Nonprofits fight charity fatigue: "The Greater Twin Cities United Way announced an 'aggressive' $88 million fundraising goal today, posing a question facing nonprofits across the country: Will the outpouring of donations for hurricane relief blow a hole in local efforts to help the needy?
'We don't know the impact. It's too early to tell,' said Lauren Segal, local United Way president and chief executive. 'We're encouraging people to give to hurricane relief but not to forget about the people in our own community ... to remember the people who don't necessarily have lights and cameras on them.'
Doing so could be a double challenge. That's because local nonprofits that receive United Way funds also face serving many of the 3,000 hurricane evacuees that could be headed for Minnesota."
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