Mount View Care Center residents turned 3,500 plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless individuals in Wausau, showing ...

CAMBRIDGE — When someone is homeless, it can be hard to carry around a heavy sleeping bag. Sleeping gear might still be affected by dew or rain on the ground, according to Beth Crouch from the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A group of retirees in Tucson is transforming plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. These retirees, known as "The Mat Makers," are based at the Fred Archer ...

RICHMOND, Va. — At Hathaway Tower in Richmond, Peggy Westlake and friends Brenda and Frances have been meeting every week for two and a half years to weave plastic bags into mats for the homeless. The ...

CHICAGO -- This week's 4-Star-Chicagoan, New Life for Old Bags (NLOB), is an organization that uses plastic bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless. Board President Chrissy Batorski stopped by ...

Since 2021, a group of volunteers from Good Shepherd Parish in Ubly has made more than 400 sleeping mats for people experiencing homelessness in Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac counties. Their primary ...

WYNOT, Neb. (KTIV) — Students at Wynot Public Schools celebrated on Friday after collecting more than 16,000 plastic bags during September’s “plastic bag challenge,” an initiative designed to help ...

A group of volunteers has found a practical way to help the environment and the homeless in our area. The Duvall Bag Ladies take old grocery and other plastic bags and crochet them into sleeping mats.

FROM DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS TO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND HOPE. A LOCAL CHURCH IS TURNING EVERYDAY TRASH INTO A TANGIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS. JOYCE OGIRRI SHOWS US THE CREATIVE WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ...

Turning discarded plastic bags into something that brings comfort and hope, a new ministry at Trinity United Methodist Church is transforming everyday trash into a lifeline for people facing ...