BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A local mission group has found a creative way to recycle plastic grocery bags into a form of security and comfort for the homeless. It is not your typical woman's group. The ...

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From sorting to piling, to cutting, then tying the strips together, taking plastic bags and turning them into something that can be used is no easy task. "Mostly it's preparation for the process of ...

CRESTVIEW — Not all people crochet sweaters or fuzzy socks. Some Northwest Florida residents use plastic bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. Debbie Barberee organized a group of volunteers to ...

A Valley woman is turning trash into something useful for a good cause. Leslie Glenn began crocheting as a way to stave off Alzheimer’s Disease. As a former Uber and Lyft driver, she said she ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — As the temperature drops and holidays approach, non-profits are seeing an increase this year in people needing help. Briarlake Elementary students in DeKalb County are stepping up ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Crocheting is all the rage. Grandmothers and college students - and everybody in between - are crocheting these days. But have you ever seen someone crochet a plastic bag into a mat?

CARBONDALE — Hazel Grant is busily crocheting what looks like a brown, grey and white Afghan rug, the huge, light blue needle she is using moving deftly through the fabric. On closer inspection, it’s ...

Members of CC Young Senior Living deliver crocheted mats made from plastic bags to members of the Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas, on Jan. 27, 2020. Jason Janik / Special Contributor Life, ...

Mount View Care Center residents turned 3,500 plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless individuals in Wausau, showing ...

SNOHOMISH — She’s weaving waste into useful wares. Marcia LaBossiere is on a mission to make sleeping on the streets of Snohomish a little bit more bearable. She’s crocheting mats from used plastic ...

(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 ...