Over 34,189 Blankets
have been given
to children in
need!
NEWSLETTER
Edition 3 2026 Blankets Donated 34,189
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
Please see our website to view all pictures.
Project Linus Onondaga County NY
Blankets: In March 188 blankets were made and donated by blanketeers and we delivered 123 to children in need at Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center, Nappi Wellness and Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
Meaning for the 1st quarter of 2026 blanketeers made 718 blankets and we donated 369 to children in need.
Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : We can teen boy and girl
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
Lets talk about preparing a blanket to donate to me. Please check your blankets for pins. I have had a couple pins (big safety pins) lately. So, keep checking. Please check your blankets for pet hair. If your pet has been using the blanket as a bed, please do not donate it to me. I can’t use it. Pet hair does not wash out of fleece easily. When putting blankets in a bag, please make sure you have not started to use this bag as a dumping of your shredded mail. Shredded mail does not come off of knit or crochet blankets easily. There is also the problem of then I have someone’s shredded mail all over my porch. Can you tell it’s been a month. Please take 5 minutes to check your blankets. It makes processing a little easier on me. If you are throwing your bags in a bag rushing to meet me, wait until next month and take your time to check your blankets.
I am out of town and unavailable from Wednesday 4/8/2026 until Saturday 4/18/2026. It could be less, but that is what the away message is set for right now. So, if you email me, you will get an automated response stating such.
Sleep In Heavenly Peace has offered to have a day where we can tour their workshop and get a better feel for what they do and why our blankets help. If you are interested, email me and that will give me an idea of how many and we can go ahead and arrange it. I am trying to set up a date in May to do this.
Events:
Manlius Library – blanket top day
Our next Sew day is May 16thh 1-4pm at the Manlius library. 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. We had a great day Saturday the 7th. Lots of blanket tops made, lots of laughs. Make sure to check out pictures of the event on our website (under events) and facebook page.
The Syracuse Maker Faire is May 2nd from 10am to 5pm at the Horticulture Bldg at the New York State Fair Grounds. We will have a booth and being color quilt squares to make blankets. If you have kids or grandkids and nothing to do that weekend, I strongly encourage you check it out. The kids love all the hands on activities.
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.
April Pick-ups:
Fayetteville – Joann’s parking lot – Wednesday April 22nd 11am
Clay– Joann’s parking lot - Friday April 24th 11am - 1pm
Baldwinsville – in Village lot behind the library – Wednesday April 29th - 11am
Preble – Kaleidoscope Quilts - Thursday April 30th at 1pm
BOM – Blanket of the Month - will return next month. Too much going on.
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets .
Anon Anita Austin Bonnie Blake Merinda Brown
Candlelight Quilt Guild Cindy Carlson Nancy Corge Cindy Crandall
Bonnie Crosby Arlene Delahunt Judy Fiorini Rebecca Jeffery
Deb Juli Gail Keller Julie Litteer Pat Messina
Elizabeth Nguyen Ruth Norton Barbara Parr Karen S
Diane Scaturro Beth Sochan Faith Stopyro Karen Waelder
Debbie Waite
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc Thank you for quilt tops, pillow cases, fleece, material, hats, mittens ….etc
Faith Stopyro Cindy Carlson Debbie Waite Rebecca Jeffery
Carol Kolodziejski Elizabeth Nguyen Margaret Little
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 2 – March 2026 Blankets Donated 34,066
Hugs & Snuggles Newsletter
Please see our website to view all pictures.
Project Linus Onondaga County NY
Blankets: In February 267 blankets were made and donated by blanketeers and we delivered 124 to children in need at Upstate Pediatric and Adolescent Center, CIH, McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center.
Blanket sizes
Approximate Sizes
Baby / Toddler 36x36, 36x40
Grade School 40x45
Teen 45x50, 50x60 or bigger.
WE NEED : We can use anything.
Note from Karen
Hi Everyone:
First let me apologize to anyone who emails me during blanket pick-up weeks. Trying to get all the blankets from the car to the house to the sewing room, labeled, back to car to storage is exhausting. So, I don’t check the mail every day. I will try and do better.
