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I am a member of a local Project Linus Group and make the delivery to the main children's hospital. In addition to the local children's hospitals, we give our blankets to 21 other charities throughout our region, including homeless shelters, domestic abuse shelters, children of fallen soldiers, hospice (for children that have a loved one in hospice care), and so forth. In our region, the biggest issue we face is that everyone wants to make and donate baby blankets. To some extent that goes for little girl blankets. The hospitals are begging us to make more boy quilts, especially for teenage boys. They have a severe deficiency in this area. Teenage girl quilts are also needed, but not to the extent that boy quilts are needed. So you may want to call all of the children's hospitals in your region and talk to a volunteer services coordinator to find out what need they have in your local area. It is possible that that they don't have a surplus of baby blankets and that they would absolutely love your blanket donation. We don't give blankets to every hospital in our region, so if you cannot find a children's hospital that needs them, you may want to call around to some smaller hospitals and clinics to see if they might have a need.

There are a lot of other really creative solutions in this thread. If you find that there isn't a need for baby blankets in your area, one thing you may want to consider is that baby quilts and lap quilts for wheelchairs aren't too much different in size. I think the lap blankets for wheelchairs are approximately 36"X45".

Keep us posted when you find the perfect home for your beautiful blankets. Good luck!