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We recently received this thank you note and picture: Dear Project Linus: Our son’s name is Riley and he is 3 years old. He had a terrible accident about 3 weeks ago. He tripped and fell by the lawn mower and 3 of his toes were cut, one broken. It was horrible. My husband only turned away for a second to yell at the dog to stop chasing our son. A specialist was able to help Riley and one of his toes had to be pinned and he has to have a cast for a month. We spent the night in Mercy and Riley was so brave. They did emergency surgery that night. The next day one of the nurses gave Riley a blanket that you made and he loved it. He has used it ever since. He wanted to send you a picture he colored and my husband, myself, and Riley wanted to say “Thank You” for what you ladies do. It is wonderful and selfless and you are helping so many children to smile and feel better. We really appreciate what you do. God Bless You! Riley and his parents
Our Youngest Volunteers! Diana, one of our most dedicated volunteers, and her granddaughters.
	Abigail is pulling out the pins as Grandma Diana sews a Project Linus quilt. Abigail was about 18 months old when this picture was taken.
	Xanti is helping bag Project Linus blankets. Every time we dropped a blanket into the bag, she would shake it down just like she saw us do it. Then she would take the bags and throw them down the stairs to our Project Linus storage area. Xanti is about 3 1/2 years old. Cassidy, Xanti's sister, helps every year at our Design a Block for Linus Booth at the Boise Quilt Show.
Xanti and her sister, Cassidy, both help Grandma Diana deliver Project Linus blankets to a nearby hospital. These girls are learning about volunteering at a very young age!
Colton Conley Received a Blanket from Project Linus
Colton's Thank You Letter My name is Colton Conley. I am 7-years old. This blanket is in memory of Jamey. And Jamey was very special to me, and so is this blanket. I am still very sad and I think all the Moms and Dads are too. Jamey was 4 1/2 months old when he died. He was my baby brother. You and your friends and other moms are special to me too. I named the blanket "The Jamey Blanket" because I think of him when I have it with me. Thank you so much for my blanket. . . . Colton Conley	Colton Conley drawing the winning ticket for this raffle quilt at an Idaho Steelhead's Hockey Game Two Idaho Steelheads players visited Colton's class earlier in the week and presented Colton with the Steelhead's cap he is wearing.
Pictures from a Mini Blanket Day with Serve Idaho In just a little over two hours, these women fringed 66 polar fleece blankets and colored 76 muslin squares. As you can see, there were artists in this group!
Library Displays Yes, there are some reflections on the glass, but you can get an idea of how we set up our library displays for Project Linus.

Crime Prevention Fair
	Our Project Linus chapter has a fabric square coloring booth at the Crime Prevention Fair held every year at Lakeview Park in Nampa, Idaho.
	Our volunteers kept pretty busy taping muslin squares to the frames. Taping the muslin to the frames makes it easier to color the fabric squares.
	Finished quilt made with blocks colored at the Crime Prevention Fair and the Quilt Show. Katy's picture is on the top row on the right. Click here to find out more about Katy. Design a Block for Linus Pictures
NICU Pictures The pictures below were taken by Kay, an RN in the NICU of a local hospital. Kay told us that the parents love the blankets in the isolettes; they warm the sterile hospital environment and make it feel a little bit more like home. 6% of the live births at the hospital are in the NICU for varying lengths of time. That's a lot of babies that need quilts! Three Linus (or blankets donated by other groups) blankets are used in each isolette in the NICU. First, two hospital receiving blankets are rolled into tubes and shaped into a nest for baby. A blanket is placed over the nest, next comes baby, then another blanket. The third blanket goes over the isolette to shade baby's eyes and keep baby from being too stimulated by the bright lights.
	Transport Isolette. Baby is brought to the hospital in this isolette by ambulance, helicopter, or fixed wing aircraft. See the Linus blanket?
	Warmer Isolette. First stop for baby in the NICU. Baby may stay in the warmer isolette for just a few hours or for many, many days. The baby's temperature is monitored with a skin patch and the lights above the warmer go on and off, as needed, to maintain baby's temperature.
	Close up of inside of isolette. Don't be deceived by the apparent size of the Beanie Baby. The baby in this isolette was only 2" longer than the Beanie Baby when he was born, his head was the same size as the Beanie Baby's. You can see the Linus blanket on top of the isolette, as well as the other blankets used in the isolette.
	Graduation to the Baby Crib! Baby has now graduated to a baby crib, but still has a Linus blanket to keep warm. You can see the tiny little hand and the top of baby's head in this picture.
	The blanket on this isolette was made by our Project Linus chapter.
	This blanket was made by a Boise Basin Quilters Quilt Guild member.
Two of our chapter volunteers and the Boise Basin Quilt Guild member were working in the Linus booth at the Quilt Show when Kay brought these pictures in. They were so excited to see blankets they made being used for a tiny baby.
Fleece Blankets We received 29 of these adorable fleece blankets made by a volunteer in memory of her son whose birthday would have been during the week she delivered the blankets to us. She cut squares of novelty fleece prints and appliquéd them to solid colored fleece - some of the squares were sewed down with rick rack, some with decorative stitching on her sewing machine. Here are just 3 of her beautiful blankets.
Lady Bugs, Frogs & Ponies!
School kids make Linus quilts, too - from third grade to high school!
	A third grade class in Meridian, Idaho, made seven quilts like this one as a class project. They sewed the appliqués on by hand, then their teacher sewed the quilt blocks together. A crew from the local public access television station taped the quilt making process from beginning to end. That show has been aired several times.
	Students at Bishop Kelly High School in Boise working on Project Linus blankets during their Community Service Day. Picture on the right is of "Super Sheep" modeling a completed fleece blanket.

Aren't these adorable?