Sleeping Mats For Homeless

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.

Sleeping mats for homeless.

Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently. In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. Many of the homeless have dogs as traveling companions and they need a place to sleep as well. Back in 2013 we wrote about new life for old bags a chicago group that crochets plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.

E ach 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags and takes about 50 hours to make. As sleeping mats they re more hygienic water proof easily transportable and provide protection from the cold concrete. This particular group of about a dozen women has been meeting almost every week for more than a year converting. Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to homeless veterans in their community.