A Bottles of Hope Challenge at Clay ConneCTion 2000 and again in July 2002 in Connecticut. Over 100 bottles were made at each retreat and distributed to cancer patients.

A Bottles of Hope Challenge at will take place at Clay ConneCTion 2004 on July 23-25, 2002 in Connecticut.

A Bottle Day October 2000 in Guilford, CT. Over 40 attendees, including cancer survivors and their friends. Girl Scouts came too and made beautiful bottles.

A Bottles of Hope Challenge at the San Diego Clay GuildÕs retreat November 2001. 110 bottles made and distributed! Thanks to Marie Segal! In 2000, bottles were donated to UCSD Cancer Center patients at two clinic locations La Jolla and Hillcrest. Bottles for the local project were collected and donated by the UCSD Cancer Center clinical staff. Go to:
http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2000_12_20_BOH.html

The Utah Polymer Clay Guild is covering bottles and has two or three local hospitals lined up to receive the bottles.

The New Jersey PC Guild is covering bottles for local distribution.

Description of the project in Bead and Button Magazine.

Many local workshops took place in the Connecticut and Rhode Island area.

The Houston Polymer Clay Guild made bottles at a Jan 2001 retreat and will be having a Bottles of Hope Challenge at their upcoming May retreat.

Over 150 Bottles of Hope made at each of two Relay for Life events, one in Bethel, Ct and one in Missouri.

A Bottles of Hope art display included in a juried event at the Yale Physicians Building ÒArt PlaceÓ in New Haven, Ct.

A Bottles of Hope project to be included in an upcoming Creative Designs publication (spring Ô03)

A workshop at the ChildrenÕs Bereavement Center in Danbury, Ct.

A workshop in 2004 at the Ivoryton Library in CT.

Two workshops in 2002 at the Booth Library in Newtown, Ct.

An art teacher at a Montessori School has a permanent Bottles of Hope table set up in her art room where kids can make bottles when they have free time.

Diane Gregoire, founder of the Bottles of Hope, runs numerous workshops throughout Rhode Island on a regular basis.

Bottles were distributed to a cancer support group called Chesapeake Women Anglers (CWA) and Casting for Recovery (CFR) in Virginia in 2001, and ongoing.

Betty Roe Richards in Florida has personally made hundreds of bottles which have been distributed in the North Florida area.

Workshop at Griffin Hospital, Derby Ct with a cancer support group.

Workshop at New Canaan, Ct Episcopal Church Youth Group.

Lois Hartwig started the Heart of Illinois Bead Society on October 13, 2001. They now have 20+ members and at our January meeting adopted the Bottles of Hope - decorated with beads, of course - as our 2002 community service project. Bottles are given to friends or the oncology nurses at Eureka Hospital for distribution, and we've completed several dozen.

Bottles are being distributed at Northside Medical Center in Youngstown, OH and a patient workshop was held Aug 02.

Bottles are being distributed at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.

TV news about Bottles of Hope in Grand Rapids, MI in Dec.01
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=596202&nav=0Rch0QHB0Vhv6LpN

Diane Gregoire, Rhode Island Hospital staff and other Lifespan employees reached out to grieving New Yorkers by creating a special "Bottle of Hope" during a workshop held at the hospital cafeteria on Wednesday, September 19, 2001. Go to:
http://www.lifespan.org/news/2001/09/RIH-Bottles_9-18-01.html

Workshop at Northside Medical Center, Youngstown, OH Aug. 02.
http://www.forumhealth.org/CancerCare/Newsletters/Newsletter%2008-092002.pdf

Workshop at Mariposa County Arts Council in California Oct. 01.

South Bay (California) Polymer Clay Guild has run Clay Day workshops for BOH.

Profile of Montreal Polymer Clay Guild in on-line zine ÒPolyzineÓ and mention of their activity with BOH program. Go to:
http://www.pcpolyzine.com/september2001/montreal.html

Mention of BOH on Charity Channel. Go to:
http://www.charitychannel.com/resources/Detailed/342.html

Lots of info on BOH at:
www.glassattic.com

A Girl scout troop in Bethel, CT makes BOH. Go to:
http://members.tripod.com/troop358/howto.html

Houston Polymer Clay Guild is very active in the BOH program. Bottles are distributed at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.