Elphaba Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 Thousands of Mormon Volunteers Lend a Hand in California and Hawaii - LDS NewsroomFrom the article: Over 65,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joined with other community volunteers on Saturday, 30 April 2011, for the annual Mormon Helping Hands Day in California and Hawaii. In California, volunteers helped with 319 projects, saving the financially struggling state an estimated $4.5 million.My sister (lusciouschaos) lives in Seal Beach, CA and is always involved in these volunteer efforts. This one was no exception, and she had told me about the following before I read it in this article. (In case you can't tell, I'm very proud of her.) One of the most unusual projects happened at Seal Beach, where volunteers cut plastic shopping bags into strips and then crocheted them into bed-rolls that are given to the homeless in the area.Elphaba Quote
JThimm88 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 I always love reading stuff like this. What particularly amazes me in your quote from the article are two things: the number of members who helped for one, and two, the amount of money that was saved. Those are both massive numbers and it makes me happy that so many members of our Church were able to help CA save that much money that can go towards other needs, whatever they may be. Quote
Guest Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 Grocery plastic bag crochet mat??? BRILLIANT!!! Quote
Guest Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 Okay, I just went through the video on how to make the mat. I am making one tomorrow - I just graduated, so I got some extra time I don't know what to do with! What an awesome idea! Okay, so I'm not going to give it to the homeless. I'm thinking of using it for the beach. But, hey, I can save 120 bags from ending up in the land fill... so that should be good right? Quote
Elphaba Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Posted May 4, 2011 Okay, I just went through the video on how to make the mat. I am making one tomorrow - I just graduated, so I got some extra time I don't know what to do with! What an awesome idea!Okay, so I'm not going to give it to the homeless. I'm thinking of using it for the beach. But, hey, I can save 120 bags from ending up in the land fill... so that should be good right?I'm going to tell my sister that you're doing that.The woman who taught them how to make the bags also gave them other ideas of how to re use products and keep them out of the landfill. I have no idea what those ideas were. My sister just mentioned she had quite a few innovative ones.Elphaba Quote
pam Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 Grocery plastic bag crochet mat??? BRILLIANT!!! This idea is nothing new. We learned to do this in RS about 20 years ago. But we used dry cleaner bags instead. Quote
Guest Posted May 4, 2011 Report Posted May 4, 2011 This idea is nothing new. We learned to do this in RS about 20 years ago. But we used dry cleaner bags instead.We know you're old Pam. No need to remind us.:D:D Quote
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