Beads of Courage Carry a Bead

10/13/2026

🚴 YOUR MILES. THEIR STORIES OF COURAGE. 💜

Why race for Beads of Courage at ?

Because Beads of Courage helps children find meaning while coping with cancer and other serious illnesses and honors their incredible courage!

Each bead is a tangible symbol of courage, representing a child's medical experiences. Together, the beads help children make sense of what they are going through and record, tell, and own their stories of courage.

Tucson businesses, workplace teams, and community organizations — we'd love for you to join us!

Gather your colleagues to ride, walk, or run in El Tour de Tucson. Choose Beads of Courage as your charity of choice and fundraise to help brave kids receive the beads they need to tell their stories.

Can't participate? Your company or organization can also make a donation to support Team BOC!

💜 **Let's Race for Courageous Kids!**

https://beadsofcourage.org/el-tour-de-tucson/



💜 A special thank-you to our Team Beads of Courage sponsors, and Merrill ! We are grateful for your generous support and commitment to helping brave kids receive the beads they need to tell their stories of courage!

10/13/2026

🚴💜 YOU DON'T HAVE TO RIDE IN TUCSON TO BE PART OF TEAM BEADS OF COURAGE!

Our 2026 Team Beads of Courage Cycling Shop is OPEN!

Whether you're riding in El Tour de Tucson, cycling in your own community, or looking for the perfect gift for your favorite cyclist, you can proudly represent Team Beads of Courage wherever you ride!

💜 Ride anywhere. Raise awareness. Support brave kids!
Every time you wear your Team Beads of Courage cycling gear, you help raise awareness for children coping with cancer and other serious illnesses. And with all proceeds from our cycling shop supporting Beads of Courage, your purchase helps make our mission possible.

Every order also includes a Carry a Bead kit! Carry a special bead on your next ride and return it to encourage a child in the Beads of Courage program.

⏰ ORDER DEADLINE: THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15!

Our cycling jerseys and team kits are available through a limited-time custom pre-order.

🛍️ SHOP NOW: https://shoptosupport.beadsofcourage.org/collections/team-beads-of-courage-cycling-shop

Every mile can make a difference for brave kids! And you will look good too

10/12/2026

🐴✨ Reveal time… it’s the Horseshoe Carry a Bead! ✨🐴

Last week you played along with our Guess the Carry a Bead challenge — and so many of you had great guesses! The answer was hiding in the margins, and now we’re excited to share the official reveal:

This exclusive, limited-edition Horseshoe Carry a Bead was handmade and commissioned by Beads of Courage specifically for our community, created by the talented artist Audra Delaschmutt 💛

Only 100 beads are available, making this a truly special way to kick off our first Carry a Bead of the year — and a meaningful way to support children and teens coping with serious illness.

Get a Lukcy Horseshoe Carry a Bead Kit today! https://shoptosupport.beadsofcourage.org/products/courage-crew-cab-audra-delashmutt-2026?_pos=22&_sid=19fd018da&_ss=r

🎉 Drop a comment if you guessed it right!

10/12/2026

Carrying a beads of courage at the congenital heart walk in Pittsburgh at Stage AE today!! So many fiercely brave heart warriors and their families writing notes of encouragement and carrying beads for kids in the hospital! Did you know that the very 1st Cardiac BOC program was started at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh? Give Hope. Honor Courage. Carry a Bead! The Children's Heart Foundation Thank you Palermo Heart to Heart for sponsoring our special carry a bead opportunity today!!

Want to carry a bead? Check out our online shop: https://shoptosupport.beadsofcourage.org/

BEADS OF COURAGE - STS

10/12/2026

Courage Tiger is taking Carry a Bead to festival season!

Heading to a concert or music festival? Take our Carry a Bead: Music Edition along for the experience and carry encouragement for a child or teen facing serious illness.

Get yours here: https://shoptosupport.beadsofcourage.org/products/cabmusic1001p

🎵 Share an uplifting lyric that inspires you
📸 Show us where you Carry a Bead
🏷️ Tag so we can follow along!

Music connects us. Beads connect us. Where will you Carry a Bead? 🎶💛

10/12/2026

Artist-made beads have traveled to space — and through Carry a Bead, they can travel with you too. 🚀✨

During World Space Week, we’re celebrating Beads in Space and the extraordinary places artist-made beads have traveled — and Carry a Bead gives you a way to be part of that connection and encouragement.

Through our Carry a Bead Program, you receive two artist-made glass beads.
✨ Keep one as a reminder of your own experience.
💫 Carry the second with you on an adventure, milestone or meaningful moment — then return it to Beads of Courage with a note of encouragement for a child or teen coping with serious illness.

How awesome is it that astronaut Buzz Aldrin and our Beads in Space sponsor, “Meteorite Man” Geoff Notkin, have carried beads!

Your donation to participate in Carry a Bead supports the mission of Beads of Courage and helps sustain programs for children and teens coping with serious illness.

Where would you carry a bead?

Learn more and participate:
https://shoptosupport.beadsofcourage.org/collections/carry-bead

09/08/2026

Thank you to the Valley Roughriders Ball Club for sharing your encouragement with kids we support through our CarryaBead initiative! ⚾️💗

09/01/2026

Whoa! Look at this adorable package we received today from Layci who hiked Mt. Fuji with Beads of Courage! Thank you for the thoughtful letter & pictures that you included. We will be mailing this sweet package to a child this week. We know kids love to receive photos. It’s about human connection and it matters, especially in moments you are needing encouragement to get through a tough day. The essential message…”people you’ll never meet are cheering for you along the way.”

09/01/2026

Thank you Matt from Pittsburgh for taking beads to some cool places! Stockholm and Iceland! These will be fun beads for a child to add to their Beads of Courage collection.

07/04/2026

This Giving 4th, show your fierce support for brave kids.

As America celebrates 250 years, we’re reminded of the power of coming together to care for one another.

This Fourth of July, many children and teens coping with cancer and other serious illnesses will be in the hospital, receiving treatment, or recovering at home.

For these brave kids, Beads of Courage bring joy, hope, and something meaningful to hold onto. Every bead honors courage shown through treatments, procedures, and milestones, helping children record, tell, and own their stories of courage.

Your Giving 4th donation helps provide the beads brave kids need.

Show Your Fierce Support.
Give Hope. Honor Courage.
Help provide the beads brave kids need.

🔗 Donate today: https://beadsofcourage.networkforgood.com/projects/300570-be-fierce-for-brave-kids

Help brave kids receive the beads they need 🐯 Courage Tiger is on a Mighty Summer Mission to comfort brave kids. And you can join him! Every day, brave kids must show their fierce. Beads of Courage help them tell the story of every treatment, every challenge, and every moment of bravery....