where they made sleeping mats for the homeless from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Julia Boyer Library in Cheektowaga. "I have goosebumps already," said Gail Potter, the "Mats for a Mission" project ...

as they turn recycled plastic bags into yarn and then into durable sleeping mats for the homeless. They call themselves Mats for a Mission. Founder Gail Potter got the idea from her brother-in-law ...

But a newspaper article left in her room is what sparked the sleeping mat mission. While teaching in the Czech Republic, she lent her room to another nun. “The younger sister left an article in ...