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Virginia Beach church group makes sleeping mats for homeless community
and last updated 2021-02-17 16:41:10-05
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. â A church group of volunteers and missionaries is making sleeping mats to give to members of the homeless community.
Some work on the project at home and others meet in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building.
They use plastic grocery bags and fold them, cut them, and essentially make them into plastic yarn. Then they crochet the bags into mats measuring six feet by three feet. The idea is to provide a cushion and a moisture barrier for anyone who sleeps outdoors.