Gary Hubbell Consulting to Provide Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Foundations with Consulting Services to Plan a Capital Campaign

Milwaukee, WI, December 19, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Gary Hubbell Consulting, LLC, has been retained by Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Foundations of Spokane, Washington. Hubbell will consult with Foundation leaders as they consider a major capital campaign.

Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital is part of Providence Health Care. PHC is part of Providence Health & Services, comprising a network of hospitals and agencies specific to the Eastern Washington geographic area. Sacred Heart Medical Center is planning numerous capital intensive projects around which community support is sought in coming years. Chief among the current project interest is a comprehensive cancer center and construction, renovation and expansion of the pediatric emergency department.

Gary Hubbell Consulting will work with Foundation leaders to discover how a campaign can be optimally positioned for prompt implementation and can be leveraged to achieve greater organizational capacity for philanthropy growth in the future. Leadership anticipate conducting donor and community opinion interviews in early January, the results of which will help with Foundation planning

Joyce Cameron, Foundations Executive Director says "We are thrilled to be working with Gary Hubbell and his professional staff. This is a very challenging time in philanthropy and with Gary's years of experience and expertise, the campaign planning study will help guide us toward a successful campaign."

In addition to consulting, Hubbell is an active author, speaker and researcher. His first book, Forces of Change: The Coming Challenges in Hospital Philanthropy (Association of Healthcare Philanthropy), was published in 2005. With co-author Mary Reinders, he published his second book, Lessons from Benchmarking: Fast-Forwarding the Maturity of the Fundraising Operation in 2007. His third book Staff-Led Feasibility: How to Design and Conduct your Own Fundraising Feasibility Study will be published in January 2009. All books are available at www.Amazon.com, through the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy (www.ahp.org), and through On The Cusp Publishing (www.OnTheCuspPublishing.com).

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Gary Hubbell Consulting works with organizations on the cusp of doing great things – articulating innovative philanthropy models, engaging board members and stakeholders in unprecedented ways, sparking transformational change within organizations and communities. Gary listens to clients with an ear for key issues and an eye on the horizon. No issue or opportunity appears in isolation. Gary’s deep knowledge and innate ability helps organizations see through an ever more chaotic marketplace with clarity and agility. He brings research and resources to help you view opportunities and challenges in new ways. For more information, call 414-962-6696, or visit online at www.garyhubbellconsulting.com.