Minnesota nonprofits rally for more donations again in 2021 GiveMN is holding a special spring fundraiser for schools and nonprofits. May 3, 2021 10:09am Text size Copy shortlink:
Nonprofits across the state are again asking Minnesotans to step up their generosity this year after offering extra support in 2020.
GiveMN, the organization known for hosting Give to the Max Day each November, is putting on a second statewide online fundraiser, which began Saturday, to rally support for nonprofits and schools. We re not yet done with the pandemic and likely the impacts of it are going to be felt for a long time, said Jake Blumberg, executive director of GiveMN.
For weeks, the site of the Derek Chauvin trial, where the former police officer faces murder and manslaughter charges for the death of George Floyd, has been fortified.
The Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis is surrounded by concrete barriers, chain-link fencing, and barbed wire. Nearby buildings have boarded up their storefront windows. Members of the National Guard have been patrolling the area, and Minneapolis’s mayor and police chief said the law enforcement presence at the site of Floyd’s death as well as throughout the city will only increase as the trial continues.
Minnesota National Guard members patrol outside the Hennepin County Government Center during Derek Chauvin’s trial on March 29.