Mystery Yarn Challenge

March 4, 2019 By Leave a Comment

In the past few years, Project Linus has held a Quilting Mystery Challenge. We’ve decided that it’s time to offer that fun to those who knit and crochet!

Sign up to join the Knit & Crochet Along by visiting Project Linus National’s website and clicking the register now button.

Every two weeks, we will release a new part of each pattern. Each pattern has 5 parts and at the end of the 10-week period we will have the Big Reveal, where the complete look of the blanket will available.

This event is a fundraiser for Project Linus. Your donation of $15 (or $30 if you choose to register for both the knit and crochet patterns) will allow you access whichever pattern you registered to make a complete blanket. The blanket is yours to keep, or you can donate it back to Project Linus Tucson to share with a child in need.

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Blanket Numbers

January 26, 2018 By 3 Comments

2017 was a busy year for Project Linus, both nationally and here in Tucson. Let’s look at the numbers.

  • There are 295 Project Linus chapters in the US.
  • The Tucson chapter deliveres 6,845 blankets in 2017.
  • Project Linus Tucson has delivered 72,945 blankets since our start in spring of 1999.
  • 6,673,024 blankets have been distributed across the country since Project Linus emerged in 1995.
  • The average blanket is approximately 60″ long. If we were to connect all of the blankets, thatwe would have 6,319 miles of blankets.  That is as tall as 1,151 Mt. Everests, or the length of 92,680 football fields!
  • We are an all-volunteer organization (with the exception of our national president and her part-time assistant). The average coordinator donate approximately 20 hours per week to Project Linus. If the 295 coordinators were paid at $8.00 per hour, Project Linus would need $2,454,400 a year (or $8,320 per coordinator).

We sincerely appreciate all of the people who donate their time and skills to Project Linus. We couldn’t share blanket hugs with children without you.

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Amazon Smile Helps Project Linus

August 8, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Are you an Amazon shopper? Great! Shopping with Amazon Smile is a simple way to donate to Project Linus. You’ll find the exact same prices as shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. It’s that easy.

For more ways to support Project Linus Tucson, check out our Donations page.

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