Thirty years since the founding of the nationwide initiative Project Linus, the organization’s local chapter continues to provide blankets to area children in need. The initiative, born in Denver, ...
For Dee Nietschke of Lodi, happiness is a warm blanket. In 2019, she established the San Joaquin County branch of Project Linus. Taking its name from the blanket-toting Charles Schultz Peanuts comics ...
Sometimes, a gesture as simple as being wrapped up in a warm hug is all a person needs to get through a rough patch in life. For more than 50,000 San Diego children, that hug has arrived in the form ...
The volunteers of the Lititz/Lancaster chapter of the nonprofit Project Linus, who call themselves Blanketeers, make blankets, quilts and afghans for children in need — those who are seriously ill, ...
When Ann Strautman learned of the deaths last year of two children who attended Galm Elementary School, she knew what to do. Strautman called a friend, a counselor at the school, and offered to donate ...
Carroll County Project Linus is a nonprofit organization that makes, gathers and donates blankets to facilities that serve children in need such as hospitals, social service organizations, schools, ...
Project Linus is 17 handmade blankets richer, thanks to students in Solanco High School's Fashion and Fabrics class. Students in Erin Byrnes' class met Tuesday with Diane Wagner, Project Linus ...
It’s a Monday morning at the Bear Canyon Senior Center in Northeast Albuquerque, which means the weekly knit and crochet volunteer group for Project Linus is meeting inside Classroom 5 at the center.
WILTON – Using yards of bright colored fleece, contrasting or matching yarns, and a big crochet hook, volunteers with Project Linus make soft cozy blankets for children in need. The group of women who ...
On Feb. 15, University of Maine students celebrated the last day of the annual Winter Carnival by participating in Project Linus’ National Make-A-Blanket Day. Students were provided with materials and ...
CHANCELLOR, Ala. (WTVY) - A new organization in southeast Alabama is seeking a way to comfort our youth in a special way. Project Linus handmakes quilts, blankets, and comforters with love and ...