On Christmas Eve, 1995, an
article titled “Joy to the World” appeared in Parade Magazine. The story
featured a small, downy-haired child undergoing chemotherapy who clung to her
security blanket to help her through her treatments.
That’s all it took for Project Linus to be born. What started as
one woman’s response to the story has grown to a nationwide effort with 368
chapters in all fifty states and the District of Columbia and the distribution
of over 4 million blankets to children in need.
Don’t you find that amazing? One woman. One
woman was moved to action. I’ve
always believed women will change the world. There’s a natural empathy women possess that allow them to
see need and imagine ways to help.
For the past several years, the
boys and I have participated in Project Linus as part of a monthly service
project group at church.
Today, it takes less than an
hour to measure and cut the fabric.
The boys will knot tie the pieces together when the group meets next
Sunday. Our blankets will go to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
What would the world look like if we all found a need and
through hard work or sheer will found a way to make it better?
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