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Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware

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Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware

Bags2Mats consist of volunteers who recycle plastics to create mats for the homeless in Delaware.

Volunteer Delaware 50+
NCC: [email protected] or 302-255-9746
Sussex: [email protected] or 302-515-3024

09/08/2026

BIG THANK YOU to our incredible community partners who continue to support our effort and getting the mats to those most in need. Thank you Forget Me Not Families, Earle’s Legacy Resource Center (Hope on Deck), Sojourners' Place and Phoenix Family Resource Center De!!

Thank you also to our incredible volunteers statewide who continue to pour their love via these mats. Your time, creativity and compassion are helping so many remember that they have not been forgotten 🙏.

Please continue to spread the word friends and invite a friend to join in making the mats. To learn more about the Bags2Mats program, please contact your local Volunteer Delaware 50+ office at: NCC: [email protected] or Sussex County: [email protected].

07/30/2026

The fun continues tomorrow with our young friends at Las Américas ASPIRA Academy!!! Join us in celebrating all those that have joined the mission for the first time this summer!!!

07/29/2026

Snapshot of our growth since 2019 - Bags2Mats for the Homeless - Delaware.

07/06/2026

Bags2Mats Volunteers are going to summer camp!!!
This will be the first stop in our summer series of youth workshops. Join us in celebrating the collaboration with local schools. Thank you Odyssey Charter School Summer Camp for this incredible opportunity to bring volunteers from multiple generations together to help serve our community.

06/29/2026

CELEBRATING AN ACCOMPLISHMENT!
In just under two hours our dedicated volunteers sorted more than 100 pounds of soft plastics. That’s 100+ pounds of trash saved from going to the landfill. This was not an easy undertaking, and boy did we get hot but WOW, the results speak for themselves. Bags were packed, air squeezed out and all. We cannot thank all those that came out to help. Most will be used by the Bags2Mats volunteers who crochet and weave the plastic material into mats for the homeless. The tough and smaller of plastic has been donated to Eco Plastics to be transformed into purposeful products. Come join us at our next workshop and be part of this incredible volunteer opportunity.

06/16/2026

We are heart broken with what is going on at Christina Park and in times like these we often feel so helpless but also even more eager to do more. Our mats are not the answer but they sure are appreciated and wanted by so many. The Bags2Mats team went out on the last day residents could be in the park. Many were getting situated with very temporary housing which may only last a few weeks and then they will be back on the streets. When you are homeless you don’t take what you can’t carry and you must prioritize. Mats could not be distributed fast enough. Something so simple. Someone’s trash. But also, someone’s love and volunteer time.

As the need continues to grow, so does the need for community support and volunteers. Please consider joining us tomorrow in New Castle, to help us sort soft plastics so we can be in a better position to make more mats. Please see flyer for details.

06/03/2026

JOIN US FOR A SORTING PARTY!!!
Date: Thursday, June 18th at the main (DHSS) campus in the Charles Debnam Bldg. from 10am-12pm. Please register to give us an idea of how many people we can expect by calling 302.255.9882.

06/02/2026

We are so excited for our friends at Real Life Independence as they begin their new chapter of hosting their own regular Bags2Mats workshops at their location. The participants that have been volunteering with us over several months will now LEAD the workshops and teach others how to make mats. We could not be happier to see our friends succeed!!!

05/18/2026

We are so excited to announce Bags2Mats for the Homeless will be at OLLI Wilmington at the University of Delaware this summer!!!
Please make sure to share this opportunity!

For more information, visit the summer catalog at www.olli.udel.edu/summer and search BAGS or visit https://www.olli.udel.edu/digital-catalog/course/wweon .

05/13/2026

THANK YOU MS. FAITH and Food Bank of Delaware Volunteers for saving the beautiful plastic bags for our Bags2Mats for the Homeless Volunteers!!! They will be flattened, cut and made into a mat for our unhoused brothers and sisters.

This is an open invitation for anyone who is interested is helping to repurpose the plastic bags into mats. Our team of volunteers wil be at the Newark Senior Center for 9:30-11:30am tomorrow and then again on 28th! Same time- same place. We can’t wait!!!

Address

Volunteer Delaware 50+ DHSS/Division Of State Service Centers, 546 S. Bedford St
Georgetown, DE

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 4pm

Website

https://volunteer.delaware.gov/opportunity/a0CUm00000VHifVMAT/bags2mats-for-the-homeless-volunteer-delaware-50-ncc-offic

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