Beads of Courage Boxes
FLWT has received a request from a Syracuse area Diabetes Center seeking Beads of Courage boxes for their pediatric patients. We delivered some a few years ago, and they are in need of more.
As a result of this request, we are urging all of our members to consider making at least one Beads of Courage box to donate. To help, the Board has developed a plan:
- At the March S3, we showed a short slide show on Beads of Courage boxes, including what they are and guidelines on sizes and other features.
- We will collect boxes at all of our normal drop-off points
- Jim Byron - 131 Chelsea Meadows Drive, West Henrietta
- Denis Caysinger - 365 Peck Rd, Hilton
- David Gilbert - 696 Hightower Way, Webster
- Mike Sullivan - 18 Brookside Dr., Fairport
- The Board has set a goal of 15 boxes per month, for each of March, April, and May – and in May we will deliver all of the completed boxes to the Center.
- To help encourage, each box donated gets a ticket for a raffle prize, which will be drawn in the May monthly meeting.
- We will be purchasing Beads of Courage Logo Beads that can optionally be added inside or outside of your box. Please contact Jim Byron if you are interested. The beads are not mandatory, but they do connect the box to the mission.
We will add to this list of resources for Beads of Courage boxes as we become aware of new articles.
- Beads of Courage Organization
- Woodturner Registration form (required of all donors - one time only)
- Woodturner Gift-in-kind form (required for each donation)
- Beads of Courage Program Brochure
- AAW Guidelines for the Size of Beads of Courage Boxes - general information and specific guidelines for dimensions of the boxes.
- Making Boxes with Thin Wall PVC Pipe - we are going obtain the PVC pipe and can supply the pieces for folks who want to use this (potentially simpler approach) for making one or more bowls.
- Life-Changing Lidded Wood Bowl Turning — Very Special Video - nice intro about the BoC program, and a complete example of making a side grain bowl/box for the program. Kent Weakley has a lot of good information in his newsletter and Turn A Wood Bowl web site.