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HENRY COUNTY, GA - Henry County Fire Safety Educators Captain Sabrina Puckett and Lieutenant Wanda Maddox represented Henry County Fire Department during Visitors Day at Camp Oo-U-La® Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in Barrow County. The camp was held at Ft. Yargo State Park in the Will-A-Way Camp.

Campers checked in on Sunday, May 24, 2009 and will say their goodbyes once again for another year on Saturday. Camp Oo-U-La® is the first and only camp to be offered in Georgia exclusively for burn-injured children. Camp Oo-U-La® is a camp where Georgia's burn-injured children can escape the stares they live with every day. The camp is sponsored entirely by the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation, Inc., and it is free to all campers.

Puckett and Maddox were among several other educators and information officers from various Georgia fire departments to take part in Visitors Day at Camp Oo-U-La this week.

“It is an experience like no other to work with the staff and children at Camp Oo-U-La because everyone has a common goal to see every individual for the person they are and not the scars they bear,” stated Captain Sabrina Puckett.

Henry County has four of it’s own at Camp Oo-U-La this week, Austin Cochran of McDonough, Shenetrics Glynn of Locust Grove, Henry County Fire Department Battalion Chief Barry Cooper, and retired Battalion Chief Joe White. Shenetrics is a long-time camper attending camp every year since its inception in 1993. Shenetrics, now a 20 year old woman, continues to attend camp but not as a camper. She is a participant in the camp’s LIT (Leader in Training) Program. Often, former campers continue to return every year and are now serving in leadership positions for the camp. All the campers and many of the Camp Oo-U-La® staff are burn survivors, so just about everyone has scars.

Camp Oo-U-La® is dedicated to providing burn-injured children with an opportunity to face social and physical challenges among their peers in an accepting, family-type setting.

One camper said, “I like camp because no one stares; we’re all like me!”

At Camp Oo-U-La®, every child is seen for what they are on the inside, not from the scars on the outside.

Henry County Fire Department reminds citizens to always practice fire safety to prevent one of the most painful injuries that one can ever experience- a burn injury.