“IT’S NEVER JUST A LITTLE BEAD!” Today’s post is a long one and it’s personal but I know how much it helps me to see a glimpse into someone else’s world and unfortunately this is the world of childhood cancer. Mark your calendars for August 20th to help other brave little fighters and their families […]

Note from Beads of Courage: We are honored to have Kaitlin Elledge as an Official Ambassador of the Beads of Courage Summer Challenge. You can join Kaitlin this summer by taking part in the challenge to log 100 miles of physical activity and raise $100 by the end of summer, September 22. Visit Beads of

Note from Beads of Courage: We are honored to have Dean Hall as an Official Ambassador of the Beads of Courage Summer Challenge. You can support the Team Beads of Courage Summer Challenge through September 22. Thanks for helping Dean and all our Team BOC Summer Challengers make their miles matter more as we honor brave

Photo courtesy of Geoffrey Notkin Note from Beads of Courage: We are honored that Geoff Notkin has personally selected Beads of Courage as one of two charity beneficiaries of a portion of the auction proceeds. Read more to learn about Geoff and why he is a generous longtime supporter of BOC and our mission of hope

Celebrating Nurses Week – Nurses Make a Difference – Meet our Nursing Staff Beads of Courage, Inc. is proud to employ staff from all fields and experiences to serve our mission to provide innovative arts in medicine programs for children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them.

Beads of Courage, Inc. is proud to employ staff from all fields and experiences to serve our mission to provide innovative arts in medicine programs for children and teens coping with serious illness, their families, and the clinicians who care for them.  March celebrates the work of child life specialists across the globe as they

Allie was diagnosed with severe silent reflux at 9 months old. She underwent a Nissen fundoplication surgery and a feeding tube was placed. Soon after surgery, Allie started to have more stomach problems and was always in pain. She was back in the hospital all the time undergoing more testing. They sent us out of

We are honored to be featured on the latest episode of the Casual Friday’s REI Podcast debuting Friday, November 19. Beads of Courage founder and executive director Jean Gribbon is the featured guest with hosts Adam Southey and Justin Sliva. Please give it a listen!  In addition, we created an easy donate button on our home

Toronto Blue Jays Manager Charlie Montoyo Photo credit: Timothy T. Ludwing – USA TODAY Sports For the sixth consecutive year, Beads of Courage (BOC) is honored to have Major League Baseball’s Charlie Montoyo carrying beads at every Toronto Blue Jays practice and game throughout the entire season.  In the photo above, Charlie is wearing his

  Meet Beauden! This sweet three-year-old boy from Lake Havasu City, Arizona thought he was going on a family camping trip in San Diego. He fell off his little Stryder bike and scraped his knee the first night there. The next day he had a fever and wasn’t really talking to us. That night, he’d

My name is Emily and I am a type 1 diabetic and part of the Beads of Courage program. I will never forget when my world was flipped upside down six years ago. I remember being 10 years old and was told my life would never be the same. When I walked into Children’s Hospital, I