Binky Patrol Celebrates 30 Years of Comforting Children in Crisis, One Handmade Blanket at a Time
Binky Patrol marks 30 years of comforting kids in crisis with nearly one million handmade blankets, plus a Bink-A-Thon backed by the MrBallen Foundation.
Binky Patrol Comforting Covers for Kids Celebrating 30 Years of Amazing Volunteers Across the Country
Beaverton, Oregon — Susan Finch's backyard doesn't usually hold thirty people, three cakes, and a cardboard box that hasn't been opened since 1996. Last weekend, under a red patio umbrella and a stand of tall cedars, it held all three. The occasion was Binky Patrol's 30th anniversary — not the press
Twelve Years, Nearly Thirty Thousand Blankets, and the Stories That Keep Them Going
Jeanne (left) and Barb (right) Jeanne started her Connecticut Binky Patrol chapter in 2012, one town over from Newtown. Sandy Hook had just happened. She and a group of friends — knitters, crocheters, a teacher, a mom, people who wanted to do something — put out a call on Facebook for green
Celebrating Thirty Years of Binky Patrol, Thirty Years of Choosing to Help
June 2026 — Thirty years ago, a handful of volunteers in Southern California started making handmade blankets for children in crisis. No budget. No office. Just fabric, a sewing machine, and the belief that a child who has lost everything, is ill, abused, or scared should at least have something soft to
Every Square Tells a Story – Introducing Comforting in Color
A child drew a beach scene. Yellow sun in the corner, blue sky filled in stroke by stroke, birds in a V across the horizon, the ocean meeting a sandy shore. She held the square flat with one hand while she colored with the other, completely absorbed. When she peeled it
20 Years in Beaverton
It was emotional when our founder, Susan Finch, moved her family to Oregon. Not only did she leave behind her family, she left behind her best friends she made in Binky Patrol. Beaverton has been welcoming and she quickly found out it was the perfect place to move Binky HQ. Memorial Weekend
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