FRANKLIN, Ind. — Seventh grade students at the Franklin Community Middle School are using plastic bags to make sleeping mats and pillows for homeless people. The project is a joint effort between the students and the Church of the Lakes in Nineveh.
For about 30 minutes each school day, the students roll the bags, cut them into strips, and then crochet them into pillows or mats as a way to give back to the community. The students hope to have 100 mats completed by November.
If you’d like to donate plastic bags to the students they can be dropped off at the school office at 625 Grizzly Cub Dr. in Franklin. It takes about 500 plastic bags to make one sleeping mat.