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91-Year-old in Hospice Care Has Knit 8,000 Hats For the Homeless

91-Year-old in Hospice Care Has Knit 8,000 Hats For the Homeless
Why does he do it? Because helping others makes him happy even when he's bedridden with skin cancer.

Morrie Boogart isn't letting anything stand in his way of helping those less fortunate – even the skin cancer that's put him in hospice care.

Even though he spends his days fighting the cancer and a growth on his kidney, Morrie never stops stitching.

"Why do I do it? It just makes me feel good." Boogart told WXMI. "This has been the best thing that's happened to me because I just stay in my room,"

The crates of caps are to be delivered to homeless shelters throughout Grand Rapids in October.

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