Image1: Teen Shed Mackay are turning plastic bags into mats for the less fortunate
Image2: Teen Shed Mackay are hosting a disco tonight
Showing off the homemade handicrafts of Mackay’s talented teens, the Teen Shed Mackay market stall at City Heart Christmas last Friday proved popular for many reasons.
While it was an opportunity for crafty youngsters to display and sell their work, it was also the drop off point for an upcoming school holiday project for the teens.
The group are making mats for the homeless and are seeking plastic bag donations to help complete the project.
Teen Shed Founder Lisa Versaci said the group of teenagers have been volunteering and serving breakfast for Orange Sky which is where they were informed of the mats.
“As a Teen Shed, we’re always looking for community things to support and we thought this was a lovely initiative just to give the kids something to do but also give back to the community, so we put our hands up,” said Lisa.
The plastic bags will be cut into strips and then knitted together into balls to be joined into a mat.
Once the mats are ready, they will be donated to Orange Sky and other organisations to be dispersed into the community.
The project is already underway with some children taking home bags to start on, but Lisa hopes to plan a day to come together to make the mats with a completion date looking likely for after Christmas.
“If the kids want to continue it, they can take it home and do it in their own time, but we are trying to create it as a group where they can all come and sit in a room and chat and create at the same time,” she said.
Teen Shed Mackay is a community initiative created by a group of mums to show teens how much there is to do in Mackay, with a committee of teenagers advising the adults on the activities they’d like to do.
“Our idea is not only for the kids to make a difference but also for our community to see that our teen kids are pretty cool kids, and they are here to make a change and they are here to make a difference,” said Lisa.
“They just want a voice, and they just want to be heard.”
Teen Shed Mackay has planned a full school holiday program including a disco tonight, days at the pool and botanic gardens, barefoot bowls, golf, craft and a weekend camp retreat.
Visit Teen Shed Mackay on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok to see all upcoming events and get in touch to get involved.
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