The Bravery Bead program gives children a visual story of their health care experience. Children’s Hospital patients and clients at TVCC collect various beads that represent different elements of their care.
For each needle poke, physio session, visit from Ollie the Therapeutic Clown, or birthday in hospital, our children and youth receive a bead. This donor funded program helps them honour and celebrate the challenges they have made it through.
When children, like Emery, face a chronic condition their diagnosis comes with the need for lifelong care.
Before she was even born, Emery was diagnosed with DiGeorge Syndrome – a chromosome mutation that affects her lungs, heart, and means she has a very weak immune system. Children’s Hospital has been with Emery and her family for every step of her health care journey. She has needed frequent monitoring, surgeries and treatments across departments.
Emery’s close bond to Children’s Hospital means she has over 9,000 Bravery Beads – and she wants to share them with you!
Golden Hearts are a really big accomplishment – surgery!
Fish beads represent long journeys to and from care!
…and these are just the start of Emery’s 9,000 bead collection!
“This is what brave looks like” – Emery’s Mom
You help show our children everything they have overcome and bring hope for their future!
Because of you, hope lives at Children’s
See more of Emery’s collection, and learn more about how donor funding is a source of hope for our children in the complete pages of our Celebrations! magazine.
