Photo by Jeff Baughan Amber Skidmore, director of the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter of the Linus Project, sits with three blankets recently finished for the project. The Parkersburg Seventh Day Adventist ...
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 ...
From the initial meeting of the Humboldt Chapter of Project Linus in May 2018, Chapter Coordinator Nancy Corral hoped for a successful venture, sensing that Humboldt County was a community of “people ...
FOND DU LAC (WLUK) -- Project Linus is a national non-profit organization dedicated to providing new handmade blankets for children going through any trauma. On Thursday, Nov. 21, Project Linus (Dodge ...
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 ...
“When we do this, we’re not just giving out blankets; we’re giving out comfort,” said Debbie Busby, her arms filled with handmade quilts and blankets in an array of patterns and sizes. On a recent ...
Project Linus, a nonprofit organization, brings security and comfort to hospitalized children through new, homemade and washable blankets. The organization's generous event, "Make a Blanket Day," is a ...
DECATUR - One of the last days of summer came with warm temperatures and intermittent sunshine, but scores of women still decided Thursday was a perfect day to stay indoors and sew. A record 164 ...
Blankets made by local "blanketeers" are keeping kids warm and comfortable in Kentucky after they went through a horrible weather event. The eastern Iowa Project Linus chapter sent 50 handmade ...
DOVER — Sprawling knitted afghans — trios of green, yellow and brown, and purple, pink and blue — were draped and folded across the interior of St. Mary’s Church hall Wednesday. Strangers joined at ...