JCI Mayo appeal for empty crisp packets for blankets for the homeless Published: Thursday, 17 December 2020 14:26
JCI (Junior Chamber Ireland,) Mayo branch, has partnered with an initiative, to use clean foil lined crisp packets and make them into either survival blankets or sleeping bags for homeless people nationally.
The Crisp Packet Project originated in the UK, and two women from Roscommon, Karen Burke and Jackie Gunning, saw the need for it in Ireland too. It takes 75 crisp packets to make one of the survival blankets and 150 bags to make the sleeping bags. The foil lining reflects heat back into the body, while the strong materials in the crisp packet, plus the plastic fused on to the packets, makes this a supple strong long lasting material.
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