LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — A ministry in East Texas is doing its part to help the area’s homeless population. Since January, Made to Love Ministries and its volunteers have been making sleeping mats ...

The local nonprofit, Big Country Spectrum Connection, is expanding its leadership team to promote awareness, and accessibility in the area for children on the a Senator Cruz discusses Dyess AFB, ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A dedicated group in Sioux City is creating plastic mats out of used plastic bags from retail stores. The bags are donated and then given new life. It was a room full of chatter ...

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.

What’s six feet long and two feet wide, warm in the summer and cool in the winter, and ideal for sleeping outside? Not expensive camping gear, but rather “Plarn” mats, which are cushy, body-size ...

Kaplan, La. - After grocery shopping, most people would throw their plastic bags away. However, Rita Keating from Kaplan uses them for a greater purpose. “When I started out, it was just my husband ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Billions of single-use plastic bags end up in waterways and landfills every year. Hundreds of millions of people are homeless around the world. This weekend, the Savannah ...

Turning discarded plastic bags into something that brings comfort and hope, a new ministry at Trinity United Methodist Church is transforming everyday trash into a lifeline for people facing ...

Karla Smilie Groves and eight of her friends meet every Tuesday and Thursday to weave mats out of grocery bags for their neighbors who do not have homes. “I have always had a heart for the homeless, ...

GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) - The Gatesville Mad Matters have made and donated around 200 mats in the last year to organizations across Central Texas to be distributed to the homeless population to use ...

Read full article: San Antonio shelters, businesses brace for impact as back-to-back cold weekends strain resources A San Antonio woman, Marisa Magana, is facing multiple felony charges after a ...

A group of residents at Covenant Living at Windsor Park, a senior living community in Carol Stream, routinely get together to create waterproof sleeping mats out of recycled plastic shopping bags. The ...