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August "Plarn Ball" Challenge for Mercy Mats West Allis

  • 08/06/2020
  • 4:35 PM
  • 09/10/2020
  • At Home Project Opportunity

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'Tis the season for trips to the store to get school supplies, groceries, and so much more.  And with those trips to the store come many, MANY plastic bags. 

Our friends at Mercy Mats West Allis turn these plastic bags into sleeping mats for homeless individuals in the Milwaukee area. Bags are folded, cut into strips and then looped together to create "plarn" (plastic yarn!). The plarn is then used to crochet sleeping mats!

    

Mercy Mats is always in need of balls of plarn and Sunbeam Kids is always ready to lend a little hand, so we are hosting a Plarn Ball Challenge throughout the month of August! As an organization, we would love to provide Mercy Mats with 100 plarn balls throughout the month. This is less than 1 ball per Sunbeam Kids family...but let's make as many as we can! 

To make a plarn ball, you'll need approximately 20-25 CLEAN, GROCERY TYPE BAGS. (Walmart, Kohls, Target, Pick & Save, etc) and a pair of sharp scissors.  Please make your plarn balls no larger than the size of a normal baseball and that all of the bags in your ball are the same color/style. And of course, make sure you're being safe with those scissors! If you happen to need a few more bags to complete your plarn ball, there are extra bags available at fellow SBK member Vanessa's porch and we'd be happy to share her address!  

After registering for this event you will receive an email with the address of the drop off location, which is near 76th Street & Bluemound Rd.

To get started, you can watch a tutorial video from Cora, a Sunbeam Kid, to see the process HERE.  Or,  look for the video in the "pinned post"  on our Facebook page.


Thanks for lending a little hand. We'll keep you posted on the number of balls people have signed up to make over on our Facebook page!

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