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Horse Hugs
“therapeutic equine visitation and miniature horse rescue”
Horse Hugs is a non-profit, all volunteer group in Southern California that uses miniature horses to visit patients
in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, assisted care centers, special needs children, at-risk teens, prisons and juvenile
detention centers.
An animal visit can break up the monotony of daily routines in the hospital or nursing home, where residents may go
as long as three years without a visit from anyone! Miniature horses, with their wonderful personalities and small size,
are perfect as therapy animals. Visits with these adorable little horses can help a patient feel less lonely and less depressed.
The horses offer entertainment and encourage families to visit more frequently, often bringing in the grandchildren to see
the horses.
Children and teens
volunteer to work with these ambassadors of love. The kids learn to care for the miniature horses and escort
them on therapeutic visits.
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Project Linus
"The best kind of sleep under heaven above, is under a blanket handmade with love."
Christmas Eve 1995
An article appears in "Parade Magazine" entitled "Joy to the World" by Pultizer
prize winning photo-journalist, Eddie Adams. Part of the article features a petite, downy-haired child. She had been going
through intensive chemotherapy and states that her security blanket has helped her get through treatments. Karen Loucks decides
to provide homemade security blankets to Denver's Rocky Mountain Children's Cancer Center. Project Linus is born.
Where Project Linus Is Today
Over 300 chapters of Project Linus exist with more than 800,000 blankets
delivered worldwide. Communities are banding together to provide security through blankets to seriously ill or traumatized
children. Project Linus is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization. Project Linus accepts all styles of blankets...you don't
have to be an expert! Blankets may be quilted, tied, knitted, crocheted or fleece, etc. They must be new, handmade,
and washable. They can range in size from 30 inches by 30 inches up to lap/twin size. They also accept knit caps
for the babies in ICU. Elaborate or simple, they are all beautiful to a child.
For more information, visit www.projectlinus.org. There are chapters throughout the U.S. with some chapters in England and Canada.
"When you open your heart to giving...angels fly to your door."
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The Children of Briceville, TN Need to Hear from You!
The children of Briceville, TN need Fairy Godmothers. Can you help? Last year, a colleague from the American Business
Women's Association sent an e-mail about a Christmas request from a librarian in an old coal mining town in Appalachia. I
called Lynette Seeber to find out more about her 20 x 22 foot library that is something of a magic castle for children in
the community.
Lynette's request is so simple that every Fairy Godmother can step up
and make a difference just by sending a Christmas card.
Here's What You Can Do:
Send a Christmas card to: Briceville Public Library, c/o Lynette Seeber, P.O. Box 361, Briceville,
TN 37710.
Send a children's book, the kind for a child just beginning to read. This is a great need because
many of the children don't have parents or grandparents who can read to them.
Let us know if you can do more, such as provide the library
with a subscription to a children's magazine. We'll tell you which ones are requested.
Contact us at fairygodmotherguild@yahoo.com .
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Project Cuddle
Project Cuddle
is the result of one woman's crusade to help prevent infants from being abandoned. Debbe Magnussen and her husband Dave fostered
over 30 drug-exposed babies, while raising two biological children. They eventually adopted five beautiful little ones. Thus,
Project Cuddle's crisis line was formed from the living room of Debbe's home, with the hope of ending baby abandonment.
Project Cuddle was incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit
charity in 1994. A volunteer Board of Directors oversees the organization, which Debbe runs on a day-to-day basis with the
assistance of volunteers and a minimal paid staff. Since its founding, Project Cuddle has successfully saved hundreds of babies
from being abandoned. Project Cuddle is committed to helping any pregnant girl or woman regardless of race, creed, religious
affiliation, financial status or HIV status.The Fairy Godmother Guild is direct result of the inspiration of Debbe Magnusen's
"Labor of Love" through Project Cuddle. "Providing Safe and Legal Alternatives to Baby Abandonment."
www.projectcuddle.org
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