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 ...

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 ...

“It really does put things into perspective and reminds us not to take what we have for granted." Courtesy Lydia Roberts Addie Roberts, 17, has been volunteering with her family at SAMMinistries, an ...

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 ...

What’s six feet long and two feet wide, warm in the summer and cool in the winter, and ideal for sleeping outside? Not expensive camping gear, but rather “Plarn” mats, which are cushy, body-size ...

A volunteer group of retirees is constructing and providing sleeping mats made out of recycled plastic bags for unhoused folks in Tucson, Arizona. According to News 4 Tucson, the "Mat Makers," as the ...

Most people would consider the task of dealing with thousands of empty plastic grocery bags a burden, not a blessing. The Plarn People of Normandie Ridge welcome it. The group culls the bags that ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — An organization in Scranton is doing what it can to help the homeless by creating mats out of plastic bags. Volunteers with Outreach Center for Community Resources gathered at the ...

Antioch Baptist Church is located at 332 Elizabeth St. For more information, call 412-741-7688 or visit www. antioch fwbaptistsewickley.org. Beth Samuel Jewish Center Beth Samuel Jewish Center meets ...