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.
Plastic homeless mats.
Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to.
These plastic crochet sleeping mats for the homeless are a project by humanitarian and environmentally concerned dawn warmbold from arkansas that has warmed many hearts and bodies already.
By collecting plastic bags and crocheting them in to sleeping mats you can give a homeless veteran a soft place to lay his or her head and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.
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Dawn has found her mats to be in high demand.
Plarn is plastic yarn strips which are then crocheted into useful products including the mats pillows and bags.
Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st.
Every child was busy helping prepare hundreds of bags.
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Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless.