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.

Since 2005, Beads of Courage, Inc. has established collaborative partnerships in caring with hundreds of hospitals nationally and internationally, as well as community organizations to make healing happen through the use of beads.

Beads of Courage® programs integrate the use of beads, the earliest art form known to humans, as visible, tangible symbols of human experiences that need and deserve to be expressed. Every time a bead is given courage is honored, suffering is alleviated, resilience is strengthened, and the experience of human caring is affirmed.

Beads of Courage programs create a context for caring transactions to transpire through unique programs for:

• Patients, family, and clinicians
• Siblings
• Bereavement
•  AYA
• Virtual programming
• Volunteer opportunities
• Community engagement