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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Friends and family gathered to honor Albuquerque Police Officer Bianca Quintana and her family with a balloon release. The young APD officer leaves behind a husband and two young ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A non-profit that helps families in need is asking for help. Omaha Project Linus provides homemade blankets for children who are ill or in need throughout the metro. However, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — 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, ...

Debbie Branning, chapter coordinator of the Wayne County Project Linus nonprofit organization, spoke to members of the 4-H Explorers in the spring. She explained how she donates over 1,000 blankets ...

(WXMI) — A local woman is crafting handmade blankets for West Michigan children in her late son’s memory. Now she’s hoping community members will be able to pitch in. ‘A blanket to a child is a ...

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 ...

Blankets can be a comfort and are even extra special when they are handmade. A group of blanket-makers in New Jersey have been busy. They belong to the Hunterdon/Warren New Jersey chapter of Project ...

Project Linus, a volunteer-run nonprofit that provides handmade security blankets to children in crisis, celebrates its 30th anniversary this Christmas Eve. The date marks three decades since founder ...

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 ...