Mats For Homeless St Louis

Clare hospital in fenton have learned a new skill and it has nothing to do with medicine.

Mats for homeless st louis.

Operating room nurses and staff members at ssm health st. Louis by offering an emergency shelter for men. Warmth for homeless vets community comes together to make plastic mats for homeless veterans in st. Mats for homeless st.

By sandy wood from chicago to ghana and in between a ministry carrying christ s love and a cushioned place to sleep is spreading to homeless people through lutheran congregations and beyond. Homefull manages the biddle housing opportunities center in st. Fox 2 s shirley washington shows us how it still involves helping. Bringing comfort to the homeless.

It can hold 101 men with another 50 during extreme weather. Organizer february 2 2012 to present st. The group meets at the hospital once a month to sew mats for the homeless. The carrying strap is simply a few stitches wide and long enough for a person to carry the rolled up mat cross body or over the shoulder.

We crochet sleeping mats for the homeless to sleep on. Description provides christian social services to the poor and those in need of st. Charles resident helped kickstart a unique community project in conjunction with the annual vietnam veterans mid rivers chapter. We crochet sleeping mats for the homeless to sleep on.

Hours mon fri 8 30am to 5 00pm eligibility homeless men must be willing to participate in all of the programs and abide by the rules area served. Clare hospital in fenton are. 1315 howard st saint louis mo 63106 314 231 8209. A sleeping mat ministry.

Operating room nurses at ssm health st. Charles county by brett auten kathy frecks summed it up the best they re cold and need some help frecks a st. Roll the mat like a tube attach one end of the strap and test the length of the mat on a volunteer to gauge the length needed before attaching the second end. Mats for homeless st.

It will fenton mo. Each sleeping mat is approximately 3 feet by 6 feet contains between 500 and 700 plastic bags and takes approximately 35 hours to make.