Katrina impacts nonprofits' fundraising - Jacksonville - MSNBC.com

Katrina impacts nonprofits' fundraising - Jacksonville - MSNBC.com: "Katrina impacts nonprofits' fundraising
Some groups have to cancel events, seek grant top-ups

Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2005

JACKSONVILLE -- Hurricane Katrina has the American Lung Association of Florida canceling fundraising events, pledging to raise more money for its victims and scrambling to come up with urgently needed medical supplies.

The hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29 has put nonprofit organizations like the association into high gear. But it has also put a crimp in fundraising efforts of many groups, including those here in Jacksonville."