We have several events and activities planned to celebrate our 50th Anniversary! We encourage you to participate in as many as you would like. Events and Activities will be added to this page as they become available, so visit this page often to stay up-to-date!
50th Anniversary Gala
Save the Date
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum
Hollywood, CA
Central California Celebration
Save the Date
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Wonder Valley Ranch & Resort
Sanger, CA
In celebration of our 50th Anniversary, the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation invites our friends, family and Central Valley Community, to honor Stan Oken, and the entire Oken family at Wonder Valley Ranch Resort in Sanger, CA. Celebrate the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation’s and Oken family’s dedication to helping young burn survivors rebuild and develop self-esteem and confidence at Champ Camp – and for life. Event includes a dedication ceremony for an honorary street sign, time capsule burial and campus tours.
AARBF's Commemorative 50th Anniversary Coffee Table Book, "50 Stories"
For 50 years, the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation has been providing burn prevention education and survivor services to community members all over California. So many years, so many stories. We took 50 of those stories and are sharing them with you through this special commemorative coffee table book. Learn how AARBF has impacted the lives of survivors, volunteers and supporters!
Watch for more information coming soon on how you can obtain a copy of this limited-edition book.
Photo Contest
We are honoring 50 years of service by celebrating the moments that define the foundation and our community. What makes AARBF important to you? Show us what being your true self can look like. Is it being a burn thriver within our community? Or seeing heroes in action? We challenge you to submit a photo that shows us AARBF survivor, volunteer, and donor moments.
A winner in each category and the winners of the People’s Choice and Storyteller Awards will be announced on September 12th.
AARBF's Got Talent
We invite you to join in the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation by creating an AARBF Anthem video and submitting it to us. We will be selecting portions of submitted videos to create a compilation video that will be shown at the 50th Anniversary Gala!
Join a TikTok Challenge
Do you have a TikTok account? If yes, you need to follow AARBF and join in our special 50th Anniversary challenges! These challenges are changing all of the time. Don’t miss out on the fun – follow us @aarbf today!
Do you have an idea for a challenge? Click on the link below to submit your idea today!
AARBF Wants to Help You Share Your Story
In celebration of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation’s 50th Anniversary, our hope is to bring more awareness to burn survivors and their stories. Inspired by TED’s mission to create a deeper understanding of the world by spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less), AARBF would like to assist individuals (i.e. burn survivors, volunteers, donors, etc.) to share your story!
Pass the Coin Challenge
You can join our community partners in the AARBF Pass the Coin Challenge (PTCC)! On an annual basis, AARBF partners with fire departments and community partners throughout California to put together 6 relays that celebrate our partnerships. For our 50th year we have decided to add the concept of this challenge to each of our relays.
During the relays, fire departments from the area come together and caravan from station to station, spreading awareness about AARBF and community support. We are very grateful for the donation’s our partners are able to gather together, making every year’s support continue to grow. Specifically, the Central Coast relay has an extra special component; they provide burn prevention education to schools in each department’s district while on the relay. The central coast departments teach their community the importance of burn prevention education, community support and philanthropy!
You do not have to be a part of a fire department or a relay to join in our PTCC! If you would like to join, register below to get started. You will receive your own challenge coin and further instructions on how to be a part of this historical challenge.