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With Tender Loving Care
“Linus has a blanket that’s all his very own.
It comforts and sustains him when he’s feeling quite alone.
He knows that others love him for ’twas made with special care
And because it means so much to him, it’s carried everywhere.
You too can have a blanket that’s created just for you,
To comfort and support you when you’re feeling rather blue.
It’s yours to keep forever, so you may always know
That others out there love you and to you our wishes go.”
-By Soni Uhler
Project Linus is a 100% volunteer organization dedicated to comforting kids with security blankets.
We are the Collin/Dallas/Denton/Grayson/Rockwall County, Texas Project Linus Chapter that provides new, handmade blankets to critically ill and traumatized children. Our mission is to distribute blankets to comfort children in our area by delivering new handmade security blankets that are sewn, quilted, knitted, or crocheted. They must be washable and in kid friendly colors and/or patterns. Once these blankets are given to the children, most of them never put them down because they provide so much comfort and security for them in a life that has been turned upside-down by illness or accident.
While all Project Linus chapters focus on the children living within their local coverage area, from time to time all chapters are involved in accessing and fulfilling the need of children affected by a mass casualty event. One such event was that of the Columbine High School shooting that took place in 1999. A blanketeer new to the area at the time of the Columbine shooting demonstrates the love that is poured into each blanket and passed onto a child in need in this article reprinted here with the author’s permission.