Since late July 2022, Northeast Texas has been enriched by an organization that focuses on children who have endured severe sickness or some trying trauma.
The national organization called Project Linus was begun in December 1995, after Karen Loucks was inspired to make blankets for her local children’s cancer center. Over 300 chapters of Project Linus exist nationally, with more than 7,500,000 blankets donated to children.
Named from the character Linus in the Peanuts comic strip, the objective of Project Linus ”is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer ‘blanketeers.’” Charles Shultz, creator of the Peanuts characters, was aware of these efforts, and was pleased to have Linus inspire this means of supporting children in need.
