SIOUX CITY — For many people, there's a never-ending supply of plastic shopping bags in their homes. Now, there's a way to put those plastic bags to use while helping the unsheltered in the community.

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 30 CBS 6 viewers have volunteered to help Peggy Westlake's mission to create sleeping mats for unhoused people using recycled plastic bags. The response comes after Westlake was ...

When kids head to preschool or daycare for the first time, one item that you won’t want to forget is a nap mat. Sending in one of the best toddler nap mats is all part of creating that soothing, safe ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin group is making mats for the homeless population. The Mats That Matter group has too many bags and is turning them into mats, but they need more volunteers. They are ...

DECATUR — Adults remember making pot holders on plastic looms with fabric loops. Kids at SMASH Jr. Camp had a better idea. Thanks to visits from PawPrint Ministries and Hudson's Halfway Home, the ...

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 ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Some local elementary school students are using grocery sacks to make sleeping mats for a passion project which is helping area homeless people have a place to rest their heads.

FROM DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS TO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND HOPE. A LOCAL CHURCH IS TURNING EVERYDAY TRASH INTO A TANGIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS. JOYCE OGIRRI SHOWS US THE CREATIVE WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ...