Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

CHICAGO -- This week's 4-Star-Chicagoan, New Life for Old Bags (NLOB), is an organization that uses plastic bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless. Board President Chrissy Batorski stopped by ...

WAUSAU − More than 3,500 plastic shopping bags have been repurposed into sleeping mats for Wausau residents experiencing homelessness, according to a community announcement. The call for donations was ...

CAMBRIDGE — When someone is homeless, it can be hard to carry around a heavy sleeping bag. Sleeping gear might still be affected by dew or rain on the ground, according to Beth Crouch from the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly 30 CBS 6 viewers have volunteered to help Peggy Westlake's mission to create sleeping mats for unhoused people using recycled plastic bags. The response comes after Westlake was ...

Tracy Hilbert was so inspired after making sleeping mats out of plastic shopping bags at an event in Brandon that she decided to organize an event in Marion. It was held at Echo Hill Presbyterian ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Most of us don’t give plastic shopping bags a second thought. These ladies, however, take those plastic bags and transform them into a way to help the area’s homeless ...

ReStitch Wabash Valley is making mats out of plastic bags to provide homeless veterans in the Wabash Valley with a cushion to ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A group of retirees in Tucson is transforming plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. These retirees, known as "The Mat Makers," are based at the Fred Archer ...

An unexpected wave of support for a recycling project in Quebec City has allowed one daycare manager to donate more than a dozen sleeping mats to homeless shelters already, with more on the way.