Plastic Sleeping Mats For Homeless

Don t want to make a full mat.

Plastic sleeping mats for homeless.

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. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. Home crafts diy turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless turning plastic bags into sleep mats for homeless. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases.

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. We ll stitch them together to create a full mat. Since 2009 they created hundreds of sleeping mats for volunteers of america a nonprofit organization that has pledged to help anyone in need including at risk youth homeless people individuals getting out of jail recovering addicts the elderly veterans and those with disabilities. 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.

Make a portion and send it to us. Meanwhile in norwalk iowa the mighty mat makers meet once a week at st. 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.