G.L.O.W. March - Outreach Ministry - Project Grocery Bag

251 North Main Street,Shreveport LA 71107

23 April, 2021

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TRY CROCHETING PLASTIC BAGS INTO SLEEPING MATS. Hey there, Thanks for your intrest in our ladies group. We hope you can join us in making P'larn Mats for the homeless community. Below is all the information you need as well as a bit of info on plastic, recycling, and how these mats are beneficial to our environment and the community. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] Plastic bags are one of the worst offenders of the wasteful products that are polluting the Earth's oceans and occupying the limited space of landfills. So what can we do about it? Opting to use green canvas bags for your grocery shopping is an effective option, but many people still have excess plastic bags lying about the place. Rather than throwing them out, you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi-purpose mats (known as 'plarn' – plastic yarn). In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter. As sleeping mats, they're more hygienic, water proof, easily transportable, and provide protection from the cold concrete. It takes roughly 500-700 plastic shopping bags (for a person-sized mat). We are collecting grocery bags & old purses to donate to the homeless community. If you have grocery bags or purses you would like to bring with you, we would appreciate that. **March 26th 6:00 - Food will be "Food Truck" theme **April 23rd 6:00 - Food will be "Picnic" theme If you can bring any food items, grocery bags, or even weaving info to share that would be great. We plan to fellowhsip, eat, make mats, and get purses ready to be stuffed with items.