Children's Hospital Celebrates its Benefactors

September 17, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Her name was Emily and she lived only three days 21 years ago, but she is the reason that Lynne and Bill Garbose gave money to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Hope Lives Here fund-raising campaign.

That effort, officially marked with a closing party tonight, raised an ambitious $476 million over seven years - $76 million above its goal - and has fueled $1.5 billion in spending at the West Philadelphia hospital. Its fund-raising experiences over the last year reveal not only the toll the recession has taken on philanthropy, but also the staying power of children's charities.