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 ...

Crochet needles clicked and sewing machines whirred as volunteers for blanket-making organization Project Linus gathered in Sierra Vista Mall’s community room. It was Feb. 20, National Make a Blanket ...

HUDSON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the millions of children across the nation who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need, a blanket can be much more than that. A handmade blanket can ...

Project Linus provides new, homemade blankets to sick or abused children through its chapters across the country. Saturday, volunteers gathered at the main branch of the St. Louis County Library to ...

Last year, 3,500 handmade blankets were donated to the Las Cruces chapter of Project Linus, a national nonprofit organization, and all 3,500 blankets were given out to children in Las Cruces and the ...

Linus blankets are big hugs for children who need a little extra comfort, says Katy resident Sally Burns, the Houston Project Linus coordinator. "We are touching the lives of so many children in the ...

WINTER HAVEN — Days before retiring from her job as a receptionist in 2012, Diana Mattson was asked by her co-workers what she was going to do going forward. Her response: make blankets for ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Project Linus Baltimore County chapter – Project Linus, is a non-profit organization, that ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX44) — Project Linus, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing handmade blankets and quilts to children facing serious illness, trauma or other needs, continues its ...

Dec. 24—Editor's note: The Daily Item will recognize people who have Made a Difference in the Valley in 2023 this week. This is the first part of a series that will continue until New Year's Day.