PJSTAR - MARY HAYES _- CROCHET MASTER -GIVES BACK
PEORIA — Mary Hayes is a knit and crochet master, with a wall of awards from the Heart of Illinois Senior Olympics. She also knows what it's like to be homeless.
So when a friend told Hayes she'd seen someone crocheting plastic bags into yoga mats to give people without shelter a little extra comfort, Hayes thought it was a perfect way to give back.
At South Side Mission's Sunday morning church service, Hayes donated her first mat, rolled up and tied with a shimmering peach-colored bow, to Sandy, one of the shelter's residents. Sandy was homeless for seven months before coming to South Side Mission. Because of her situation, she preferred not to have her full name published.
Though a mat might seem insignificant, she said, little things make a big difference.
"I remember there was cold, there was concrete hard as my mattress," Sandy said. "I wish I'd had something like this."
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P.S. the woman in this video is not Mary Hayes, who is a Senior Citizen Activist.
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