NEWSLETTER
Edition 7 2026 Blankets Donated 35,012
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
Please see our website to view all pictures.
Project Linus Onondaga County NY
Blankets: In July blanketeers donated 193 blankets and we donated 75 to Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center and Center for International Health (at University Hospital).
Meaning for the 3rd quarter of 2026 485 blankets were made by blanketeers and 398 were given to children in need through the various organizations we support.
Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : We can use baby, teen boy and girl
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
My body is continuing to recover from doing the State Fair. The muscles along my back rib cage like to remind me they are not yet totally healed. I wish they would hurray up, I have things to do.
I am planning on running this year’s fund raiser the first 2 weeks of November. We will have some gift baskets and quilts for raffle, so look for announcements closer to November 1st. We will post pictures of raffles on our website at the link below:
Events and Fund Raising | projectlinusonondaga
As usual we will be accepting blankets during the months of October and November. We will not be accepting blankets in December. We usually have too many deliveries to actually do pick-ups as well. Even though I say I will not accept blankets I get people who want to do a service project for Christmas and I end up with blankets on my porch that I have to count by the end of the year and it stresses me. So , I try and control how much stress I want to have. We will start again in January and do this whole thing over again. I am hoping for a personally quieter year. PLEASE!!!
October pick-up dates have been chosen but I may have people filling in for me at pick-ups. I received a jury duty notice this week, for the week of blanket pick-ups. So please be kind to anyone subbing for me. Thank you.
Blankets: When dropping off blankets please put them in a bag and it’s nice if I have a note saying who they are from. However, I do respect if you wish to be anonymous with your giving.
.
Hats, mittens and scarves - School is back in session and soon I will be getting the 2nd storage shed for the Christmas deliveries. So if you have been making hats, mittens or scarves, you can start giving them to me at pick up days. I will start coordinating them so that we have sets to hand out.
Manlius Library – blanket top day
September’s sew day at the library was small, but we had fun as normal. Please consider joining us and making a blanket top. I provide material and the Library has sewing machines you can book by calling the library. I also bring machines for people to use.
Saturday November 21st 1-4pm
Saturday January 16th, 2027 1-4pm
Blanket Pick Ups: I should be driving the Silver Ford Escape. But just incase the other vehicle is a gold Chevy Equinox.
If you know you cannot be there close to the hour and will be closer to the half hour or 45 minutes – please let me know. If you are at an appointment I will gladly wait. But if I sit there for a half hour and no one shows, I will be leaving.
October Pick-up dates:
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Thursday October 22, 1pm
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot – Friday October 23, 11am
Fayetteville – Old Joann’s parking lot – Monday October 26, 11am
Baldwinsville Library – Wednesday October 28th, 11am
November Pick-up dates:
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Thursday November 19, 1pm
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot – Friday November 20, 11am
Fayetteville – Old Joann’s parking lot – Monday November 23, 11am
Baldwinsville Library – Wednesday November 25, 11am
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets . This includes the months of July and August. ***And I caught myself before I skipped a whole page of names. So some are out of alphabetical order. YAY******
Anon Millie Albringo Merinda Brown Pat Campbell
Cindy Crandall Celeste Dunne Deb Duvall Karen Eggleston
Judy Fiorini Cheryl Grom Judy Gail Keller
Valerie Knoop – Val’s Creations Leslie Kraus Julie Litteer
Wendy Masters Beverly Neuman Kelley Neuman Ruth Norton
Karen S Sew &Sew Quilt Guild Linda Smallwood Beth Sochan
Faith Stopyro
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc Thank you for quilt tops, pillow cases, fleece, material, hats, mittens ….etc
Rebecca Jeffery Vicki Liberman Faith Stopyro Leslie Kraus
Wendy Masters Ann Tierney
Blankets of the month
Beth Sochan – Rocket Launch
Merinda Brown – Pumpkin Patch
Karen Eggleston – Cow Run
Wendy Masters – Stripes
Deb DuVall – Squares
Valerie Knoop – Bright Colors
Millie Albringo – Mix and Match
Ruth Norton – Rings
Celeste Dunne – Green Eyes
Leslie Kraus – Waves
Faith Stopyro – not a blanket, but I loved this hat – Snowman
Karen S – Shells
Our drop off sites: Please check with our drop off sites for current hours of operation. All of our sites are wonderfully supportive of us and we thank them for their support.
When dropping off blankets please put them in a plastic bag with Project Linus on the outside and a note inside with your name.
