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, born in Denver, ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...

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.

A friend of mine has a Snoopy blanket that was worn thin by her childhood. She grasped that little blanket tightly in her hands every time she faced abuse. She kept the blanket all these years as a ...

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 ...

Nancy Corral, chapter coordinator for Humboldt County Project Linus, recently received a $200 donation from Cooper Avila, left, 10, of McKinlyeville and Mikey Shumard, 10, also of McKinleyville. The ...