What We Do

Project Fire Buddies brings joy to kids struggling with critical illnesses. We believe that no child should fight these battles alone.

Our chapters focus on building relationships with their fire buddies. Members of PFB visit Fire Buddies in their homes, often times arriving in a parade of fire vehicles with lights blazing and sirens blaring. They bring gifts for birthdays and holidays, play games, provide tickets to concerts and special events, and attend important events in the children’s lives. Fire Buddies even visit the firehouse on occasion for dinner with the crew, for tours of the station and to see the rigs.

On a typical visit, they might play a game of catch, help their fire buddy learn to ride a bike, read them a favorite story, or even take some whipped cream in the face during a round of Pie Face —anything to make their fire buddy laugh and brighten their day!

Since it’s inception PFB has been steadily growing and expanding. From 2023 to 2024 alone, the organization grew by 500%. New chapters are committing to the mission every day and helping us to bring joy to even more children.

Our Helping Hands

We have been able to put the biggest smiles on our Fire Buddies with the help of a few friends...

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks have been generous enough to allow one of our Fire Buddies a chance to attend a game, tour the locker room, and meet a couple of the players! They are an outstanding organization!
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson surpised one of our Fire Buddies that had just completed his chemo treaments! He has such a huge heart!
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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox generously set up one of our Fire Buddies with a once in a lifetime experience. He was able to attend a game and meet Tim Anderson, who happens to be his favorite player!
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Brent Sopel

Brent has helped us out on numerous occasions! He is a huge supporter of our program! He has made a few visits to Fire Buddy houses and came with us on our recent Christmas delivery! Such a great guy!
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Kendall Coyne

Kendall has been one of our biggest supporters! She has been absolutely amazing to our organization. She has helped us so much over just the last year alone. We are so grateful for her support!
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Jack Black

Jack helped out one of our Fire Buddies when he finished his chemo treamtent just recently. He was the first one to jump in with a video! So amazing!
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Star Treatments

Star treatments is an awesome organization that provides star level transportation for children to and from their treatments. They have offered their services to our Fire Buddies!
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Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot was one of the amazing group of celebrities that surprised one of our Fire Buddies after beating cancer! She is such an amazing woman!
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Chicago Fire FC

The Chicago Fire FC helped out us out when one of our Fire Buddies, that loves soccer, wanted to attend a game. Not only was he able to attend a playoff game, he was able to go out on the field and meet some players! Another great organization!
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Dave Bautista

Dave jumped at the opportunity to record a short video congratulating one of our Fire Buddies on the completion of his cancer treatment. We are so grateful that he took the time out to do that!
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Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls helped us out by having one of our Fire Buddies attend a game like a VIP. He was able to be on the court for warm ups and meet his favorite player! He had an unbelivable time!
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Jim O'Heir

Jim helped out filming a short video congratulating one of our Fire Buddies for finshing up his chemo treatments and beating cancer! Thank you so much Jim!

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