Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware

We are heart broken with what is going on at Christina Park and in times like these we often feel so helpless but also even more eager to do more. Our mats are not the answer but they sure are appreciated and wanted by so many. The Bags2Mats team went out on the last day residents could be in the park. Many were getting situated with very temporary housing which may only last a few weeks and then they will be back on the streets. When you are homeless you don’t take what you can’t carry and you must prioritize. Mats could not be distributed fast enough. Something so simple. Someone’s trash. But also, someone’s love and volunteer time.

As the need continues to grow, so does the need for community support and volunteers. Please consider joining us tomorrow in New Castle, to help us sort soft plastics so we can be in a better position to make more mats. Please see flyer for details.

JOIN US FOR A SORTING PARTY!!!
Date: Thursday, June 18th at the main (DHSS) campus in the Charles Debnam Bldg. from 10am-12pm. Please register to give us an idea of how many people we can expect by calling 302.255.9882.

We are so excited for our friends at Real Life Independence as they begin their new chapter of hosting their own regular Bags2Mats workshops at their location. The participants that have been volunteering with us over several months will now LEAD the workshops and teach others how to make mats. We could not be happier to see our friends succeed!!!

We are so excited to announce Bags2Mats for the Homeless will be at OLLI Wilmington at the University of Delaware this summer!!!
Please make sure to share this opportunity!

For more information, visit the summer catalog at www.olli.udel.edu/summer and search BAGS or visit https://www.olli.udel.edu/digital-catalog/course/wweon .

THANK YOU MS. FAITH and Food Bank of Delaware Volunteers for saving the beautiful plastic bags for our Bags2Mats for the Homeless Volunteers!!! They will be flattened, cut and made into a mat for our unhoused brothers and sisters.

This is an open invitation for anyone who is interested is helping to repurpose the plastic bags into mats. Our team of volunteers wil be at the Newark Senior Center for 9:30-11:30am tomorrow and then again on 28th! Same time- same place. We can’t wait!!!

THANK YOU Christ Church Christiana Hundred!!!
We have plastic galore!

Our friends collected almost 100 pounds of plastic material to benefit the Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware. We will be using all the material we can but whatever we cannot will go to our friends at Eco Plastic Products of Delaware who will transform the discarded plastic into purposeful products. This just shows what an impact we can make when we come together!! Thank you Ms. Janet for taking the lead in coordinating these efforts!