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 dont 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

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/

In article >, says...
>
> 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

You reminded me that as a child my sister ended up in hospital twice
after pushing toy beads in places they shouldn't have gone, where they
got stuck and only a doctor could get them back.


Janet UK

On 4/6/2016 2:42 PM, Janet wrote:

>> 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
>
> You reminded me that as a child my sister ended up in hospital twice
> after pushing toy beads in places they shouldn't have gone, where they
> got stuck and only a doctor could get them back.
>
>
> Janet UK
>

Hah, a Boba freak!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ine-child.html