Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Because of the efforts a group of local volunteers partnering with St. Dominic's Hospital, plastic grocery, shopping and dry ...

RICHMOND, Va. — At Hathaway Tower in Richmond, Peggy Westlake and friends Brenda and Frances have been meeting every week for two and a half years to weave plastic bags into mats for the homeless. The ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A dedicated group in Sioux City is creating plastic mats out of used plastic bags from retail stores. The bags are donated and then given new life. It was a room full of chatter ...

Plastic shopping bags often end up in the trash or stuffed in a cupboard to use for another day. Others are returned to the grocery store to be recycled into something else such as new bags, outdoor ...

NEW ALBANY, In. (WDRB) -- Plastic bags are getting a new life as mats for the homeless! WDRB's Keith Kaiser lends a helping hand at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in New Albany (OLPH). About a year ago, ...

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BATESVILLE, Ark. — For nearly two years, members of Batesville’s First Presbyterian Church have been getting together every Monday in the church’s fellowship hall to weave plastic grocery bags into ...

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