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\n\nEach year ISGB offers scholarships to qualifying members to attend our conference, “The Gathering”. This is an amazing opportunity to learn, share, and participate in this annual event.\u00a0 \u00a0Visit our Gathering website<\/a> <\/strong>for more information about this event.<\/p>\nApplications for 2021 Scholarships will be open in the Fall of 2020\nWe invite you to join us!\n <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t Bead & Button Show \u2013 ISGB Marketplace Sales Opportunity<\/p>\n The Bead & Button Show \u2013 ISGB Marketplace Artisan Sales Table Scholarship will again be awarded in 2020. This exciting opportunity gives an ISGB member artist the chance to sell on the Bead & Button Show floor for the first time, without the responsibility of the table fee. The Bead & Button Marketplace is a vibrant selling space for hand-crafted beads, stones, jewelry supplies, findings, and finished artwork. The Bead & Button Show and ISGB offer this opportunity to ISGB members in support of artistic excellence, to help further education and experience, and to provide the artist a direct selling opportunity to thousands of jewelry makers.<\/p>\nApplications for the Bead & Button 2020 Scholarship are now open.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t<\/a>\n Each year the ISGB sends out calls to teach and present at our annual conference, “The Gathering”.\u00a0 While the ISGB focuses on its members, this is an opportunity for both members and non-members to share their skills and promote the art.\u00a0 The ISGB also sends out a call to members for Commemorative Bead submissions.<\/p>\n ISGB publishes a monthly newsletter, “The Bead Release”, in which you will be the first to learn about all submissions and other opportunities.\u00a0 You can also check in with News and Insights<\/a> <\/strong>for all the latest at any time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t ISGB is a proud supporter of the Beads of Courage Program<\/p>\n\t\t\tWhat is Beads of Courage?<\/a>\n\t\t What is the Beads of Courage Program?<\/strong><\/p>\n Children and teens who are diagnosed with a serious illness are thrust into a confusing world of needle pokes, medical treatments, and long hospital stays away from the comforts of home. They face daily challenges with strength and courage.\u00a0 But they need something to hold on to on tough treatment days \u2013 something that reminds them how far they\u2019ve come, and encourages them to keep going.<\/p>\n The Beads of Courage\u00ae Program supports the emotional coping of children and teens diagnosed with cancer, a blood condition, congenital heart disease, a traumatic burn injury, or other chronic medical conditions, including support for families that have a baby in the NICU. The program uses colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones during treatment.\u00a0 Each bead represents something a child or teen had to endure, but also gives them a way to say, \u201cI did it!\u201d The Beads of Courage\u00ae Program makes children and teens happy.\u00a0 It helps them cope with treatment and restores their confidence and self-worth.\u00a0 It encourages them to stay strong and feel proud of what they have accomplished.\u00a0 It gives them a way to RECORD, OWN and TELL their stories of courage.<\/p>\n How it Works<\/strong><\/p>\n Upon enrollment in the program, hospital caregivers give each Beads of Courage\u00ae member 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 with the guidance of the Beads of Courage\u00ae Bead Prescription, which highlights the meaning of each bead given. The beads transform into a form of narrative medicine where the beads help to tell their story and make visible the courageous journey of children, teens, and their families when receiving medical care for a serious illness.<\/p>\n\t\t\tHow ISGB Members Can Help!<\/a>\n\t\t How ISGB Members Can Help<\/strong><\/p>\n Beads of Courage\u00ae programs depend on donations of all kinds of handmade beads. Thank you for your donations!<\/p>\n Guidelines for Glass Beads<\/strong><\/p>\n Please remember that these beads are worn and handled by children and should be sturdy enough to stand up to wear and tear.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n How to Donate Beads<\/strong><\/p>\n Mail donations to:<\/p>\nBeads of Courage, Inc. Print and fill out this\u00a0<\/a>Bead Donation Form<\/a> and send it along with your beads. Here you will also find more information regarding the requirements for donated beads.<\/p>\nPlease do not send or directly deliver your beads to member hospitals.<\/strong><\/em> How Beads are Used:<\/strong><\/p>\n Act of Courage Beads<\/strong><\/p>\n Act of Courage Beads are the artist-made glass beads that are given to acknowledge the milestones in a child’s treatment journey. This year, we expect to need approximately 100,000 of these handmade beads donated so children can continue to receive one-of-a-kind beads for significant treatment milestones. These beads truly bring the arts to our Arts-in-Medicine mission.<\/p>\n Transplant Beads<\/strong><\/p>\n Larger focal beads are used to honor the courage during a Bone Marrow Transplant (donor and recipient) and solid organ transplants. Heart shaped beads (any color) are used in our Cardiac Program to honor a cardiac transplant.<\/p>\n Polymer Clay Beads<\/strong><\/p>\n Polymer Clay Beads are used as a Member’s Choice Discharge Bead in the Beads of Courage Program celebrating the last day in the hospital and the chance to go home.<\/p>\n What happens to my donated beads?<\/strong><\/p>\n When your beads arrive at the Beads of Courage, Inc. headquarters they are:<\/p>\n More Questions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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