Many of you may have seen the newspaper article in the Naperville Sun, as to the “Find Lisa” garage sale, this past weekend was hosted by fellow dedicated FLS volunteer  - Lenore Long and her family.

The 3-Day benefit sale raised  $2,319 at Lenore’s home in Naperville. ..for the Lisa Stebic and Childrens Fund.

Lenore  put up a poster board showing the sale’s financial progress. ..and even she was surprised at the results!  

Reports of generous neighbors & strangers called to donate items, money and effort is making this first-ever “Find Lisa” Benefit Garage Sale - has led Lenore to exclaim  “I can’t tell you what a thrill and uplifting experience this has been for me!”

“I thought, what if one of my children disappeared? I would want everything in the world to be done.  I still hold out hope that maybe something, some kind of a miracle, that she’s just being held somewhere,” Long said. “This should just never be out of people’s minds, until something has come to a conclusion.  I just don’t ever want people to forget about it.”

We would like to sincerely thank Lenore and all those caring people who donated items to this unique benefit..and want to assure that all leftover items will be forwarded to a similar garage sale to be hosted by Lisa’s friend Tammi Watson, when she stages her own garage sale in Plainfield, next month!

If you would like to add your own items to the Plainfield garage sale, with the proceeds going to help find Lisa - please  e-mail us here at findlisastebic@gmail.com

Here is what Lenore wrote us, today.  Listed below are the names of the winners of the “Find Lisa” raffles:

 The garage sale was a HUGE success! Not only did we make our goal, We doubled it plus some! I just can not tell you how thankful I am to all those who donated items that made this possible.

Our grand total came to $ 2,319.02

Winning names for the raffles:  

Hose handler wall mount

Michelle Wrobel of Naperville

Mary Kay basket Gail of NapervilleThomas Station SetAntonio Castillo of Woodridge,ILHershey’s Kisses Maker

“Last but not least I wanted to give you a preview of the decorative egg I created in Honor of Lisa. It is called “Butterfly kisses for Lisa“ which features five different butterflies and a dove carved on it and is topped with a gold plated filigree crown surrounded with purple and green Swarovski rhinestones.  The egg sets on a gold plated stand on a light box that changes colors to illuminate the egg.”

Hugs, Lenore Long

We would like to say a few words about former WMAQ NBC 5 news reporter Amy Jacobson after the recent news reports concerning her visit to the Stebic home following an invitation by Craig’s sister.

From my perspective on behalf of Lisa’s family, Amy Jacobson has given 1000 percent and never done anything but deliver the most responsible and caring job of journalism during this extremely difficult situation for our family. She has shown compassion to us and always kept Lisa’s children’s welfare uppermost in her mind, which is also our main concern.

Her sensitivity to Lisa’s sisters - Jamie Bouma and Debbie Ruttenberg - during her several one-on-one interviews with them over the past 2 months have been exemplary. This was appreciated beyond words by all of us, Lisa’s relatives.

She has been nothing but professional and extraordinarily caring with us. Through Amy’s frequent reports on the case, we have been able to reach thousands of people in our search for Lisa, and we owe her a huge debt of gratitude.

We are saddened that she lost her job, and that this sensationalistic story by her competitors distracts from the ultimate goal here – to find Lisa and bring her home to her children and her family.

Melanie Greenberg

Lisa’s Cousin and Family Spokeswoman

Former NBC 5 Reporter Amy Jacobson on WLS Roe Conn Show (Lisa’s cousin Melanie Greenberg phoned in to comment)

Amy Jacobson Talks with WGN Radio

 _{(Photo courtesy of the Naperville Sun Staff   Photographer -Beck Diefenbach)}

“The family of Lisa Stebic would like to send out our most sincere thanks to all those who braved the sweltering temperatures and difficult terrain, yesterday, to join us in our desperate search for our missing loved one.

We had originally hoped for 200 volunteers to come to Silver Springs State Park to look for Lisa - nearly 700 answered our plea, with an additional army of professionals to oversee this massive operation!Words cannot express the depth of gratitude we all feel for the outpouring of support and physical effort the Chicagoland community gave us on 7-7-07. 

Despite the fact that luck was not with us, this day, in finding a solid lead as to her disappearance…we will not give up the search.We did have a victory, yesterday…in that we have now eliminated this wild & difficult area where the Stebic family was know to often frequent.  

Our attention will now be turning to other locations where Lisa and her husband’s family were also known to vacation.  We will not rest until every possibility is examined and then exhausted.

Thanks to the generosity of the Community of Plainfield, Illinois & the nation - her reward fund is now well above $60,000.

We hope and pray that someone - who posesses even the smallest clue will come forward & help solve this terrible mystery, which is so painful to so many….

For we, her family, and the World - want to know where to Find Lisa Stebic.”

Lisa’s Family

The reward for information leading to finding Lisa Stebic has been increased to more than $65,000!

