Donate - Cardea Bead Program

Cardea Beads is a program designed to support families coping with cancer. Patients of all ages can tell their story, using colorful beads as meaningful symbols of courage that commemorate milestones they have achieved along their treatment path. Patients receive/select one bead for each treatment and over time, beads collected can be made into a key chain, necklace, or bracelet. Each string of beads becomes a keepsake that tells a story of strength, courage and hope. 

With your help, we will invest in purchasing glass, materials, and instructor time. The need is greater now than when we began this program.

Patients’ faces light up when they enter the treatment clinic, stop at the counter, and select a bead to commemorate their continued fight for survival. 
We appreciate your support of the Cardea Beads Program.

Water Street Glassworks is a Michigan 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible.