(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 ...

Sister Kathy Roberg found a way to care for our planet while caring for some of its most vulnerable inhabitants. Since 2015, she’s made sleeping mats for the homeless from plastic bags. When the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- During the dangerously cold days the homeless can go overlooked, but one Chicago woman has found a unique way to provide comfort for the oft-forgotten population. Shawne Duck lives in ...

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 ...

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FISHERS, Ind. (WTHR) — Most of us have a pile of plastic bags at home, screaming to be re-used or recycled in some fashion. Kids in Fishers discovered not only an eco-friendly way to keep plastic bags ...

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 ...

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 ...

Antioch Baptist Church will hold its fall revival on Sept. 28-30 at 7:30 p.m. Evangelist Roberta G. Watkins of Deliverance Temple Ministries in Aliquippa will be the guest speaker. For details, call ...