On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:54:16 -0600, graham > wrote:

>Saw a presentation at a woodturning event last night from a charity,
>Beads of Courage, that was looking for donations of boxes and bowls to
>contain beads. They give beads to kids who are undergoing serious
>medical treatment and the kids see them as badges of honour. There is a
>different bead for each type of treatment so we saw pictures of kids
>with huge, multistrand necklaces and it was heart breaking to see how
>many were for chemo etc. Not all make necklaces but apparently the kids
>are avid collectors. Their parents keep the beads in bowls or boxes if
>the kids don’t make it.
>
>http://www.beadsofcourage.ca/about
>
>It has given me ideas for some pieces I had been thinking of making.
>The US organisation:http://www.beadsofcourage.org/pages/beadsofcourage.htm
>I know this isn't about food but it might give some of the trolls pause
>for thought!
>Graham

Pop Beads were popular in the early '50s, people were paid to snap
them together.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page...%3APop%20Beads
http://www.heyviv.com/pop-beads-rainbow-colors/