Beads of Courage is an arts in medicine program which provides chronically and terminally ill children and their families to visualize their journey through strings of beads. There are beads for various medical procedures, tests, travel for treatment, and even for marking milestones in treatment. BoC also has fun programs where members of the community can carry a pair of beads on their adventures and then share one of the beads with a BoC kid along with its story - those are favorites! Some notable special beads include a pewter space shuttle which traveled on Columbia, and beads that ran the entire Iditarod sled dog race. I have carried beads on a number of my scuba dives, cycling rides and triathlons - you can see some of them on my string in my profile picture - those beads continue to dive, race, and ride with me. Most importantly, my step-son Landon, who has a rare genetic disease, is a Beads of Courage kid, so helping to raise money and awareness for BoC is a huge thing for me.
Beads of Courage is primarily donation and volunteer run - every step from creating the beads, to packaging them for shipment are performed by volunteers. Money raised helps to more children to the program, which includes 60,000 children in 9 countries.
Please donate today - even $5 helps. Thank you very much.
Beads of Courage, Inc
Join Team Beads of Courage and RIDE FOR COURAGE in the 39th El Tour de Tucson on November 19, 2022! All we ask is that you raise $450 by October 20, 2022 to officially make the team! Benefits include your El Tour registration fee paid by us, exclusive Team BOC cycling apparel, a pre-race team party and much more. Best of all, you'll experience the awesome feeling of knowing you’re making a difference in the lives of children coping with cancer and other serious illnesses. Make your miles matter more when you RIDE FOR COURAGE with Team BOC!
Beads of Courage, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them through our Arts-in-Medicine Programs. We believe in creating a context for caring transactions to transpire through our community and encouragement programs.
Since 2005, Beads of Courage, Inc. has established collaborative partnerships in caring with hundreds of hospitals nationally and internationally and worked with several community organizations to make healing happen through the use of beads as a historical art form.
Through our programs, we provide the opportunity for COURAGE to be honored, HOPE to be given, and JOY to be experienced.
Our Mission
To provide innovative, arts-in-medicine programs for children coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them.
Through our flagship Beads of Courage Program, children receive colorful beads that visually symbolize moments of courage along their treatment journey. Our organization improves the quality of life of more than 60,000 children receiving treatment for serious illness in 400 children's hospitals worldwide. Be part of our #beadstrong community and help children RECORD, TELL and OWN their stories of courage!