Every week, volunteers at Faith Westwood United Methodist Church in Omaha, Neb., turn thousands of plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. Why? In winter, homeless shelters in the area are ...

When the world seems crazy and mean, do the opposite and spread a little kindness. That’s what two sisters – one in Atlanta and the other in New Jersey – challenged each other to do following a ...

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 ...

For their effort to succeed, they need to collect thousands of non-biodegradable, used plastic shopping bags — such as those from many grocery and department stores. On Tuesday night in Poway a couple ...

SALINAS, Calif. -- Thursday afternoons, a group of women gather at the Steinbeck Library gather to weave mats for homeless people to sleep on. They weave, not with cotton or wool, but with plastic ...

WYNOT, Neb. (KTIV) — Students at Wynot Public Schools celebrated on Friday after collecting more than 16,000 plastic bags during September’s “plastic bag challenge,” an initiative designed to help ...

FISHERS, Ind. (WTHR) — Most of us have a pile of plastic bags at home, screaming to be re-used or recycled in some fashion. Kids in Fishers discovered not only an eco-friendly way to keep plastic bags ...

MOUNT ZION – It took some time for Pat Cirks to get hooked on making mats for the homeless out of plastic shopping bags. For two years she listened to her sister, Joanne Hermann, talk about the bag ...

When: 2-3:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month with the next get-together May 15. Where: Loveland’s Community Kitchen, 437 N. Garfield Ave. For More Info: Call ...

The ladies create and use "plarn," or plastic yarn, to make the mats. — -- A small group of mostly elderly women in Tennessee have transformed more than 10,000 discarded plastic bags into ...

After they're used to carry home things like milk and eggs, many plastic grocery bags never get used again. They wind up stuffed in kitchen cabinets, recycled, or worse, thrown in the trash and sent ...

In recent years, Debra Yencer has noticed an uptick of visible homeless in the Crossroads. The Victoria Advocate reports driving home from errands or volunteer work in Victoria, Yencer's heart has ...