Because of the efforts a group of local volunteers partnering with St. Dominic's Hospital, plastic grocery, shopping and dry cleaning bags are being given a new life, repurposed into weatherproof ...

I built a simple loom to weave long grass mats for use as portable roofing material. Laying two layers of mats on a quick shelter shed created a waterproof cover that could be rolled up and moved to a ...

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, ...

The day the women of the Ritsona refugee camp in Greece wove their first welcome mat, they let out a cheer. Regina Mullins, a woman from Thistle Farms in Nashville, Tennessee, was there to hear it.

Shelia Johnson not only knows the old saying: "One man's trash is another man's treasure." She also lives it. She knits treasure from trash just about every day and helps the homeless. For several ...