ABILENE, Texas — A group of women in Abilene is donating their time and their hands, crocheting mats for our homeless neighbors. 700 grocery bags makes one 3x6 foot crocheted mat, created using ...

Laura Barnard first got the idea to make mats for the homeless population out of plastic bags from a post she saw on Facebook. She then used YouTube to figure out how to make them. That was a couple ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A dedicated group in Sioux City is creating plastic mats out of used plastic bags from retail stores. The bags are donated and then given new life. It was a room full of chatter ...

SAN ANTONIO – An act of kindness shaped by a simple grocery bag. A group of teenagers have a new purpose for the plastic bags so many of us bring home from the store. The organization Teens Give Back ...

Kaplan, La. - After grocery shopping, most people would throw their plastic bags away. However, Rita Keating from Kaplan uses them for a greater purpose. “When I started out, it was just my husband ...

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 ...

Karla Smilie Groves and eight of her friends meet every Tuesday and Thursday to weave mats out of grocery bags for their neighbors who do not have homes. “I have always had a heart for the homeless, ...

A group of residents at Covenant Living at Windsor Park, a senior living community in Carol Stream, routinely get together to create waterproof sleeping mats out of recycled plastic shopping bags. The ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Billions of single-use plastic bags end up in waterways and landfills every year. Hundreds of millions of people are homeless around the world. This weekend, the Savannah ...

What’s six feet long and two feet wide, warm in the summer and cool in the winter, and ideal for sleeping outside? Not expensive camping gear, but rather “Plarn” mats, which are cushy, body-size ...

GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Gatesville Mad Matters have made and donated around 200 mats in the last year to organizations across Central Texas to be distributed to the homeless population to use ...

Do you have a cupboard full of plastic grocery bags you end up throwing away? One woman in the Coastal Bend is collecting them and turning them into mats for the homeless. Ann Kolasinski moved to the ...