Making Mats For The Homeless

Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently.

Making mats for the homeless.

These sleeping mats make great supplies for the homeless population allowing them to sleep comfortably wherever they need to. Out city has placed 4 4 boards front to back on the park benches where the homeless sleep to stop them. They need something to sleep on. If you have any made they really need them.

Besides sleeping mats you could create incredibly useful sitting cushions. 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. While the mat making project is ensuring that homeless people will be warmer as they sleep it has also helped the women of winter valley get out of their apartments and meet new people. By collecting plastic bags and crocheting them in to sleeping mats you can give a homeless veteran a soft place to lay his or her head and help keep plastic bags out of oceans and landfills.

Nanaimo harbour city seniors in namaimo british columbia canada have taken plastic shopping bags and turned them into sleeping mats by crocheting them together. John the apostle catholic church to create their own mats using about 700 plastic bags apiece. The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground. The homeless mat is of course also a great mat to use ourselves for outdoor trekking or camping.

I suggest you measure the width of your backpack and create a somewhat narrower mat than you d make for the homeless. Are you still making the homeless sleeping mats. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet. I am too old to make them but could get them to the folks.

Make plastic sleeping mats for homeless veterans you can help homeless veterans and benefit the environment at the same time. Some group is making plarn sleeping mats for the homeless. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick. It also makes a great addition to any camping trip.