{"id":10507,"date":"2017-12-14T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/?p=10507"},"modified":"2017-12-13T03:25:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:25:47","slug":"providing-security-blankets-all-across-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northpole.com\/blog\/providing-security-blankets-all-across-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing Security Blankets All Across the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year was 1995. The day, Christmas Eve. As Karen Louck flipped through Parade Magazine<\/em>, she was moved by an article about a toddler, Laura, undergoing intensive chemotherapy. Karen read about how a special blankie had comforted Laura, enabling her to get through numerous hospital visits for treatment. Inspired by this story, Karen began making security blankets to give to a nearby hospital, and soon thereafter Project Linus<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n\"Project<\/a>\n

Since that night 22 years ago, Project Linus has expanded to all 50 states and has given more than 6.5 million blankets. That?s a lot of blankets! Given to children from newborn to eighteen, Project Linus specifically aims to bestow these handmade blankets on children who are very ill or traumatized. The blankets that Project Linus receives from volunteers are given to hospitals, social service agencies, shelters, and other places where there is a child in need.<\/p>\n