Baldwinsville Library – 33 E Genesee St, Baldwinsville
Manlius Library – 1 Arkie Albanese Ave , Manlius
Calico Gals – 3906 New Court Ave – Syracuse
Sew What? CNY – 25 Seminary St, Auburn.
Oliver's Originals – 8188 Cazenovia Rd Manlius
Kaleidoscope of Quilts – 6271 Little York Lake Rd – Little York(Cortland County)
The Quilt Shop – 1625 State St Watertown,
Karen Lathrop – 245 Martin St – Syracuse NY
Sponsors:
I want to thank our great sponsors whose dollars help me to buy fabric, muslin, markers and yarn.
Stewarts Dairies
Luv Handlz Frozen Yogurt – James St
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Edition 6 2026 Blankets Donated 34,937
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
Please see our website to view all pictures.
Project Linus Onondaga County NY
Blankets: In July blanketeers donated 180 blankets and we donated 66 to Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center and Center for International Health (at University Hospital).
In August blanketeers donated 112 blankets for children in need. We donated 257 to Center for International Health, McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center, Nappi Wellness Center, Oswego County Opportunities, Peace Diaper Bank, Peace Westside Family Resource Center, Sleep in Heavenly Peace and Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center.
Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : We can use baby, teen boy and girl
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
We did it. We did the New York State Fair again. We made 80+ blankets from the kids colored pictures. I had a little hiccup and left the fair one day by ambulance. It seems I have pulled a whole bunch of muscles in my chest and along my back and rib cage. I am still dealing with it a little bit. Actually, I am still dealing with it a lot. You would not think blankets and blanket making supplies are that heavy. They are. So, I am still spending some time with my heat pad. Trying to keep the pain manageable. Because muscle relaxers during the day and driving my car is probably not a great idea. So, bear with me everybody. We will be going into our busy season and I have yet to see my porch this year. One blanketeer recently brought me stuff at home and was just amazed at the mess. So obviously next year I will making the same New Year’s resolutions. Loose weight, cutdown on ice cream, find my porch, yada yada yada.
Just some numbers from the Fair - we made 80+ blankets at the fair. Pictures can be found on the website under Events – State Fair. There is also a button on the first page that will link you right to it. I took 1182 printed squares and 80 blank squares for coloring. Along with whatever was in the marker boxes from doing coloring at nursery schools and things. We need 15 colored squares and 15 cotton material squares to add color, to make a blanket. 80 blankets times 15 colored squares = 1200. So, I probably had more than 150 squares riding around in the marker boxes.
We had 6 people that spoke to me personally that had received a blanket from us as kids. The best was an National Air Guard’s man who had received one of our blankets in the NICU. To see him doing so well and so healthy makes what we do seem more important than we realize. We also had a family stop and color squares in memory of their sibling who had received one of our blankets and did not get better. But that family was so excited to give back at our coloring booth. I have no idea how I held it together as I talked to them, because even now thinking on it, there are tears in my eyes. I made sure I put all those kids squares in one blanket so that that blanket has special meaning. Those are the decisions that are fun to make as the Chapter Coordinator. What square goes with what material. But the best part was how happy everyone was that we were back. Not only the 4-H staff that I deal with all the time. Individual counties came up and expressed how happy they were, and the BEST part was Fair Goers who said “I missed you last year. So glad you are back”. We were again a success. Thank you to all who cut material, cut squares, did days in the booth, started taking home blocks to sew together. And especially to the blanketeers that took over the booth when I went to the hospital and the next day while I got a little rest. The relationships with all you blanketeers is a huge side bonus. .
If you want to help back the blankets with fleece I can meet you at pick up days and give you a few to finish along with the fleece to back them. Just send me a message and what pick up day you will be at. Thank you.
Blankets: I want to talk about blankets a little bit. I am putting this in the newsletter and leaving it at several of our drop-off places hoping that people who donate anonymously and are not on my email list see it. I am still getting a lot of blankets with heavy detergent scents. I picked up a batch from Calico Gals this month, and my porch was full so I left them in the car for a day while I worked on making room. Well, when I went in my car the next day to get them, all I could think of was passing one of those perfume counters in a store where they are always spraying a sample. Oh My Goodness it was awful. Children who are sick really cannot have those scents near them. So please no scented detergents, no Downey unstoppables and please no scented trash bags.
Also – a lot of people are still pinning a note to blankets of size, name, what have you. Please do no pin notes. Please use tape or just fold the note inside.
