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Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare. But two parents have found the strength to help other children fighting cancer.
After the death of their son John Eric from a cancer called neuroblastoma, Jay and Alisha Bartels created the The JEB Foundation to aide families with children receiving treatment at the Herman & Walter Samuelson's Children's Hospital at Sinai, specifically the Hematology/Oncology Department. The foundation provides a Journey Bead program to provide encouragement and inspiration to children. Each bead has a meaning, for example the child receives a red heart after a blood transfusion.
In a recent WBAL news story, Sinai social worker Mary Bohlen said the program allows children a way to document their strength.
"It's a way to visually see 'wow, look what I have done; look what I'm surviving," she said.
You can learn more about the JEB Foundation and Journey Bead Program by clicking here. For more information about the Children's Hospital, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
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Health News
Journey Bead Program Helps Kids with Cancer
Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare. But two parents have found the strength to help other children fighting cancer.
After the death of their son John Eric from a cancer called neuroblastoma, Jay and Alisha Bartels created the The JEB Foundation to aide families with children receiving treatment at the Herman & Walter Samuelson's Children's Hospital at Sinai, specifically the Hematology/Oncology Department. The foundation provides a Journey Bead program to provide encouragement and inspiration to children. Each bead has a meaning, for example the child receives a red heart after a blood transfusion.
In a recent WBAL news story, Sinai social worker Mary Bohlen said the program allows children a way to document their strength.
"It's a way to visually see 'wow, look what I have done; look what I'm surviving," she said.
You can learn more about the JEB Foundation and Journey Bead Program by clicking here. For more information about the Children's Hospital, call 410-601-WELL (9355).
- Harmonia Therapy Featured In Advance For Nurses
Last year we featured Buddy Wakefield and his innovate approach to respiratory therapy - teaching patients how to play a harmonica. Since then, harmonica therapy has taken off among the pediatric patients at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's...
- Harmonica Therapy Takes Off At Sinai Hospital
Recently we brought you the story of how harmonicas were being used to help our youngest patients. In the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai, respiratory therapists like Ann Ludwig are teaching children with breathing problems...
- Mini-golf Event To Benefit Cancer Patients
There's a good chance the weekend weather will be in the 80s - and what better way to get some sun and fun than by playing mini-golf? The Mildred Mindell Cancer Foundation is hosting a mini-golf event at Tom Mitchell's Golf Complex, 301 Mitchell...
- Children's Cancer Foundation Founder Honored
It?s not uncommon for people, sometimes strangers, to come up and hug Shirley Howard. After all, for many pediatric oncology patients and their families, she is a guardian angel. For more than 30 years, Howard has been a tireless advocate and fund raiser...
- Bead Therapy At The Cancer Institute
The Alvin & Lois Lapidus Cancer Institute at LifeBridge Health is always looking for new ways to reach out to cancer patients, survivors and their family members. That's why we are proud to offer the Lunch and Learn program. These sessions offer...