Getting Involved
There are currently 2 schools participating; A.K Wigg Public Elementary School in Fonthill and St.Rita's Catholic Elementary School in Brampton . In total we have collected over 1500 milk bags as two schools. We cannot reach our goal of 300,000 alone. WE NEED MORE HELP! We challenge you and your school to get involved. Tell all your friends and family so they can save bags too!! To get your school involved, talk to your principal or student council about the project. Start collecting milk bags and turning them into wool. Here is one one of the posters we use to ...
Videos
If you need to know how to do something such as make wool or crochet just watch one of the videos below. There are videos on making the wool, crocheting and of us working on the project. If you would like to submit a video please contact brandon@bagsforbeds.com httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znsb0jyYEbg httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZxPEsb7Z24
The Cause
In August of 2005 Haiti and Cuba were both severely hit by a hurricane that wreaked havoc everywhere its path took it. Homes were completely destroyed and families were torn apart by the deaths of loved-ones. Now 4 years later there are still people in need who are living in critical conditions. One of the many issues these people face is that they have no place to sleep at night. Our goal, along with Mrs. Cathleen Stallwood is to help change that. Mrs. Stallwood came up with a way to help the people of Haiti and Cuba without spending any money. ...
The Fantastic “Loopy” Party!
Mary Ann, her two boys and some friends had a looping party not too long ago, here is the result!
Bags for Beds
What is Bags for Beds? Can beds really be made out of bags? ABSOLUTELY !!! Here is how it is done. Milk bags, like the image below, are used to make a sort of wool out of the plastic! The bags are cut into strips. The strips are then tied together to form long strands and the strands are rolled into balls like wool. The "wool" is then crocheted into comfortable waterproof mats. These mats are then shipped to Haiti and Cuba and given to survivors of the August 2005 hurricane so they have a bed to sleep on. [caption id="attachment_16" align="aligncenter" width="353" ...
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On our Way!
St.Rita is well on their way collecting now over 1500 milk bags! Keep up the good...
Things at A.K. Wigg are humming along nicely! We’ve connected with our local...
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Things at A.K. Wigg are humming along nicely! We’ve connected with our local printer who has agreed to cut the bags for us on their big cutting press. They’ll be able to cut 50 – 100 bags at a time and that will really speed up the process. We flattened all the bags we have and we’re going to take them to the printer soon…... [Read more...]
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If you have donated to our cause via the chip in donator to the right please let us know here! Leave a comment and your donation amount the top 10 will go here! 1. $5 from – Andrew Hoffman, thank you so much! That’s $5 closer to sending an entire container to Haiti and Cuba! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Read More →
St.Rita 700!
Today St.Rita school reached it’s 700th milk bag, not included the bags we have used, so now in total St.Rita has: 7 Balls of Wool 700 Bags and hundreds of strips to turn into wool! GO ST.RITA ROCK! Read More →
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