Hats, mittens and scarves - School is back in session and soon I will be getting the 2nd storage shed for the Christmas deliveries. So if you have been making hats, mittens or scarves, you can start giving them to me at pick up days. I will start coordinating them so that we have sets to hand out.
Manlius Library – blanket top day
We have booked the rest of our Sew Days at Manlius Library for the year. These sew days are helping us to keep our numbers up on quilts for mainly grades school and teens. The library has 5 machines for use (please sign up with them), I have 5 machines (1 spoken for usually). You can always bring your own. I provide kits already cut.
Saturday September 19th 1-4pm
Saturday November 21st 1-4pm
Saturday January 16th, 2027 1-4pm
Blanket Pick Ups: I should be driving the Silver Ford Escape. But just incase the other vehicle is a gold Chevy Equinox.
If you know you cannot be there close to the hour and will be closer to the half hour or 45 minutes – please let me know. If you are at an appointment I will gladly wait. But if I sit there for a half hour and no one shows, I will be leaving.
September Pick-up dates:
Baldwinsville Library – Monday September 21st, 11am
Fayetteville – in the old Joann’s parking lot - Wednesday September 23rd, 11am
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Friday September 25th, 11am
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot - Wednesday September 30th, 11am
October Pick-up dates:
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Thursday October 22, 1pm
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot – Friday October 23, 11am
Fayetteville – Old Joann’s parking lot – Monday October 26, 11am
Baldwinsville Library – Wednesday October 28th, 11am
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets . This includes the months of July and August. ***And I caught myself before I skipped a whole page of names. So some are out of alphabetical order. YAY******
Anon Lynn Baird Merinda Brown Diane Christopher
Virginia Collinson Cynthia Crandall Cheryl Grom Rebecca Jeffery
Liz Lieberman Lori Miller Beverly Neuman Kelley Neuman
Elizabeth Nguyen Ruth Norton Karen S Diane Scaturro
Gail Shaff Linda Smallwood Beth Sochan Kimberly Sweetser
Erman Symonds Candy Thorp Nancy Thompson Judy Fiorini
Carmen Denny Pat Thayer Faith Stopyro Linda Barling
Denise Gillies Gail Keller
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc Thank you for quilt tops, pillow cases, fleece, material, hats, mittens ….etc
Rebecca Jeffery
Blankets of the month
Virginia Collinson – Dino Mania
Erma Symonds – Faces
Cindy Crandall – Baby Monkeys
Ruth Norton – Jungle Print
Judy Fiorini - Buffalo Bills
Carmen Denny – Home Run
Liz Nguyen – Flannel Fantasy
Pat Thayer – Bugs on Parade
Denise Gillies – Sprinkles
Karen S – Sea Glass
Linda Barling – Mint Sundae
Our drop off sites: Please check with our drop off sites for current hours of operation. All of our sites are wonderfully supportive of us and we thank them for their support.
When dropping off blankets please put them in a plastic bag with Project Linus on the outside and a note inside with your name.
Baldwinsville Library – 33 E Genesee St, Baldwinsville
Manlius Library – 1 Arkie Albanese Ave , Manlius
Calico Gals – 3906 New Court Ave – Syracuse
Sew What? CNY – 25 Seminary St, Auburn.
Oliver's Originals – 8188 Cazenovia Rd Manlius
Kaleidoscope of Quilts – 6271 Little York Lake Rd – Little York(Cortland County)
The Quilt Shop – 1625 State St Watertown,
Karen Lathrop – 245 Martin St – Syracuse NY
Sponsors:
I want to thank our great sponsors whose dollars help me to buy fabric, muslin, markers and yarn.
Stewarts Dairies
Luv Handlz Frozen Yogurt – James St
Edition 7 2026 Blankets Donated 35,012
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
Please see our website to view all pictures.
Project Linus Onondaga County NY
Blankets: In July blanketeers donated 193 blankets and we donated 75 to Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center and Center for International Health (at University Hospital).
Meaning for the 3rd quarter of 2026 485 blankets were made by blanketeers and 398 were given to children in need through the various organizations we support.
Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : We can use baby, teen boy and girl
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
My body is continuing to recover from doing the State Fair. The muscles along my back rib cage like to remind me they are not yet totally healed. I wish they would hurray up, I have things to do.
