{"id":10004,"date":"2026-10-19T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/?page_id=10004"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:24:45","slug":"beads-of-courage-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/beads-of-courage-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Beads of Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#F5F3EF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;e6504a1b-67eb-4b3d-b023-bcab277610b6&#8243; header_4_font=&#8221;Roboto|900||on|||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#AA6A3C&#8221; header_4_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_4_letter_spacing=&#8221;0.2em&#8221; header_4_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; header_4_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_4_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; header_4_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">AWA Club Projects<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Four big projects yearly AWA Members participate in:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Wig Stands for Cancer patients &#8211; March<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Empty Bowls Project &#8211; September<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Beads of Courage &#8211; October<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Ornament Contest thru Turners Warehouse &#8211; St. Jude&#8217;s &#8211; November<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#F5F3EF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;27px||0px||false|false&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;77.6%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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Their collection of beads becomes a tangible record of their journey.\u00a0 You can pick up a ceramic &#8220;Beads of Courage&#8221; bead to be inserted on the knob of your lid at the next monthly meeting.\u00a0 Find out dimensions and more information below and at the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsofcourage.org\/bead-bowls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Beads of Courage website<\/span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Beads-of-Courage.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF Guideline excerpt from Beads of Courage website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Picture below is Dick Jones, Kathi Luksich, Jean Gribbon (founder), Michael Luksich<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wood donated for 25 boxes by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Endowment fund.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beadsofcourage.org\/bead-bowls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donation\u00a0 Guideline<\/a>\u00a0 The club delivers boxes to the headquarters for them to disperse to children around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of folks who have made some unique lidded boxes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vLWB00wno7o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carl Jacobson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EX4_d_6xOjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Yoder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOC2025.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;BOC2025&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BOC-2023-and-2024.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;BOC 2023 and 2024&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOC-2022.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;BOC 2022&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AWA Club Projects &nbsp; Four big projects yearly AWA Members participate in: Wig Stands for Cancer patients &#8211; March Empty Bowls Project &#8211; September Beads of Courage &#8211; October Ornament Contest thru Turners Warehouse &#8211; St. Jude&#8217;s &#8211; November &nbsp; YEARLY PROJECT\u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0Beads of Courage &#8211; turned in yearly in October\/November Over 75 bowls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_mc_calendar":[],"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"wf_page_folders":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10004"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10017,"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10004\/revisions\/10017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonawoodturners.org\/turning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=10004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}