Let's Take Courage to New Heights!
Thank you for being a "Stepping Stone" for children and teens to overcome big obstacles with Beads of Courage in the South! (Region 2)
Thank you for being a "Stepping Stone" for children and teens to overcome big obstacles with Beads of Courage in the South! (Region 2)
Be a Stepping Stone for Courage! Help us sustain the 152 Programs that need your support in Region 2!
Every bead tells a story of courage, honor, and hope.
Beads of Courage is grateful for the opportunity to support children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them with our arts in medicine programs. We can't do it without your generous support!
As we celebrate our 20th anniversary of pioneering a new way to honor courage through the artform of beads, we also reflect on the "Stepping Stones" who are the caring clinicians who help our Beads of Courage members, like Emmett, vercome their obstacles during treatment but also people like YOU, who without your generosity, our non-profit organization could not sustain the programs are needed by the kids, teens, families and clinicians who receive encouragement through Beads of Courage.
Be a "Stepping Stone" for courage! Your
donation helps to fill our distribution center with the beads we need to send to our partner hospitals or to kids and teens who are waiting almost a year to receive Beads in the Mail because their hospital doesn't have the Beads of Courage program yet. Funds also support our clinical staff dedicated to ensuring that our programs are standard of care for psychosocial and emotional support along with staffing our distribution center to ensure kids, like Grayson, get the beads they need to tell their stories of courage.
"Beads of Courage is a great way for people to start a conversation with Grayson in the hospital about how strong and brave he is." - Mom
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About the Beads of Courage® Program The Beads of
Courage® Program is a resilience-based intervention designed to support
and strengthen children and families coping with serious illness.
Through the program, children and their families tell their stories
using colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that they receive
to honor and acknowledge each step of their treatment journey. The
program has been designed to honor everything a child goes through while
coping with a serious illness or lifelong condition. Each bead is a visual and tangible reminder of their courage during their fight for life.
Outcomes-Every bead tells a story of courage, honor, and hope
Ongoing evaluation of the Beads of Courage® program indicates the
support helps to decrease illness-related distress, increase the use of
positive coping strategies, helps members and families find meaning in
illness, and restore the sense of self in those coping with serious
illness. The program also provides something tangible the member and
their families can use to tell about their experiences endured when
coping with cardiac conditions.
About Beads of Courage, Inc. Beads of Courage, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization committed to strengthening resilience and promoting the well-being of children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them. Beads of Courage, Inc. achieves its mission through the development and implementation of innovative Arts-in-Medicine programs. www.beadsofcourage.org