Steve Hillerman has begun organizing an effort for Bucks Woodturners to support the Beads of Courage program. 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 their Arts-in-Medicine Programs.
Since 2005, Beads of Courage, Inc. has established collaborative partnerships in caring with hundreds hospitals nationally and internationally, and worked with several community organizations to make healing happen through the use of beads as a historical art form. Children may receive thousands of beads during their treatments. Our role, as Bucks Woodturners, is to give the children a vessel to hold their beads.
Steve is targeting October as a completion time for the project. If you have an interest in participating, take a look at the attached slide show, visit the Beads of Courage Website for more information, and let Steve know you are interested.