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.

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 30 CBS 6 viewers have volunteered to help Peggy Westlake's mission to create sleeping mats for unhoused people using recycled plastic bags. The response comes after Westlake was ...

CHICAGO -- This week's 4-Star-Chicagoan, New Life for Old Bags (NLOB), is an organization that uses plastic bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless. Board President Chrissy Batorski stopped by ...

CAMBRIDGE — When someone is homeless, it can be hard to carry around a heavy sleeping bag. Sleeping gear might still be affected by dew or rain on the ground, according to Beth Crouch from the ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Some local elementary school students are using grocery sacks to make sleeping mats for a passion project which is helping area homeless people have a place to rest their heads.

SAN ANTONIO – An act of kindness shaped by a simple grocery bag. A group of teenagers have a new purpose for the plastic bags so many of us bring home from the store. The organization Teens Give Back ...

Seasoned campers have discovered a clever sleeping bag trick that keeps them warmer on chilly nights without having to buy or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karla Smilie Groves and eight of her friends meet every Tuesday and Thursday to weave mats out of grocery bags for their neighbors who do not have homes. “I have always had a heart for the homeless, ...