Addie's Special Space

Katie Martin is the Director of Special Spaces of the Triangle, a chapter of the national non-profit organization, Special Spaces.  The mission of Special Spaces of the Triangle is to create dream bedrooms for children with life-threatening illnesses—a special space of hope and inspiration and a place to find peace and comfort.

Addie is a very treasured little girl, 3 ½ years old, and battling acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Katie and her team of Special Spaces volunteers designed a bedroom and playroom for Addie, which combined her love of animals and horses, but was still girly and filled with flirty flowers and a beautiful wall accented with a mural.

The Raleigh chapter of Project Linus was happy to provide a special blanket for Addie.  She obviously loves it—purple is her favorite color!

Take a look at the Facebook page, Special Spaces of the Triangle to see the transformation of Addie’s Special Space.

Nathan's Eagle Scout Project

A boy scout's successful service project provided our chapter with a large donation of blankets.  After weeks of planning, preparation, and collecting materials, Nathan and his friends gathered on a Saturday to make blankets for Project Linus.

I'm Nathan Cowley from Scout Troop 831.  For my Eagle Project I made 30 blankets for Project Linus.  I decided to do my project through Project Linus because I wanted to do a project where a lot of people could participate and at the same time help a great cause.  I want to thank all the members of my church and community who helped make it happen, and Ms. Holmes and Ms. Wallace for their support.

The Eagle Scout service project is Boy Scouting’s most difficult advancement requirement.  Only 5% of Boy Scouts attain the Eagle rank, which is the highest rank a scout can achieve.  Congratulations, Nathan, on your accomplishment.  And thank you for providing these blankets which will bring warmth and comfort to children in our area.

Sew-In at Spoonflower on June 8

Sign up and join us for a Mini-MABD Sew-In on June 8th!

SPOONFLOWER INC. specializes in custom digitally printed fabric and is generously helping us create more blankets for Project Linus.  Spoonflower is donating 20 "cheater quilts” and other printed fabric to make quilts!  Check them out http://www.spoonflower.com/contests/154  Have fun exploring the amazing fabrics on their website.

Do you want to come and sew with us?  Please email Deanna Winick by May 8^th @ deanna.winick@gmail.com if you are interested. There is only room for 20 sewing participants for each shift. All you need to bring is yourself, your sewing machine (and basic notions) and a fun attitude!

If you would like to help out in other ways, please join us. We will need help ironing, cutting and assembling the blankets. There is plenty of room for our wonderful knitters and crocheters too! A circle can be formed like we do at our annual MABD.   *** Sorry, this is not an event to make fleece-tie blankets***

Here's the basic info:
Where:
Spoonflower, Inc. (near Southpoint Mall)
2810 Meridian Parkway, Suite 176Durham, NC 27713
When:
June 8th, 2013
10am to 12:30pm and 12:30 to 3pm (2 shifts--You may sign up for one or both)

Thank you for all you do!
Deanna Winick

Thank You!

Thank you all so much for your support of Project Linus and our Make a Blanket Day. It was a beautiful, snowy day. We loved the new bright room at Exploris, and we produced 133 blankets for children in Wake County. Many thanks go to Deanna Winick for all of her hard work, as well as numerous other volunteers.

Our chapter has now delivered well over 25,000 blankets to seriously ill or traumatized children. That could never have happened without you. You have brought love, comfort and warmth to so many children.

We have a new Cary drop site. It is the Cary Quilting Company (previously Etc. Crafts) at 226 East Chatham St.

Thank you all,

Susie Holmes
Coordinator, Project Linus Wake County

Click here for photos of Make A Blanket Day 2013.

Make A Blanket Day is Saturday!

Project Linus Make a Blanket Day is Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10AM-3 PM at Marbles Kids Museum. Please note that the room is different – it is in the Zanzibar Room across the courtyard from last year. We’ll have plenty of signs to help you get to the correct room. Bring a project, bring a friend! I hope to see you all there!

Susie Holmes
Coordinator, Project Linus Wake County

Click here for more information.