The homeless NEED toiletries bad. My community donates soap, deoderant, shampoo, toothpaste, kleenex, lotion, band aides ect right to my house as they get them. What we do is separate the stuff and put them in individual plastic baggies and send them out with the mats. Below is a picture of Cathy Ayers separating the items.
Weaving mats and pillows is not all that we do here at The Mat Weavers Ministry. We also purchase and or collect from the community, tents, mylar blankets, hats, gloves, underwear, socks, coats and toiletries.
A few days ago, a lady named Dorothy Parks hand crocheted all these hats and gave them to me for the homeless. I live in a VERY creative and supportive community. People are doing things like this all the time around here.
Due to distance, and how busy I am all the time, I often do not get to personally hand my mats out to the homeless. What happens is other people come get my mats and hand them out to the homeless at an event or something and send me back the pictures and videos.
Below is a video that was taken at a homeless event in Goshen, Indiana. This is what I live for. This is why we do what we do. Help the homeless. What we do is NOT a solution, its an INTERVENTION.
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