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7 THE TIMES MARCH 3, 2010 Producing thelmilk bag mats, this team fr Prestidge, Sheena Kennedy, EVE'Y" StDrigings and Margaret Quinn. From milk to mats ‘ i/it’ Wellington W/ takes on a global projerr Workinu in a church basement, members of the Wellington Wornen’s Institute each take a job in the rudi- mentary production line. Someone folds, another measures, another cuts and a handfirl of the ladies loop the strips of plastic together and roll into balls waiting to be Crocheted Together these women are transfomiing gathered milk bags into sleeping mats to be sent to Haiti. The properties of the four- litre milk bag are such that they repel bugs and mildew and they offer some cushionâ€" ing against the hard ground They can also be rinsed and Before and after. cleaned, and they dry easily. Between 250 and 350 bags are required to make one of the two sizes of mats (child and adult), om the Wellington h tea Wilma McCagg and Anne Trant. AISO part on e m last Thursday were Betty Cronk, nunmz. .mm rm um... Women‘s Institute includes (left to righ) Sheila ' on The waning WI was first presented with the idea by Cro mernber‘ Betty ‘e fink: who read about an eight year long DION“I m Barn “d thought that it was something that i ' ~ . could be done for he “cums of the January earthquake 1n Haiti. Between Cronk’ and fellow Wl member Sheena Kennedy and other membel‘s ofthe WI, the project is being pushed forward, “It all in“ came together after the earthquake in Haiti,” said Kennedy. “The mats eradicate 80 per cent of hook- worm, it gets people off of the ground, it can be rinsed off and it is being used in hospitals. it is also being used for packing fragile medical supplies being shipped." The group is appealing to the community to save their milk bags and contact a mem- ber of the Wellington WI or drop them off to the Wellington Public Library They also hope to enlist some help from the students at CML Snider School to donate milk bags and to help with the production of the mats. The WI hope to make this an ongoing project, making as many mats as supply allows, before sending them to an agency in Canada to be shipped to the earthquake-ravaged area.