I am planning on running this year’s fund raiser the first 2 weeks of November. We will have some gift baskets and quilts for raffle, so look for announcements closer to November 1st. We will post pictures of raffles on our website at the link below:
Events and Fund Raising | projectlinusonondaga
As usual we will be accepting blankets during the months of October and November. We will not be accepting blankets in December. We usually have too many deliveries to actually do pick-ups as well. Even though I say I will not accept blankets I get people who want to do a service project for Christmas and I end up with blankets on my porch that I have to count by the end of the year and it stresses me. So , I try and control how much stress I want to have. We will start again in January and do this whole thing over again. I am hoping for a personally quieter year. PLEASE!!!
October pick-up dates have been chosen but I may have people filling in for me at pick-ups. I received a jury duty notice this week, for the week of blanket pick-ups. So please be kind to anyone subbing for me. Thank you.
Blankets: When dropping off blankets please put them in a bag and it’s nice if I have a note saying who they are from. However, I do respect if you wish to be anonymous with your giving.
.
Hats, mittens and scarves - School is back in session and soon I will be getting the 2nd storage shed for the Christmas deliveries. So if you have been making hats, mittens or scarves, you can start giving them to me at pick up days. I will start coordinating them so that we have sets to hand out.
Manlius Library – blanket top day
September’s sew day at the library was small, but we had fun as normal. Please consider joining us and making a blanket top. I provide material and the Library has sewing machines you can book by calling the library. I also bring machines for people to use.
Saturday November 21st 1-4pm
Saturday January 16th, 2027 1-4pm
Blanket Pick Ups: I should be driving the Silver Ford Escape. But just incase the other vehicle is a gold Chevy Equinox.
If you know you cannot be there close to the hour and will be closer to the half hour or 45 minutes – please let me know. If you are at an appointment I will gladly wait. But if I sit there for a half hour and no one shows, I will be leaving.
October Pick-up dates:
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Thursday October 22, 1pm
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot – Friday October 23, 11am
Fayetteville – Old Joann’s parking lot – Monday October 26, 11am
Baldwinsville Library – Wednesday October 28th, 11am
November Pick-up dates:
Kaleidoscope Quilts – Preble – Thursday November 19, 1pm
Clay – old Joann’s Parking lot – Friday November 20, 11am
Fayetteville – Old Joann’s parking lot – Monday November 23, 11am
Baldwinsville Library – Wednesday November 25, 11am
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets . This includes the months of July and August. ***And I caught myself before I skipped a whole page of names. So some are out of alphabetical order. YAY******
Anon Millie Albringo Merinda Brown Pat Campbell
Cindy Crandall Celeste Dunne Deb Duvall Karen Eggleston
Judy Fiorini Cheryl Grom Judy Gail Keller
Valerie Knoop – Val’s Creations Leslie Kraus Julie Litteer
Wendy Masters Beverly Neuman Kelley Neuman Ruth Norton
Karen S Sew &Sew Quilt Guild Linda Smallwood Beth Sochan
Faith Stopyro
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc Thank you for quilt tops, pillow cases, fleece, material, hats, mittens ….etc
Rebecca Jeffery Vicki Liberman Faith Stopyro Leslie Kraus
Wendy Masters Ann Tierney
Blankets of the month
Beth Sochan – Rocket Launch
Merinda Brown – Pumpkin Patch
Karen Eggleston – Cow Run
Wendy Masters – Stripes
Deb DuVall – Squares
Valerie Knoop – Bright Colors
Millie Albringo – Mix and Match
Ruth Norton – Rings
Celeste Dunne – Green Eyes
Leslie Kraus – Waves
Faith Stopyro – not a blanket, but I loved this hat – Snowman
Karen S – Shells
Our drop off sites: Please check with our drop off sites for current hours of operation. All of our sites are wonderfully supportive of us and we thank them for their support.
When dropping off blankets please put them in a plastic bag with Project Linus on the outside and a note inside with your name.
Baldwinsville Library – 33 E Genesee St, Baldwinsville
Manlius Library – 1 Arkie Albanese Ave , Manlius
Calico Gals – 3906 New Court Ave – Syracuse
Sew What? CNY – 25 Seminary St, Auburn.
Oliver's Originals – 8188 Cazenovia Rd Manlius
Kaleidoscope of Quilts – 6271 Little York Lake Rd – Little York(Cortland County)
The Quilt Shop – 1625 State St Watertown,
Karen Lathrop – 245 Martin St – Syracuse NY
Sponsors:
I want to thank our great sponsors whose dollars help me to buy fabric, muslin, markers and yarn.
Stewarts Dairies
Luv Handlz Frozen Yogurt – James St
