Shirts To Mats For The Homeless

For about two years abadie has been tying together thousands of plastic grocery bags converting them into sleeping mats for the homeless.

Shirts to mats for the homeless.

I live in burwell nebraska so if. If i have as many plastic bags at home like everybody else there might be enough to make some mats for the homeless the t shirt matt can be made into a comfortable matt whereas the plastic bags are more so for insulation. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick. The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground.

Abadie uses 1 000 bags to make one 4 ft. Jul 22 2015 explore mary long s board mats for the homeless on pinterest. See more ideas about homeless blessing bags homeless care package. Would anyone be interested in them.

Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet. In this video i demonstrate how to make a sleeping mat with recyclable grocery bags. We are willing to keep on cutting and tieing the balls. We have been making sleeping mats fro the homeless for 3 years.

Oct 27 2019 how to make mats for the homeless this is something any size of church can do. Wayne abadie of luling has found a creative way to recycle plastic grocery bags and at the same time help the homeless. It takes 500 1 000 bags to make a single mat we aren t donating these mats to a shelter they are going to homeless people on the streets that. They bring them to houston once a month along with a hot meal clothing and blankets and these mats.

We need more crocheters or knitters. Homeless bags homeless care package homeless people homeless shelters chemo care package homemade gifts diy gifts craft gifts cheer gifts how to pack a blessing bag free printable checklist a great way to get kids involved in helping people in need in the community is to create blessing bags to provide real help for those who are homeless or homeless organizations. All you need is a pair of scissors crochet hook and chained grocery bag. This is a kid friendly event there s a lot of work that goes into making a single mat.