SALINAS, Calif. -- Thursday afternoons, a group of women gather at the Steinbeck Library gather to weave mats for homeless people to sleep on. They weave, not with cotton or wool, but with plastic ...
Every week, volunteers at Faith Westwood United Methodist Church in Omaha, Neb., turn thousands of plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Why? In winter, homeless shelters in the area are ...
For their effort to succeed, they need to collect thousands of non-biodegradable, used plastic shopping bags — such as those from many grocery and department stores. On Tuesday night in Poway a couple ...
CARBONDALE — Hazel Grant is busily crocheting what looks like a brown, grey and white Afghan rug, the huge, light blue needle she is using moving deftly through the fabric. On closer inspection, it’s ...
FISHERS, Ind. (WTHR) — Most of us have a pile of plastic bags at home, screaming to be re-used or recycled in some fashion. Kids in Fishers discovered not only an eco-friendly way to keep plastic bags ...
When: 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month with the next get-together May 15. Where: Loveland’s Community Kitchen, 437 N. Garfield Ave. For More Info: Call ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- During the dangerously cold days the homeless can go overlooked, but one Chicago woman has found a unique way to provide comfort for the oft-forgotten population. Shawne Duck lives in ...
Solana Beach teen Delaney How is trying to change the world one plastic bag at a time, using them to make mats for homeless people to sleep on. Surrounded by a box full of various types of plastic ...
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 ...