“If you were asked to design a model of what a perfect campaign would look like, this would be it.” With those words, Eric Flint, president of the fundraising firm One to One, paid tribute to the volunteers of the Centre Grey Hospital campaign, a campaign that has now raised 92%, or just under $11 million, of its $12 million target.

Speaking to the Annual General Meeting of the Centre Grey Hospital Foundation on June 15th, Flint told Foundation members and campaign leaders that “something outstanding took place here. It was one of the most successful campaigns I have ever seen.

“There was another benefit derived from the campaign,” he continued, “and that was the widespread involvement that has produced a much stronger community.”