Very First Original Sleepinng Mat Made For The Homeless

E ach 6 foot by 2 foot mat is made from 600 to 700 recycled plastic grocery bags and takes about 50 hours to make.

Very first original sleepinng mat made for the homeless.

In camping a ground pad sleeping pad thermal pad sleeping mat or roll mat is lightweight pad common among hikers backpackers and budget travelers often used in conjunction with a sleeping bag its purpose is to provide padding and thermal insulation. Johanna eubank arizona daily star the project has become. All types currently available use air as their primary form of insulation. The mat is made of plastic and is about a 1 2 inch thick.

Maria mendez young and other american legion auxiliary members in california are part of an initiative to create and provide these sleeping mats to homeless veterans in their community. In brazil indiana a group of people is dedicating their time to help the homeless in an unusual and ingenious way and they are reusing plastic waste at the very same time. But after one homeless man who used the facility tested positive for coronavirus last week the shelter was forced to close leaving 500 homeless people scrambling for a new place to stay. The blue mats laid down for people to sleep are easier to clean than the 24 000 sq ft carpet squares volunteers had first used at the parking lot which cannot be power washed.

While a federal report says florida s homeless population dropped nearly 9 from 2018 to 2019 that kind of positive trend isn t being seen in polk county. In its simplest form a sleeping pad consists of a foam like. Sleeping mats made of used plastic bags by a group at a tucson retirement community will be handed out via a homeless shelter. Though they may live under a bridge when it rains the ground still gets wet.

The mats are used to keep the homeless off of the wet cold hot hard ground.