Plastic Bag Mats For Homeless

Her goal is to crochet 10 mats for the homeless this year.

Plastic bag mats for homeless.

Affiliate links may be used in this post. Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. Along with asking for plastic bag donations outhouse is also looking for volunteers to help speed up the process. These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to.

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. As an amazon associate i earn from qualifying purchases. Cut off the handles and the bottom seam so that you re left with a rectangle. 500 700 plastic shopping bags for a person sized mat but can vary depending on what you re using the mat for 10mm or larger crochet hook.

John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.