Milk Bag Mats London Ontario

Our mat making group meets from 9 30 11 every thursday morning on the second floor of the ce building from september through june.
Milk bag mats london ontario. It takes approximately 400 milk bags to make an adult sized mat. For quite some time all across canada a community of volunteers schools. 213 likes 2 talking about this. Sections of this page.
F write the number of bags on the box tape the lid down. Milk bag sleeping mats thorold ontario. A brief history of milk being sold in bags and how it s stored poured and kept fresh. Several years ago a small group of women at saint paul s came together to make milk bag sleeping mats to be sent to third world countries.
The mats are made by cleaning the milk bags and cutting them into strips before they are looped and fitted on a frame. The masks will be used for the approved. Markham s milk bag program is a story about how people came together from across the community to create something beautiful from common milk bags. This feel great activity is.
We transform milk bags into sleeping mats for the homeless and needy. March 3 2019 march 3 2019 bettina wednesday march 6. Milk bag sleeping mats thorold ontario. I went home that night and took that first milk bag out of my fridge she said.
London carling heights optimist community. Watch cbc news at 6 0o pm here and now or and radio 99 1 for the interview with the milkbags club of williams parkway public school in brampton ontario. Pick up bags to make mats. To find out where you can drop off bags if you don t make your own mats.
The 4 litre milk bags are colourful strong and can be transformed into a variety of products. We transform milk bags into sleeping mats for the homeless and needy. Not only can these milk bag mats provide comfort as a bedding alternative but have been used by health care professionals as a make ready substitute for an operating bed table where resources are scarce. The milk bag mat group retooled their production lines to manufacturer masks for health care.
Another spectator wandered over to ask if she d ever heard of crocheting with milk bags.