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New Life for Old Bags hosts volunteer events the first Saturday of every month. The organization recently celebrated its third anniversary.
New life for old bags
by Kate Van Winkleand Lyndsey Gilpin
Feb 06, 2013
Lyndsey Gilpin/MEDILL
Toni Richter has volunteered for three years with New Life for Old Bags, an organization involving Chicago area nursing homes, schools and individuals. The group has produced 700 plastic bag mats, with Richter crocheting more than half.
The group started in a nursing home, and has since recruited many organizations, including schools and other senior centers, to help with the project.
It takes about 80 hours of work to weave the plastic bags into mats, which are then distributed out of Cornerstone Community Outreach in Uptown.
