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 ...

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, ...

There's no beating the comfort that a warm, cozy blanket can bring in a moment of distress. The people behind Project Linus know that better than anyone else and they're working to bring a touch of ...

The local chapter of Project Linus accepts tax-deductible donations of fabric or cash. Fabric must be 100 percent cotton or fleece. Donations can be made directly to area coordinator Barb McLean or ...

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

“Blankets give kids a sense of security and comfort,” Patty Krause said to me in our conversation about her work with Project Linus, a nationwide charity whose mission is to bring homemade blankets to ...

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 ...

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 ...

WILTON – Using yards of bright colored fleece, contrasting or matching yarns, and a big crochet hook, volunteers with Project Linus make soft cozy blankets for children in need. The group of women who ...

Comfort and security are coming to seriously ill and traumatized children in Rochester. A new, local chapter of the nonprofit Project Linus has begun producing hand-made blankets "to provide comfort — ...