Sister Kathy Roberg found a way to care for our planet while caring for some of its most vulnerable inhabitants. Since 2015, she’s made sleeping mats for the homeless from plastic bags. When the ...

SPRINGFIELD — Fifty cases of plastic bags from the Big Y World Class Market on Cooley Street are being transformed by senior Betty Rennell into handcrafted sleeping mats for the homeless community.

This may come as a surprise, but just like the sleeping mat you rest on, sleeping bags are remarkably varied and often ...

If you’re new to the great debate between down vs synthetic sleeping bags, allow me to clue you in. In one corner, we have sleeping bags filled with fluffy down feathers. Their defenders say they are ...

FROM DISCARDED PLASTIC BAGS TO SOMETHING THAT BRINGS COMFORT AND HOPE. A LOCAL CHURCH IS TURNING EVERYDAY TRASH INTO A TANGIBLE ACT OF KINDNESS. JOYCE OGIRRI SHOWS US THE CREATIVE WAY VOLUNTEERS ARE ...

SAN ANTONIO – An act of kindness shaped by a simple grocery bag. A group of teenagers have a new purpose for the plastic bags so many of us bring home from the store. The organization Teens Give Back ...