Who knew the plastic shopping bags you throw away from Walmart or Target could be used for good? My Alpha Phi Omega Brothers, a coed service fraternity, at the Eta Chapter from Northern Illinois University are doing something incredible. They're collecting shopping bags from the community to make into durable sleeping mats for the area's homeless.
Not only is this a great way to recycle the bags, but the Brothers are helping support the area's homeless population by giving them mats to sleep on. Improving the environment, offering a better night's sleep for some friends in need, and finding a way to serve in the name of Alpha Phi Omega - this is true service at it's best.
I am so proud to be an alumni of this wonderful organization and even more proud of my Brothers at Eta Chapter for such a great project. Best of luck to them!
Check out the full article here: http://www.niutoday.info/2011/06/21/students-collecting-plastic-shopping-bags-to-knit-durable-sleeping-mats-for-chicagos-homeless/
To Serve with Shopping Bags.
Not only is this a great way to recycle the bags, but the Brothers are helping support the area's homeless population by giving them mats to sleep on. Improving the environment, offering a better night's sleep for some friends in need, and finding a way to serve in the name of Alpha Phi Omega - this is true service at it's best.
I am so proud to be an alumni of this wonderful organization and even more proud of my Brothers at Eta Chapter for such a great project. Best of luck to them!
Check out the full article here: http://www.niutoday.info/2011/06/21/students-collecting-plastic-shopping-bags-to-knit-durable-sleeping-mats-for-chicagos-homeless/
To Serve with Shopping Bags.
If you would like to learn how to crochet your own sleeping mat out of plastic shopping bags for the homeless, check out this video on YouTube! It seems pretty simple and you'd be doing someone a huge favor in the process!
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