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Apr 12, 2021 The LLA collected nearly forty homemade blankets earmarked for local children receiving services from Lycoming County’s Children & Youth office and Susquehanna Valley CASA. LLA Member Jessica Harlow, seen here surrounded by the donated blankets, coordinated the effort. Homemade blankets are given to children who are experiencing trauma or serious illness through Project Linus, a non-profit. NEWSLETTER I'm interested in (please check all that apply) Daily Newsletter

In a world where a phone call from a stranger often goes directly to voicemail, Ed Ebersole picks up before the second ring. He would love to talk about his 100 years on the planet, 78 of them married to his lovely June. He definitely wants to explain how he taught himself to crochet at age 90 and now creates feathery blankets for children who need warmth. Yes, he’s about to finish his 50th blanket for Project Linus, a national charity that collects and donates newly made blankets. Ed started making blankets about eight years ago after he and June moved to Homestead Village, a Lancaster ...

THE ISSUE: It’s Monday, the day we take a few moments to highlight the good news in Lancaster County. Local stories of achievement, perseverance, compassion and creativity represent welcome points of light in a difficult time, and they deserve a brighter spotlight. Last week — even as we observed the sorrowful one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic — there were many great and optimistic developments in our yearlong battle against COVID-19. In short: The vital American Rescue Plan was passed by Congress and...

Former National President of Children's Blanket Charity Sentenced for Stealing More Than $400,000 from the Organization Posted on PEORIA, Ill. –The former national president of Project Linus, Carol Babbitt, 61, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from the not-for-profit organization. Project Linus provides handmade blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or in need. Babbitt, currently of Asheville, N.C., was ordered to serve 30 months in prison and to pay restitution in the amount of $410,250 to Project Linus and $7,856 to the Illinois Depart...

PEORIA, IL — The former national president of Project Linus, Carol Babbitt, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing money from the not-for-profit organization. Project Linus provides handmade blankets for children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or in need. Babbitt, currently of Asheville, NC, was ordered to serve 30 months in prison and to pay restitution in the amount of $410,250 to Project Linus and $7,856 to the Illinois Department of Revenue. Babbitt was ordered to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons on May 11, to begin serving her prison term. At the March ...