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๐Ÿงถ Making Mats for the Homeless โ€“ Learn How!

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church

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Thu, 10 Jul, 2025 at 06:30 pm

452 9th Ave, Pleasant Grove, AL, United States, Alabama 35127

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Thu, 10 Jul, 2025 at 06:30 pm (CDT)

452 9th Ave, Alabama 35127

452 9th Ave, Pleasant Grove, AL 35127-1319, United States, Pleasant Grove, Alabama

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๐Ÿงถ Making Mats for the Homeless โ€“ Learn How!
๐Ÿงถ Making Mats for the Homeless โ€“ Learn How!
๐Ÿ“… Thursday, July 10 at 6:30 PM
๐Ÿ“ Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church โ€“ FLC

Join us for a special evening of learning and service as we welcome a team from Bethel Baptist Church in Pleasant Grove, including Becky Saterday, who will be teaching us how to make sleeping mats for the homeless using recycled plastic bags. โ™ป๏ธ๐Ÿ›๏ธ

These mats are crocheted from โ€œplarnโ€ โ€“ yarn made from plastic bags ๐Ÿ›๏ธ like those from Walmart or Dollar General. There are several steps, and you can learn just one or all of them:
๐Ÿ”น Step 1: Flatten and cut the bags
๐Ÿ”น Step 2: Connect strips into plarn
๐Ÿ”น Step 3: Crochet the mat using the plarn ๐Ÿงต

Each mat takes about 50โ€“60 hours to complete and measures around 3 ft x 6 ft. It usually takes two balls of plarn per mat. If you'd like to crochet, weโ€™ll let you know what size hook ๐Ÿช to bring. If you prefer not to crochet, you can help by cutting bags and making plarn.

โœ‚๏ธ Bring a good, sharp pair of household scissors.
๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ You can work at your own pace from home, and there are helpful YouTube videos available.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ You can also help by saving your plastic bags!

Since 2013, the Bethel group has made around 368 matsโ€”168 sent to Nicaragua ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ and the rest donated to the homeless in Birmingham ๐Ÿ™๏ธ.

Letโ€™s join this beautiful mission and make a difference together! ๐Ÿ’›


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๐Ÿงถ Making Mats for the Homeless โ€“ Learn How!, 10 July | Event in Pleasant Grove | AllEvents
๐Ÿงถ Making Mats for the Homeless โ€“ Learn How!
Thu, 10 Jul, 2025 at 06:30 pm