Stacy Palmer
Stacy Palmer
cross red share
The Red Cross is getting the lion's share of the money,
assume giving socially
I would assume that he would want to do something to demonstrate that he was being socially responsible through his giving ...
economy outlook
The outlook for 2006 is shakier, if the economy falters,
seem
It does seem like they should have been straightforward about it.
asked decides definitely depends good government money needed people private role until wait
It is definitely possible. It depends on what the government decides to do and how much more money is needed from the private sector, ... A lot of people wait until they are asked by a role model. Celebrities are very good at encouraging people to give to causes.
directly fact gas giving jobs pay possibly secure tied whether
Giving is very directly tied to the economy. People's willingness to give as much as they possibly can is tied to whether they feel secure about their jobs and the fact that they are going to have to pay more in gas prices.
fairly growth happening seem stage
We really seem at a stage where growth is happening in a fairly spectacular way.
donations kinds later people strong
Usually we have these kinds of donations in the later part of the year, so people feel it's going to be a very strong year.
donate happen money people smaller
Usually these big bequests happen because people donate all their money when they die, and when they're alive, they give smaller amounts.
definitely future giving helped internet online people tsunami
The Internet definitely helped tsunami giving. It may make people more comfortable with online giving in the future.
agencies biggest drove government people private quickly reason response seeing sending support
I really think the biggest reason has got to be people seeing government agencies not doing the right thing, ... and that drove them to support a private response and do it quickly by sending it online.
amount challenge compared remarkable
a very remarkable outpouring, but compared to the amount of need . . . there's still a fund-raising challenge ahead.
extent giving likely people
As people see the extent of the damage, they're likely to keep giving in big ways.
attention call certainly charities disaster effort expect giving period quite scale waves
The scale of this disaster is so big, that there is certainly going to be a lot of effort by the charities to call attention to long-term needs. So I would expect that giving will go in waves for quite a long period of time.