Polk Group Makes Mats For Homeless

You need 700 bags to make just one mat.

Polk group makes mats for homeless.

Volunteer polk said it takes about 700 plastic bags to complete. Wfla volunteer polk is looking for volunteers and plastic shopping bags to weave into mats for the homeless. 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. Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and they re asking for your helping hands.

This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting. They will be given to talbot house and other agencies that help the homeless. Plastic yarn can be used to crochet shopping bags very easily. Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and theyre asking for your helping hands.

You are now ready to begin knitting or crocheting your plarn mat. The first mats are probably going to be ready by december. Crocheting plastic bag together to make a heavy water proof mat is. The mighty mat makers has found a use for their crocheting skills.

Plastic bags 500 700 grocery bags. Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet. They are turning plastic bags into mats for the homeless for extra padding and a moisture barrier.

The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground. It takes about 50 hours. But one group in town is collecting the bags to help people who need a better way to sleep. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick.

Members of the blue water rug hooking guild are weaving plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the. It is not a quick process. If you want to donate plastic bags or your time call volunteer polk at 863 534 5580.