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 ...

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 ...

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — 'Tis the season for giving back to your community. There are a number of ways that you and your family can help others through the holidays. Every day through Christmas, Patch will ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Durango Area Chapter of Project Linus recently named Beth Emrich and Sandy Baumann as coordinators. Project Linus is a local nonprofit that distributes handmade blankets to children and families ...

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 ...