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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 2—GREENSBURG — After retiring from a busy career in post-secondary education, Connie Adelman found that you can only do so ...

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 ...

Joann is partnering with Project Linus to prompt the creation and donation of blankets to children in the hospital, foster care or other trying situation. More than 350 of the fabric and craft ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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, ...