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 ...
Plenty of people have knitted, quilted or crocheted their way to a little extra security during the pandemic, finding such crafting a source of comfort as socializing shrank and outside endeavors came ...
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, ...
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 ...
Comfort and security are coming to seriously ill and traumatized children in Rochester. A new, local chapter of the nonprofit Project Linus has begun producing hand-made blankets "to provide comfort — ...
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.
Humboldt Project Linus recently reached a milestone, tallying up 1,000 new, handmade blankets made since forming in May 2018. The 1,000th blanket, a quilt made by one of the volunteer “blanketeers,” ...
Residents in Oakton's Miller Heights neighborhood who made the fleecy no-sew blankets for Project Linus never saw the child press the soft nap of the blanket against her cheeks. Supervisor Dahlia ...
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 ...
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 ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - The gift of a blanket to a child going through a difficult time. That’s the goal of Project Linus. We spoke with a Levant woman today who set her own goal for that project and ...
LEBANON, Pa. (WHTM) — The James Biever Police-Community Alliance (JBPCA) announced that they have been working with local groups in Lebanon to make Linus blankets that will be placed in every police ...