Greetings to everyone as this year comes to a close. I am grateful to all of you who read these newsletters and for your positive feedback, telling me about your milk bag adventures and sharing your lovely stories. There are over 500 email addresses to recipients who receive our newsletters. We are all connected by …
Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well and enjoying this beautiful fall weather. A highlight of a walk I took a couple weeks ago was to see salmon swimming up the Humber River to spawn.. What a beautiful sight to see these huge fish swimming upstream.Our milk bag weaving continues, and so far this year …
Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well and have been enjoying the beautiful weather this fall. Our September “pick up your bags day” was very successful and several boxes of bags are now being woven up into the much needed mats. Do you watch the news? So many sad situations in the world where people …
Hi Everyone, September has arrived and with it our thoughts turn back to our regular routines. Milk bag mats have continued to flow into my garage and then make their way to Canadian Food for Children. So far this year we have sent 4585 mats to people in need. I have quite a few …
Hi Everyone, Hope you are all well. June is a big month for increasing the mat count; teachers are cleaning up their classrooms and bringing their mats, church and community groups are slowing down for the summer months and people are doing outside activities. So far this year we have donated 3746 mats to people …
Hi Everyone, Welcome to spring and the warm temperatures; let the gardening begin!! THIS JUST IN: Click here…. MUST READ! A quick update for May, but a video and picture to let you know the project is alive and well. So far this year we have sent 2594 mats to people in need. Our next …
Hi Everyone, The days are warming up and it feels like spring. Since January we’ve sent 2148 mats to people who need them. I am grateful to everyone who participates in the project, and to Canadian Food for Children who are so gracious to send them overseas to people in need. I will be having …
Hi Everyone,Happy New Year and all the best for health, happiness and prosperity. Our numbers have increased dramatically due to people catching up with me after our year end email in December. I am thrilled to tell you we are starting January numbers with 1183 mats. I have some “kind of” good news.. for everyone …
upcycling Blog about MILKBAGSunlimited Check out JamesMurray TV December 9, 2023 MilkBags Unlimited is non-profit organization dedicated to reusing milk bags by making them into new essential products for humanitarian purposes. Their Facebook group describes the following of their work: This group brings together people who weave milk bag strips into sleeping, door, or chair mats, …
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Hi Everyone, Hope you are well. Due to health issues in my family, it has been a difficult month. However, things seem to be on the up-swing and for this I am truly grateful. In last month’s newsletter I sent pictures of ladies in Whitby who make mats. One of our group said, “It’s nice …
