Polk Group Makes Mats For Homeless

If you want to donate plastic bags or your time call volunteer polk at 863 534 5580.

Polk group makes mats for homeless.

It keeps them dry. Crocheting plastic bag together to make a heavy water proof mat is. They re creating sleeping mats for homeless people out of recycled plastic bags. You need 700 bags to make just one mat.

Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and they re asking for your helping hands. The first mats are probably going to be ready by december. 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. But one group in town is collecting the bags to help people who need a better way to sleep.

The mighty mat makers has found a use for their crocheting skills. It takes about 50 hours. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet. Volunteer polk said it takes about 700 plastic bags to complete.

This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting. Wfla volunteer polk is looking for volunteers and plastic shopping bags to weave into mats for the homeless. They will be given to talbot house and other agencies that help the homeless. Members of the blue water rug hooking guild are weaving plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the.

Materials to make a sleep mat from plastic bags. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick. It is not a quick process. Volunteer polk has come up with a new idea to keep the homeless warm this season and theyre asking for your helping hands.

The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground. The basic instructions are above and can be modified to the desired size of bag. They are turning plastic bags into mats for the homeless for extra padding and a moisture barrier.