Order of the Eastern Star Iris Chapter member Maggie Brown of Danville holds up a nearly completed sleeping mat made of plastic shopping bags as Donna Starkey of Westville examines the unique pattern ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — A ministry in East Texas is doing its part to help the area’s homeless population. Since January, Made to Love Ministries and its volunteers have been making sleeping mats ...

(KUTV) — Alaina Allred's house and car are filled with plastic bags. "I'm a bag lady," she laughed. She has been collecting them for a very special project. "A lot of people just didn't know what to ...

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(LEX 18)– Women in Boyd County are putting plastic shopping bags to good use by weaving them into beautiful mats to help others. The Boyd County Homemakers are turning trash into treasure, spending ...

Some of the women were dedicated volunteers who wanted another way to get involved. Others were crafters who wanted to try something different. Most were aware of the problem of homelessness. All ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Recycling plastic bags not only helps the environment, but provides comfort for the homeless here in western Massachusetts. Plastic bags are processed in balls of “Plarn,” or ...

It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need. “We decided we really like helping the ...

TENNESSEE (WRIC) — A group of elderly women in Tennessee has transformed more than 10,000 plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. The women call themselves the “Bag Ladies.” They cut the ...

DRUMS – Regina R. Drasher spends hours each day turning plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the area’s homeless. “A lot of people don’t realize that we have homeless people living in our area ...