brewing Company’s commitment to the firefighter community. Rich Fleischer, the brewer responsible for Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, is a firefighter and knows first hand the dedication and hard work that each firefighter gives to protect our communities.

Five guiding principles define how the Hook & Ladder Firefighter Burn Foundation fulfills its mission to support local firefighters in the regions where Hook & Ladder Brewing Company products are sold.

1. Connections strengthen impact
   Donations are kept local. The Foundation connects donations received from individuals and through Hook & Ladder Brewing Company customer’s purchases with the firefighter burn foundation and/or hospital burn center servicing their community.
2. Focus ensures formidable results
   The Foundation believes that commitment to a clearly defined objective better serves firefighters than providing general support for a wide scope of needs. Through consistent quarterly donations to its recipients it hopes to strengthen and advance the services they provide to firefighters and other burn patients.
3. Diversity breeds creativity
   By engaging with firefighters, establishments and communities throughout the regions it serves, the Foundation continually enhances its donation practices. Through regular spontaneous and deliberate interaction with its stakeholders, it continually seeks ways to improve and expand its services by incorporating its stakeholders’ wealth of knowledge and experiences.
4. Transparency nurtures honesty and trust
   Openness about its giving practices ensures accountability for the donations it collects and transfers to burn foundations and burn centers. The Foundation is committed to provide clear and accurate information about the contributions it receives and distributes throughout the regions it serves.
5. Achievement is increased through long term commitments
   The Foundation’s commitment to its recipients remains for as long as it is in existence and the recipient continues to align with the Foundation’s mission. By developing long term commitments with its recipients, the Foundation can be more effective in responding to the immediate and long terms needs of burned firefighters.
   
   

Support

Hook & Ladder Firefighter Burn Foundation receives its donations from Hook & Ladder Brewing Company and its affiliated distributors, establishments and retailers, as well as from individual donors like you. With your help and its expanded efforts, it hopes to multiply what Hook & Ladder Brewing Company has started.

Hook & Ladder Brewing Company takes as much care in giving back to the community as it does in brewing its award winning beers. For every customer purchase, Hook & Ladder Brewing Company and its distributors give a donation to support the community where each purchase is made. Their commitment is made through A Penny in Every Pint ^® and A Quarter in Every Case ™ donation programs.

A Penny in Every Pint ^® Donation Program:

Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. donates $1 for each keg of draft beer sold to its distribution partners. Hook & Ladder Brewing Co.’s wholesalers match its donation with an additional $1 per keg. Establishments serving Hook & Ladder beer often wish to participate in the program as well and additional funds may be raised through their sales and/or solicitation of their customers.

A Quarter in Every Case ™ Donation Program:

Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. donates $0.125 per case of bottled beer sold to its distribution partners. Hook & Ladder Brewing Co.’s wholesalers match its donation with an addition $.125. Retailers selling Hook & Ladder products may wish to participate in the program as well and additional funds may be raised through their sales and/or solicitation of their customers.

Disbursement of Funds

Donations generated and received within each specified region are distributed within that region. Donations are given on a quarterly basis. Thanks to Hook & Ladder Brewing Company’s great success and rapid growth, the number of firefighter burn foundations and burn centers supported by the Hook & Ladder Firefighter Burn Foundation is quickly expanding! Currently, our donation recipients service Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

Donor recipients and regional friends include:

Connecticut
Panettieri Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital
New London Firefighters Burn Foundation
Stratford Professional FF Burn Foundation

Delaware, New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania
Nathan Speare Regional Burn Treatment Center at Crozer-Chester Medical Center

Washington, DC & DC Metro Area in MD & VA
D.C. Firefighters Burn Foundation

Maine
Maine Medical Center Burn Center

Maryland – Areas Outside the DC Metro Area
Metropolitan Firefighter Burn Center Fund

Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Metro F.O.O.L.S.

Vermont
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Level 1 Trauma Center

Central Virginia
Old Dominion Professional FF Burn Foundation

Massachusetts & New Hampshire
Massachusetts General Hospital Sumner Redstone Burn Center