Word: nonprofits
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...hire a pro to off your ex. Stephen King, who needs a name for a woman he kills in his next novel, will join 15 other authors on eBay next month to auction the right to christen a character in their upcoming books. The money will go to a nonprofit that defends freedom of information and expression, but several writers have placed restrictions on winning bids. Pulitzer prizewinner Michael Chabon won't use a name he finds "mischievous" or "offensive." Lemony Snicket warns that his top bidder's entry may get "mutilated." And while King is creepily demanding a physical...
...four grown children. Her first position came about by chance, after she wandered into something called the P.E.O. Chapter House in Cheyenne Canyon, near Colorado Springs. "I was curious about it," she says, "and discovered it was a retirement home for older members of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, a nonprofit devoted to promoting higher education for women." Though a small staff took care of the grounds and meals, the house manager was looking for someone to live on-site. Hanks signed on, and for the next three years, she lived in her own small cottage, created special events...
Many new methods for assessing drivers are just now entering the market. Some are getting their first use at nonprofit senior-safety centers, whose numbers have expanded following the Santa Monica watershed. Florida has been at the forefront, having established five prototype driver-assessment centers in different cities. Each center uses DriveABLE, a system for examining drivers who are cognitively impaired because of dementia or complications of such medical conditions as stroke or diabetes...
...There are plenty of opportunities to do financial planning for retirement, but when it comes to figuring out a period of life that's as long as midlife in duration, you're on your own," says Marc Freedman, head of Civic Ventures, a San Francisco nonprofit that encourages older adults to remain active citizens. Two years ago, there were just a handful of such programs, but today there are more than 20, and the numbers are growing, Freedman says...
...What it means to be a nonprofit today is different than what it meant a hundred years ago,” Kelley said. “[Harvard and MIT] are not nonprofits in the sense of mom-and-pop nonprofits...