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Project Linus
Project Linus is a 100 percent volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing love, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade, washable blankets and afghans lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."
Founded in 1995 by Karen Loucks-Baker of Parker, Colo., and named after the blanket-carrying character in the Peanuts comic strip, Project Linus now has over 300 chapters in the United States and has delivered over half a million security blankets to children around the world. The project has been featured in leading magazines and on the Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah Winfrey shows. For more information and a listing of national chapters, visit their Web site as www.projectlinus.org, which also has links to numerous free patterns to make crocheted, sewted or sewed blankets. You may also contact them at Project Linus National Headquarters, P.O. Box 5621, Bloomington, IL 61702-5621, (309) 664-7814.
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 Make a carryall for baby with plenty of cargo space and enough outside pockets to stash all the necessaries. Designed by Marian Shenk. |
 New moms will be delighted with this thoughtful gift - and so will you with the ease with which it is made! Designed by Karen Mead. |
 Stop those tears! Slip the towel hood over baby's head to stop the inevitable dribbles that ruin all the fun. Designed by Janice Loewenthal. |
 This handy bedside caddy is perfect for storing your reading, glasses, a magazine and the television remote control. Designed by Cheryl Fall for Coats & Clark. |
 Fleece is a wonderfully easy fabric to sew and it comes in a wide variety of colors. Enjoy mixing and matching hot colors for this playful cropped girl's jacket. Additional
children's coat pattern required. Designed by Leslie Hartsock. |
 Keep baby soft and warm with this cleverly designed car seat cover. Stack disposable diapers near at hand, but out of the way and under disguise, to keep baby's nursery cute and functional. Designed by Pearl Louise Krush. |
 Mom can never have a diaper bag too large for the endless supplies necessary for traveling with baby. Designed by Beth Wheeler. |
 It's really easy! Simply zigzag fabric tubes together to create this braided rug look. Designed by Ann Brown. |
 Pamper your poochie prince or kitty queen with a comfy pillow bed made soft and cozy from washable acrylic fur or fleece. Even the dog will purr! Designed by Beth Wheeler. |
 Make your cover-up protection from sunburn both attractive and fun with this clever design. Designed by Donna Friebertshauser. |
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Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative Binky Patrol Hugs for Homeless Animals Junior Blind of America The Mongolian Quilting Center Helping our Lakota Families Project Sunshine Crafting For A Cause is a 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization making hand crafted items with all money raised going to charities for children and elders of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in SD and children at the UC Davis Pediatric Cancer Infusion Center in Sacramento. Prayerfully Yours/Sending Troops Prayers Ministry is a non-profit ministry of volunteers from around America that knit, crochet, loom and sew prayer cloths and shawls for people who need them and to our troops. Care Wear is a 501(c)(3) non-profit nationwide group of volunteers who provide handmade baby items to hospitals. Knit for Kids Heartmade Blessings Caps for Kids Angels4Preemies The Shawl Ministry Blankets for Canada Society is a non-demoninational, non-profit charity that makes 8" squares to be joined together into blankets. Inspired by Warm Up America, Blankets for Canada distributes blankets to organizations who care for people without shelter and in need of warmth. Squares 4 Survivors |
Relief Share
is a charity devoted to providing essentials for the sick and needy and those in crisis.
Project Linus National Headquarters Quilting Angels Quilts from Caring Hands Faith, Hope and Charity Stitches, Inc. Stitches From the Heart Hats for the Homeless Online Angels is a non-profit 501(C)3 charity that makes loveghans, crosses, angels to comfort and uplift those who are sick, dying, lost a loved one. We make baby items and send to Children's Hospitals, slippers, winter items to send to shelters & reservations. The Giving Heart is a 501(C)(3) non profit organization providing basic needs, assistance, acceptance and opportunities to the underprivileged, elderly, and those who otherwise are hindered in their desire to move forward. Granny Square Project is a ministry where crafters unite to create and donate hand crocheted and knitted squares to create afghans for critically ill babies and children. All afghans created will be donated to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Neonatal ICU in Waco Texas, as well as given directly to individuals as we come across them. Warm Hearts-Warm Babies donates items that are sewn, knitted, crocheted, and quilted for premature infants and babies in need. Quilts for Kids Sewing for Babies Warming Families Warm Up America! Warm Woolies is a non-profit organization whose volunteers knit warm clothing for poverty-stricken children who would otherwise suffer from cold. Soldiers' Angels Binky Patrol is a national nonprofit organization that makes and gives handmade blankets to babies born HIV positive or drug-addicted, children who are abused, in shelters, or foster care.
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