Welcome To Omaha Project Linus
Serving the Greater Omaha and Council Bluffs Area Since 2003
Chapter Coordinator:  Ginny DeBates  
omahaprojectlinus@hotmail.com
MISSION STATEMENT  

To provide love, security, warmth and comfort
to children who are seriously ill or traumatized
by providing them with handmade blankets.
Wish to donate to Omaha Project
Linus or have fund raising ideas?  
Send an email to:

fundraising@omahaprojectlinus.org
Number of
Completed
Blankets

20,000
( As Of August 2008)
Aidan, age 3, beams after receiving a blanket from
Omaha Project Linus.  His mom, Kristine, reports "Aidan was
really excited to get his blanket.  He loves Nemo and sleeps with
it every night.  It is so soft and cuddly."  For more information
about Aidan and histiocytosis click on the following link:  
www.caringbridge.org/ks/aidan.
Caleb and Dillon, 1st
graders at Gretna
Elementary, making a
fleece blanket.
2 young ladies show off their new blankets!
Ladies from the Florence Assisted
Living Center proudly display the
quilts they lovingly made for
Omaha Project Linus.
WHO RECEIVES THE BLANKETS MADE BY
OMAHA PROJECT LINUS?

    Open Door Mission
    Creighton Hospital
    Creighton Neonatal  Intensive Care
    Unit
    Boys Town Pediatric Hospital
    Offutt Air Force Base
    University Hospital
    University Neonatal Intensive Care
    Unit
    Project Harmony
    Children’s Hospital
    Foster Care Review Board
    Phoenix House
    Mercy Hospital
    Bergen Mercy Hospital
    Bergen Mercy Neonatal Intensive
    Care Unit

    Kids and Co.
    YWCA
    EPS
    Immanuel Hospital
    Heartland Family Services
    American Red Cross
    Sudanese Relief Organization
    Masonic Eastern Star Home for
    Children
    Jefferson House
    Boys Town
    Blair Community Hospital
    Area Funeral Homes
    Area School Counselors
    Many, Many Individual Children
A quilt made by Project Linus volunteers adds a
touch of home to a NICU incubator at an area
hospital.
Nurses from the NICU at University
Hospital show off recent donations from
Omaha Project Linus.

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
OMAHA PROJECT LINUS
How do I Say Thank You?

As I sit down to begin the next Linus newsletter, I feel overwhelmed
with gratitude.  I am also confounded by the question, “How do I say
thank you enough?”  I know that hundreds and hundreds of the most
generous souls in the Midwest will read this and I want each and
every one of  them to know how special THEIR donation is!  How
special that little child must feel that gets the gift of a brand-new
handmade blanket from someone they will never meet.  Someone who
cared if they were sick, taken from an abusive home, lost their mom
or dad or brother or sister, or were just in some sad place in their life.  
Each and every blanket is special, as is each and every child.  

Now that we have sailed over 10,000 donations (yes, 10,000!), we
have much to be proud of.  And I have much to be grateful for.  YOU
are the foundation that keeps our organization a vital part of the
Omaha and Council Bluffs area.  YOU are the reason it keeps going.  
YOU are the ones that should give yourselves a big pat-on-the-back.  
Bless all of you for your hard work and once again ----  

Thank you!

Ginny DeBates
Ca'ryn, Mila, and Mallory, 1st
graders at Gretna Elementary, use
a team approach to making a blanket.
This Site Sponsored By:
Dr. Scott DeBates
Board Certified Dermatologist
Cutaneous Surgeon

16120 W Dodge Rd
Omaha NE 68118
(402) 354-0621
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Michaele Pleiss has recently joined the Project Linus Crew.  
For years she has made many, many blankets for us, but now
she has volunteered to pick up and sew tags on all of the
blankets that are dropped off at the Country Sampler.  
Hundreds and Hundreds and Hundreds of tags!!!!  What a
trooper she is ---and she never, ever complains!  We could
not get the blankets in and out so quickly without her!  Below
is a picture of three beautiful blankets that Michaele made.  
These blankets are even more special because her grand
kids(pictured) picked out all of the squares and arranged the
patterns for each blanket.  They are our "mini-blanketeers!"
Mary Breister displays one of
the beautiful quilts that she
makes for Omaha Project Linus.
 Mary's quilts are sent to the
local Neonatal Intensive Care
Units.  Both the parents and
nurses love the cheerful
patterns and colorful fabrics!  
The blankets are draped over
the incubators to keep the light
out while the babies "grow and
grow!"
REMINDER!
Omaha Project Linus
is having a party!!
Come celebrate our 5th birthday on
Saturday, October 4, 2008.  Click on  
the "Calendar And Newsletter" tab for
more information.