TIGARD, Ore. (KOIN) – A local Girl Scout has been spending her free time making sleeping mats for homeless people out of waterproof plastic yarn. Samantha Houston, a high school student working on her ...

SIOUX CITY — For many people, there's a never-ending supply of plastic shopping bags in their homes. Now, there's a way to put those plastic bags to use while helping the unsheltered in the community.

When kids head to preschool or daycare for the first time, one item that you won’t want to forget is a nap mat. Sending in one of the best toddler nap mats is all part of creating that soothing, safe ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin group is making mats for the homeless population. The Mats That Matter group has too many bags and is turning them into mats, but they need more volunteers. They are ...

JOHNSON CITY (WBNG) - ‘National Honor Society (NHS) students at Johnson City High School have an innovative way to help the homeless community: they have been assembling PLARN sleeping mats. According ...

DECATUR — Adults remember making pot holders on plastic looms with fabric loops. Kids at SMASH Jr. Camp had a better idea. Thanks to visits from PawPrint Ministries and Hudson's Halfway Home, the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — At Hathaway Tower in Richmond, Peggy Westlake and friends Brenda and Frances have been meeting every week for two and a half years to weave plastic bags into mats for the homeless. The ...