Wonderful community service project to reuse plastic bags and craft the bags into sleeping mats for homeless and those in need.
Plastic grocery bags homeless mats.
Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.
Judy keel of tyler makes a sleeping mat for the homeless from plastic grocery bags during a mat making workshop held at southern oaks baptist church in tyler on wednesday jan.
Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags.
In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people.
E ach 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags and takes about 50 hours to make.
Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the.
John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece.
So far they have spent at least 100 hours on the project producing 18 mats that have been handed out to the homeless and there are many more to come.
These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.
Opting to use green canvas bags for your grocery shopping is an effective option but many people still have excess plastic bags lying about the place.
City seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.
It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.
Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to homeless veterans in their community.