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 ...

Project Linus, a volunteer-run nonprofit that provides handmade security blankets to children in crisis, celebrates its 30th ...

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 ...

The Greater Pittsburgh Area chapter of Project Linus has a space in the Caste Village shops, which it uses for storage and distribution of blankets to children facing illness or trauma. Courtesy of ...

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, ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Think back to your childhood. You probably had a favorite blanket. Maybe you still do. Now think to a time when you were scared or sick, and how that blanket helped comfort you.

Project Linus, a nonprofit organization with chapters spanning the United States, draws upon local volunteers to make blankets for hospitalized children. The Grand Junction chapter of Project Linus ...

In less than five years, Project Linus Humboldt has given 2,000 locally made blankets to area children. “Our chapter delivered our 1,000th blanket during the pandemic and the 2,000th blanket during an ...

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.

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 ...

Imagine a completely warm and secure existence, your feet always toasty, no need for mittens or a toboggan. Then, wham! Thrust out into the cold, cold world, and maybe you even got a slap on your ...