(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 ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — A ministry in East Texas is doing its part to help the area’s homeless population. Since January, Made to Love Ministries and its volunteers have been making sleeping mats ...

CRESTVIEW — Not all people crochet sweaters or fuzzy socks. Some Northwest Florida residents use plastic bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. Debbie Barberee organized a group of volunteers to ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Recycling plastic bags not only helps the environment, but provides comfort for the homeless here in western Massachusetts. Plastic bags are processed in balls of “Plarn,” or ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - To most of us they are just plastic bags. We use them for groceries or maybe trash bags at home. But for one Montgomery woman, these bags, when you have a whole bunch of them, ...

A Tennessee church group has recycled tens of thousands discarded plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless -- and they don't plan on stopping there. The group of women, many of whom are ...

Some of the women were dedicated volunteers who wanted another way to get involved. Others were crafters who wanted to try something different. Most were aware of the problem of homelessness. All ...

Knitters have long known about the health benefits of their hobby: reduced depression, anxiety and blood pressure and an increased sense of wellbeing, to name a few. But now, more and more knitters ...

It is called -- plarn. Plastic yarn! Since 2018, the women of the Old Town Fenton DAR chapter have been creating sleeping mats out of plarn for those in need. “We decided we really like helping the ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — A ministry in East Texas is doing its part to help the area’s homeless population. Since January, Made to Love Ministries and its volunteers have been making sleeping mats ...