Polk Group Makes Mats For Homeless

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Polk group makes mats for homeless.

The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick. They are turning plastic bags into mats for the homeless for extra padding and a moisture barrier. Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and they re asking for your helping hands. Crocheting plastic bag together to make a heavy water proof mat is.

It takes about 50 hours. But one group in town is collecting the bags to help people who need a better way to sleep. They re creating sleeping mats for homeless people out of recycled plastic bags. Members of the blue water rug hooking guild are weaving plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the.

The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground. It is not a quick process. This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting. Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags.

The mighty mat makers has found a use for their crocheting skills. They will be given to talbot house and other agencies that help the homeless. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Wfla from bags to blankets a group called volunteer polk is taking plastic grocery bags that usually can t be recycled and upcycling them into mats for the homeless.

It keeps them dry. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. You need 700 bags to make just one mat.

The first mats are probably going to be ready by december. Wfla volunteer polk is looking for volunteers and plastic shopping bags to weave into mats for the homeless. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily.