Nancy Mozeleski, second from left, and volunteers from the Village at Orchard Ridge in Winchester, Va., hold sleeping mats they crocheted from disposable plastic bags. (Photo courtesy of Nancy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WAUSAU − More than 3,500 plastic shopping bags have been repurposed into sleeping mats for Wausau residents experiencing ...

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 ...

(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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- During the dangerously cold days the homeless can go overlooked, but one Chicago woman has found a unique way to provide comfort for the oft-forgotten population. Shawne Duck lives in ...

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?

Put this under the "unexpected consequences" file. When the state of New York passed its plastic bag ban, which goes into effect March 1, volunteers who use bags to crochet sleeping mats for the ...

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 ...

Sustainability, humanitarian efforts and a sizeable amount of personal time are all rolled into one for Sister Kathy Roberg’s pandemic project. Here, Roberg is seen surrounded by samples of her ...

WAUSAU − More than 3,500 plastic shopping bags have been repurposed into sleeping mats for Wausau residents experiencing homelessness, according to a community announcement. The call for donations was ...