Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware

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.

A huge THAK YOU to The Ministry of Yarn for their continued support and helping us to make even more mats for our unhorsed friends.

Here at The Ministry of Yarn, we accumulate A LOT of plastic bags...all the yarn comes in bags! This is a couple months' worth going to Newark Senior Center where volunteers will first turn it into 'plarn' (plastic yarn), then crochet or weave it into sleeping mats and pillows for Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware. What they're not able to use will get recycled into benches. Together we are keeping all this plastic out of landfills and oceans

Curious when we say we also WEAVE mats now?
Watch below! It's so fun and anyone can do it!
Thank you Midwest Mission for creating and sharing, this makes it so much easier to invite new friends to join and volunteer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS_qu1jxAws .

Sleeping Mat Tutorial: Potholder Method using a Loom This is an instructional video that explains how to make Plastic Sleeping Mats made out of plastic grocery bags. This tutorial shows the potholder method usi...

Happy New Year friends! Below, please find our ongoing 2026 Bags2Mats workshop events at the Newark Senior Center (200 Chapel Drive, Newark). Workshops will continue to be held on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month from 9:30am-11:30am. All are invited to join us on any of the dates.

To learn more about the Bags2Mats program, please contact your local Volunteer Delaware 50+ office at:
NCC: [email protected]
Sussex County: [email protected]