Rugs For Homeless

It keeps them dry.

Rugs for homeless.

Many of the homeless have dogs as traveling companions and they need a place to sleep as well. Crafters from the nanaimo harbour city seniors are turning plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. How to make a bed roll from plarn plastic bag yarn. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick.

A smaller version of the mat say 3 3 or small mat that didn t get finished would be perfect. The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground. The ground can get very hot or cold to sleep on and just having a little bit of separation between the wet ground and the body can mean a lot. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet.

They re a welcome comfort to those living rough while also keeping more plastic out of landfill and our marine systems. The finished mats are delivered to pine street inn a service center in boston for homeless people.