Project Linus of the Greater Twin Cities Area, Minnesota

Project Linus of the Greater Twin Cities Area, Minnesota The Greater Twin Cities Area, MN chapter of Project Linus provides hand-made hugs to the seriously ill or traumatized children in the Mpls/St. Paul area.

On Christmas Eve, 1995, an article titled “Joy to the World” appeared in Parade Magazine. It was written by Pulitzer Prize winning photo-journalist, Eddie Adams. Part of the article featured a petite, downy haired child named Laura:
“Laura has unusual compassion for others,” Charlotte Barry-Williams of Oceanside, California, says of her daughter, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 1993. “I guess

part of the reason is that she has experienced so much pain herself.”

A special “blankie” has helped Laura, 3, get through more than two years of intensive chemotherapy. She takes it to the hospital with her when she goes for treatment. When she was first diagnosed, 97 percent of her bone marrow contained cancerous cells. Although chemotherapy has helped eradicate the cancer, she has had to endure nausea, high fevers and the loss of her hair. An allergic reaction at one point caused her to lose vital signs.

“She doesn’t understand what cancer means,” her mother says. “She’s a very joyous and happy person, very curious.” Her mother hopes Laura can start preschool next spring. After reading the article, Karen Loucks decided to provide homemade security blankets to Denver's Rocky Mountain Children's Cancer Center, and Project Linus was born.

We had a couple of work shops this past week. Doesn’t happen often, but with the holiday, and church activities we are h...
05/30/2026

We had a couple of work shops this past week. Doesn’t happen often, but with the holiday, and church activities we are happy to be flexible.
Here are some photos.

We had a successful workshop today in Oakdale! 278 blankets labeled, bagged, and ready for distribution. We had some ext...
05/03/2026

We had a successful workshop today in Oakdale! 278 blankets labeled, bagged, and ready for distribution. We had some extra help today from Autumn and family members from Catholic Order of Foresters.

Request for twin size I recently met a woman who is a member of Vadnais Hts. Lions club.If you’re not familiar with this...
04/14/2026

Request for twin size

I recently met a woman who is a member of Vadnais Hts. Lions club.
If you’re not familiar with this Int’l. organization, you can check it out, they do amazing community service work.

Any way, they are partnering with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. SHP makes and provides beds to children who do not have one. (SHPbeds.org) She is trying to get commitments from quilters to be able to provide 70 Twin Size quilts to go along with the beds. They would like the quilts by Labor Day.

I’d like to say we can help them. I know with spring/summer, some may not be sewing/quilting as much. But if you’d like to bust thru some of your fabric stash, and help with this special project, it would be greatly appreciated.

They’d like the size to be 60 x 80.

They are to be completed quilts. If you wish to help with this please let me know.
Email: [email protected].

Let me know if you’re interested, or have any questions.

FYI-she is asking other quilting groups, so we are not the only supplier for this project.

We are a group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling and delivering top-notch beds to children and families in need.

03/16/2026

Hey everyone!
Just a reminder that scrappy sewing with Patty fundraiser started this morning! $20 get you 7 patterns with the possibility of an additional 3 patterns for a total of 10 patterns.

02/28/2026

Just a reminder-blankets of all types should be made in a smoke free home/area. We just made a pick up of 2 large bags that have a strong smoke smell. Don’t know if laundering them will do the trick, but will give it a try.

01/04/2026

Happy New Year!

We ended up 2025 with a bang! For the 4th Qtr. we distributed 1,458 blankets!! This gets us close to our previous normal of about 1,500 per qtr. (6,000 annual). (Pre JoAnns closing)
Our total for 2025 was 4,874. And our total since the beginning of our chapter, 2006, is 104,857!
A big Thank You to all of you, our great volunteers and blanket makers!
Here’s to a GREAT2026! 🎉

Just want to share, and say “Thank You” to all who make blankets to help us meet our mission.
12/24/2025

Just want to share, and say “Thank You” to all who make blankets to help us meet our mission.

11/13/2025

Just want to let you know that we were visited by Twin Cities Live yesterday at our Plymouth workshop!
Kristin Haubrich, reporter, had reached out a couple of weeks ago. They did their filming, and it was a great experience.
The segment will air Monday 11/17, at 3:00 pm, on ABC channel 5.

10/10/2025

Drop off Location information
New location for Knit & Crochet Shop:
Ridge Square North
12979 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka
Hours:
Sunday 10-5
Monday 10-6
Tuesday 10-8
Wednesday 10-6
Thursday 10-8
Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-6

We had a successful workshop in Plymouth on Wed. (10/8), inspecting, labeling, and packaging up for delivery about 200 b...
10/09/2025

We had a successful workshop in Plymouth on Wed. (10/8), inspecting, labeling, and packaging up for delivery about 200 blankets. Deliveries made to Ronald McDonald House, No. Memorial-Robbinsdale, and Maple Grove pediatrics, Prairie Care, anc Bridging. Here are a few pics.

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Saint Paul, MN
55112

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