SHORT HILLS, NJ – The Millburn Fire Department is collecting and recycling aluminum cans to raise funds for treatment of children who have suffered burns. The program, called Aluminum Cans for Burned Children (ACBC), donates all proceeds to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s (CBMC)Burn Center for children. 30 town fire departments in New Jersey partner with CBMC’s aluminum can project.
Aluminum cans can be dropped off in a large container outside Millburn Fire Department Station 2, located at 315 White Oak Ridge Road in Short Hills.
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According to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s (CBMC) Burn Center, “ACBC was founded in 1986 by local firefighters to raise funds for children cared for at The Burn Center at Saint Barnabas. As New Jersey’s only burn treatment facility, each year The Burn Center admits more than 400 patients, with another 6,000 who are seen on an out-patient basis. Approximately 40% of all admissions are children, most under the age of five years. Typical injures include scalding from spilled beverages, unsafe hot water temperatures and burns resulting from house fires.”