Project Linus
Project Linus Handmade Comfort Blankets · About this organization
What you get
A new handmade, washable blanket to comfort your child.
How to start
Check with your hospital, shelter, or agency for a blanket; otherwise, use the chapter finder to reach a nearby coordinator.
The details, as published
A new handmade washable blanket may be distributed to a seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise-in-need U.S. child ages 0–18, primarily through local facilities; a direct need requires local chapter confirmation.
What help you may get
Practical Items And Home Help
Project Linus Handmade Comfort Blankets — practical items and home help
A new handmade washable blanket may be distributed to a seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise-in-need U.S. child ages 0–18, mainly through local facilities; direct needs require chapter confirmation.
Noncash help
- Project Linus states that its blankets are never sold.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is a serious illness within the published U.S. child ages 0–18 scope.
Age
Age 0 to age 18, measured at service date.
- The official national homepage publishes ages 0–18.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- Provider confirmation is not published as mandatory.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
You must live in: United States; local chapter coverage and inventory vary..
- A local chapter must serve the child's area or agree to address an extraordinary need.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Local Project Linus chapter and partner facilities — Volunteer chapters distribute blankets locally, primarily through facilities in the communities where blankets were donated. — Chapter-defined local community service area
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian, Caregiver, Hospital Representative, Community Referrer
- Ask the child's hospital, shelter, or agency whether it distributes Project Linus blankets.
- If not, use the chapter finder and contact the coordinator closest to the child to confirm coverage and inventory.
Ways to apply or ask
- Automatic Distribution
- Web Form · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- Inventory and service area vary by chapter.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Coverage, stock, response, delivery, and participating facilities vary locally.
- No centralized family application or guaranteed shipment.
- Confirm local coverage, inventory, distribution, proof, repeats, and language support.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Project Linus Handmade Comfort Blankets · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Project Linus Handmade Comfort Blankets · checked Aug 27, 2026