Turning plastic into sleeping mats | ProSoft Helping Hands (May)

This was our first service project of our ProSoft Helping Hands initiative. Our goal is to participate in a service project at least once a month. For May, we decided to collect plastic grocery bags to help make plarn (plastic yarn) sleeping mats with Stitching Hearts Worldwide. This organization makes plarn sleeping mats, pillows, quilts, backpacks, and more for refugees in foreign countries and homeless persons in our community! https://stitchingheartsww.org/

We folded around 4,000 bags prior to the service day and collected hundreds more that we donated with the folded bags.

Collecting bags for Stitching Hearts WorldwideCollecting bags for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

We worked with Krysti's team to cut, tie, and weave the plarn into sleeping mats! It takes around 300 - 400 bags to make one mat.

Cutting bags for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

Weaving plastic sleeping mats for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

The weaving process, when done with two people, takes around two hours.

Weaving plastic sleeping mats for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

Weaving plastic sleeping mats for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

Weaving plastic sleeping mats for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

The end result is a beautiful sleeping mat! They're lightweight, easy to clean, and comfortable! Ethyn got a good nap.


Finished sleeping mat for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

Finished sleeping mat for Stitching Hearts Worldwide

Testing out a plastic bag sleeping mat

It was a pleasure working with Stitching Hearts Worldwide! This was such a fun, easy service project. We're looking forward to serving our community more this year!


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