children
All children who receive treatment at
participating Beads of Courage sites are eligible to enroll in the Beads of Courage program
to become a Beads of Courage member. Upon enrollment each child is
given the Beads of Courage bead color guide with a detachable
membership card. Their Beads of Courage journey begins when each child
is first given a length of string and beads that spell out their first name.
Then, colorful beads, each representing a different treatment milestone are
given to the child by their professional health care provider to add to their
Beads of Courage® collection throughout their treatment.
hospitals -
the Beads
of Courage cooperative group
Any hospital
that treats children is eligible to become a member of the Beads
of Courage Cooperative Group. In addition to being
recognized as a licensed Beads of Courage site for program implementation,
benefits of belonging to the Beads of Courage Cooperative Group include:
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara, California
Oakland Children’s Hospital
Oakland, California
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
(Minneapolis/St. Paul,
Minnesota)
Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center
(Albany, New York)
Pitt County Memorial Children’s Hospital of Eastern Carolina
(Greenville, North Carolina)
City of Hope National Cancer Center
(Duarte, California)
Wolfson Children’s Hospital
(Jacksonville, Florida)
Nemours Outpatient Clinic
(Jacksonville, Florida)
Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
Billings Hematology/Oncology Clinic
(Billings, Montana)
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Hospital
(Oakland, California)
Arkansas Children's Hospital
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
Washoe Medical Center
(Reno, Nevada)
Banner Children's Hospital
(Phoenix, Arizona)
Children’s Memorial Hospital
(Chicago, Illinois)
Medical City Children’s Hospital
(Dallas, Texas)
Charleston Area Medical Center
Women and Children’s Hospital
(Charleston, West Virginia)
The Children’s Hospital
(Denver, Colorado)
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
(Detroit, Michigan)
University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
(Chicago, Illinois)
Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital
(Chicago, Illinois)
The Children’s Hospital at St. Francis
(Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Florida Children’s Hospital
(Orlando, Florida)
New Orleans Children’s Hospital
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Wellington Hospital
(Wellington South, New Zealand)
Children's Hematology Oncology Centre
(Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand)
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
(Bronx, New York)
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
(New York, New York)
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
(Palo Alto, California)
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Dell Children's Hospital
(Austin, Texas)
Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital
(San Antonio, Texas)
AI duPont Hospital for Children
(Wilmington, Delaware)
Tripler Army Medical Center
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
Kaiser Permanente Honolulu
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
(Houston, Texas)
Central DuPage Hospital
(Winfield, Illinois)
Hassenfeld Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at NYU
(New York, New York)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Duke University Children's Hospital
(Durham, North Carolina)
Sutter Health Sacramento
(Sacramento, California)
University of California Davis Children's Hospital
(Sacramento, California)
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento
(Sacramento, California)
The Children's Hospital at Providence
(Anchorage, Alaska)
©2008 Jean M. Baruch