Religion in York is a large Quaker mental hospital, situated in the east of the city outside the city walls. It was founded in 1796 by William Tuke; over the next century his son Henry Tuke, grandson Samuel Tuke and great-grandson Daniel Hack Tuke also devoted themselves to mental health reform, continuing to reform The Retreat and publishing a number of works on the subject. The York-born Quaker chocolate entrepreneurs and social reformers Joseph Rowntree and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree left an indelible mark on the city, through both their business interests and their philanthropy. They built the village of New Earswick to provide
Rescue Chocolate Rescue Chocolate Rescue Chocolate is a business that sells Chocolate and donates a its proceeds to non-profit animal rescue organizations. It is a social enterprise business following a similar business model to "Endangered Species Chocolate" and "Newman's Own". The product line consists of various flavors of dark chocolate bars which are vegan, kosher/parve, and packaged in eco-friendly materials. The company, based in Brooklyn, New York, was founded by a former professional ballet dancer and Pilates instructor, Sarah Gross. It began operations in January 2010. Because of a catastrophic Haiti earthquake during the same month, the company’s first beneficiary organization was