Homeless charity aims to create 150 blankets

A charity that supports people experiencing homelessness are looking for volunteers to help sew knitted squares into blankets ...
The Gabber Newspaper

Gulfport Knitting Ladies Hatch 53 Easter Ducks for Patients

Five Gulfport knitting ladies worked together to bring 53 ducks to Alpine Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg ...
Health Affairs

Analysis Suggests Government And Nonprofit Hospitals’ Charity Care Is Not Aligned With Their Favorable Tax Treatment

The different tax treatment of government, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals implies different charity care obligations, with the greatest obligation for government hospitals and the least for ...
Maidenhead Advertiser

Volunteers stuff thousands of knitted creations as part of Big Chick Knit campaign

Volunteers have stuffed thousands of colourful knitted chicks as part of Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice’s major spring fundraisers. The hospice, in Snowball Hill, is running the Big Chick Knit ...
Health Affairs

Nonprofit Hospitals: Profits And Cash Reserves Grow, Charity Care Does Not

Derek Jenkins, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Vivian Ho ([email protected]), Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Hospitals rely on cash reserves to cover capital costs ...
NPR

On pins and needles: Why Olympians pass the time knitting

When you imagine what an Olympic-level athlete might pack to take to the Winter Games, you probably imagine things like ski goggles and athletic gloves. For a growing number of athletes, the packing ...