Founder Veronika Scott had the idea to make coats that turn into sleeping bags as a college student in 2010. The organization ...

The Founder of Empowerment Plan joins host Tia Graham on The Metro to talk more about making 100,000 coats and what’s next ...

Emily Duffy's high-tech Duffily Bags have even comforted refugees. LONDON— -- “Sometimes you just look at something and wonder, ‘Could this be better?’” That was teen Emily Duffy's question when ...

Greenfield Cooperative Bank is partnering with Mission Warming Homeless Hearts to collect at least 100 sleeping bags for ...

CHICAGO -- This week's 4-Star-Chicagoan, New Life for Old Bags (NLOB), is an organization that uses plastic bags to create sleeping mats for the homeless. Board President Chrissy Batorski stopped by ...

Arnold Harvey delivers “love bags” to the homeless. — -- At 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning, much of Silver Spring, Md., is still quiet, but Arnold Harvey has already started his day. He’s a ...

Good intentions hardly guarantee good results, as a young activist in Seattle is about to discover. Eddie Wang, a recent graduate of University of Washington, is raising money to provide comfortable ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- In North Carolina, some college students are taking action to help homeless individuals and improve the environment. They are turning plastic bags into durable sleeping mats.

Homeless families in Brockton often rely on friends for a place to stay, sometimes sleeping on hard floors wherever there's space. That’s why Yavier Castro-Soto, a parent advocate for Brockton Public ...

It’s been a little more than two months since the US Supreme Court gave cities the green light to crack down on homeless encampments. Already, Santa Monica has barred its homeless residents from using ...

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