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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

WOODFORD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)– A project inspired by the classic Peanuts character, “Project Linus,” aims to provide blankets to seriously ill and traumatized children. Lisa Kepf is in charge of the ...