{"id":92,"date":"2009-08-30T21:45:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/?p=92"},"modified":"2009-08-30T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T02:45:13","slug":"project-linus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2009\/08\/30\/project-linus\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Linus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\">Over 90 Chicagoland au pairs and their community counselors volunteered their time to make over 100 blankets for Project Linus- an organization that\u00a0distributes handmade\u00a0blankets to children in hospitals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_215\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/08\/JPEG_Image_LinusProjectAuPairs1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chicagoland au pair &quot;blanketeers&quot; pose by their completed blankets at the end of a long, but fulfilling afternoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicagoland au pair &quot;blanketeers&quot; pose by their completed blankets at the end of a long, but fulfilling afternoon<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dt>\u00a0<\/dt>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<div id=\"attachment_209\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2009\/08\/JPEG_Image_LinusProject5LovelyAuPairs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Chicagoland au pairs with their completed blankets-sure to put a smile on a child's face!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicagoland au pairs with their completed blankets-sure to put a smile on a child&#039;s face!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 90 Chicagoland au pairs and their community counselors volunteered their time to make over 100 blankets for Project Linus- an organization that\u00a0distributes handmade\u00a0blankets to children in hospitals. \u00a0 \u00a0  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2009\/08\/30\/project-linus\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,18,27,45,116],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-au-pair","tag-aupair","tag-chicago","tag-counselor","tag-project-linus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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