Self-proclaimed
'bag ladies' weave plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless
A Tennessee church group has recycled
tens of thousands discarded
plastic bags into sleeping mats for the
homeless — and they don't plan on stopping there.
The group of women, many of whom are elderly, call themselves the "bag ladies," and they meet every Thursday at Second Baptist Church in Union City, Tennessee.
"This is **t young ladies doing this. This is older ladies with the arthritis," volunteer Janice Akin
told WGN TV in Chicago.
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To make each mat, volunteers cut and roll the
bags into strips they have dubbed "plarn" (plastic yarn), then crochet the strips
into large rectangles.
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