Second – I have no idea what happened to the newsletter last month. A few people were emailing me about March pick-up dates, I had it in my newsletter, but when I try to pull it up in the email, I get just the first portion. Computer gremlins are killing me, I swear. So,I have March only in this newsletter. There are some family things happening in April, so I need to get closer to April to be able to decide when I can do pick-ups.
Third - Let’s talk blanket size. Every month I get at least 4 to 5 people saying, I am not sure you want this one, or these or whatever because they are not 36x36. I am aware that every pattern crochet, knit or quilting works up a little differently. They are not all going to work up to my size dimensions exactly. If it’s close, within a few inches that works. Where I list blanket sizes the first line is Approximate. The problem was I was literally getting squares 18x18 or 20x20. I have no idea what to do with that. If I received about 15 of them, I could sew them into a blanket, but 1 or 2 at time, stumps me. So if it’s close to the listed sizes, I will take it.
Fourth - I was able to purchase some fleece at a decent price for backing blankets. So it will be listed on the website and will sell for 6.10 a yard, with a picture included to show pattern. It will tell you how many yards I have of the fleece for Sale. It is a pilot program that I can purchase the fleece every month, but I have no idea what patterns will be available. We will see how this goes. I do still have some 108in wide backing fabric still for at 6.70 a yard. Email if you wish to purchase.
Lastly - Sleep In Heavenly Peace has offered to have a day where we can tour their workshop and get a better feel for what they do and why our blankets help. If you are interested, email me and that will give me an idea of how many and we can go ahead and arrange it.
Events:
Manlius Library – blanket top day
Our next Sew day is May 16thh 1-4pm at the Manlius library. 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. We had a great day Saturday the 7th. Lots of blanket tops made, lots of laughs. Make sure to check out pictures of the event on our website (under events) and facebook page.
The Syracuse Maker Faire is May 2nd from 10am to 5pm at the Horticulture Bldg at the New York State Fair Grounds. We will have a booth and being color quilt squares to make blankets. If you have kids or grandkids and nothing to do that weekend, I strongly encourage you check it out. The kids love all the hands on activities.
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.
March Pick-ups:
Fayetteville – Joann’s parking lot – Wednesday March 18th 11am
Preble – Kaleidoscope Quilts – Thursday March 19th - 1pm
Baldwinsville – in Village lot behind the library – Friday March 20th 11am
Clay – Joann’s parking lot - Friday March 27th 11am
BOM – Blanket of the Month - please see our website for pictures under Blanket of the Month page, under the Newsletter tab
Nancy Cannizzaro – Take me out to the Ball Game
Leslie Kraus – Shades of blue
Wendy Masters – Cabana Stripes
Liz Nguyen – Valentine Paws
Karen Eggleston – Forest Friends
Kimberly Sweetser – Cat Sweaters
Judy Fiorni – Popcorn
Zanita Hack – Hopscotch
Cindy Crandall – Animal Cuties
Karen S – Spring Granny
Millie Albringo – Cranberry Fluff
P’s & Q’s of First Presbyterian Church Cortland – Starburst and Dolphins at play
Ruth Norton – Blue Waves
Virginia Collinson – Orange Space
Blanketeers for this month. Thank you to the following Blanketeers for donating blankets .
Anon Millie Albringo Nancy Cannizzaro Virginia Collinson
Cindy Crandall Tammy Dauphin Dee Celeste Dunne
Karen Eggleston Judy Fiorini Zarita Hack Gail Keller
Leslie Kraus Julie Litteer Wendy Masters Beverly Neuman
Kelley Neuman Elizabeth Nguyen Ruth Norton P’s and Q’s Cortland United Presbyterian Church
Karen S Tami Smith Beth Sochan Kimberly Sweetser
Candy Thorp Carol Tytler
Quilt tops, Fleece, Material, Hats, Mittens, Scarf …etc Thank you for quilt tops, pillow cases, fleece, material, hats, mittens ….etc
Leslie Kraus Karen S Rebecca Jeffery Carol Kolodziejski
Beth Sochan Ruth Norton
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
For more information on Project Linus contact:
or
Karen Monnet Lathrop
Project Linus Coordinator
Syracuse / Onondaga/ Oswego County
315-455-2518
or visit our website at http://kikiquilts564.wix.com/projectlinusonondaga
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