 We have had many donations since we announced the creation of the Lisa Stebic and Childrens fund.  The Plainfield Jaycees’ carwash brought in nearly $1000, and the Jaycees’ Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, July 1 has brought in $3240.

The many Find Lisa Benefit Garage Sales in Naperville,  Plainfield & Shorewood brought in over $4,ooo.

The Jagged Edge, Create Your Style & Other generous sponsored FLS benefits have increased the reward even more! 

Thanks to the support of the community, family and friends we are able to increase the amount of the reward to over $65,000.  If the money is never claimed as a reward, it will be converted to a federally-protected 529 fund for the college education of Lisa’s two children.

For details, please see “The Lisa Stebic and Childrens Fund“page.

The Pancake Breakfast for the Lisa Stebic and Childrens Fund raised  $3240 on July 1!

There were almost 300 adults served and as many children, as well.  We were so glad to see so many people from the community come out to show their support.

Thank you so much to the Jaycees, and to all who came to volunteer! 

The donations of food and supplies were simply amazing.  Lisa’s family cannot fully express the extent of our gratitude to everyone.

Big Thank You’s

go to the

Plainfield  Jaycees,

Applebees,

WalMart,

Starbucks, McDonalds, Sara Lee,

Jimmy Dean’s, Coca Cola,

Culvers, Jewel, Fetco, Sodexho, Baci’s,

Ken’s Beverage, Larry’s Diner,

Marriott Springhill Suites in Bolingbrook 

Principal Ed Boswell & staff of the Ira Jones Middle School (for giving our Benefit a HOME!)

..and Ass’t Chief Jon Stratton

& the Plainfield Fire Department for helping

to make this benefit possible!

 Special thanks also go to friend Lori Jewell of lorijeanscandles.com whose “Light a Candle For Lisa” soy candle sales at the Breakfast Benefit generated $456 for Lisa’s Reward Fund.

Thank you all Volunteers!

 The Plainfield Police Department’s

 search of

Silver Springs State Park

nets nearly 700 Volunteers

to help find missing mother of 2

Lisa Stebic

Saturday July 7, 2007

9am to 2pm

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Photo courtesy of the Naperville Sun Staff Photographer -Beck Diefenbach

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Volunteer Parking & PEMA Search staging area was at Kendall County Fairgrounds, near Yorkville.  

So many Volunteers arrived to register and undergo short safety briefing - many waited several hours to board buses and join in on the search at Silver Springs State Park .

CBS Network’s 48 Hours film crew..along with many of the Chicago TV affiliates accompanied the PEMA-supervised Volunteers - as they fanned out across the nearly 1,400 acres of rough terrain & wooded areas - documenting and covering this massive effort to find Lisa.

The hot temperatures and difficult conditions highlighted the intense resolve so many private Chicagoland citizens have at finding Lisa Stebic…the efforts were incredibly heroic on the parts of the individual volunteers we cannot even begin to show our gratitude to each and every one of them!

God bless and keep you all, for your enduring support and tireless-efforts in helping us in our quest to find our missing & beloved family member.

We will not rest until we do….

Photo Gallery

(courtesy Cheryl Steele)  

A very special thanks to the amazing video editors who so thoughtfully created all of these touching videos.  Several more were found and linked to FindLisaStebic.com today and can be found on the “Video” page.

Special thank you’s go out to:  the receptionist, ItalianStallionette, pinkguy84, pursentation, Jinxie228, stevebugz2, torigirl35, kittypro, Kelli323, lowflyingkiwi (New Zealand), webberphan, gothldy, Sarahphobia88, mishapavlovic, wittleteller12, winklie, disneyprincesfanatic, and Liozzo.

FindLisaStebic.com

Friends and Family Day

Sunday, June 24, 2007

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On Sunday, June 24, 2007….

Jimmy John’s donated 10% of the sales placed by friends and families to raise money for The Lisa Stebic and Childrens Fund!

We thank Lydia and Jo Anne Atkinson for doing so much for Lisa’s Family…by offering this unique way of letting FindLisaStebic.com raise more money for Lisa’s Reward Fund. 

Jimmy John’s is Lisa’s favorite lunch-time restaurant..and we are extremely grateful for everything they have done to be so supportive of those involved in her search. 

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Jimmy John’s “Find Lisa” Coupon

Friends and Family Day 
Sunday, June 24, 2007

The Search for Plainfield’s Missing Mom goes Nationwide Print as People Magazine features an article about Lisa’s mysterious disappearance 5+ weeks ago. We need YOUR Help!

Please BUY EVERY COPY YOU CAN - IN SUPPORT - and bring them to your nearest Waiting Rooms (Doctor’s, Dentist’s, Hair Salon, Orthodontist, Workout Facility, etc) with a handwritten Post-It note attached at the top of Lisa’s article page - which says:

“PLEASE Leave this copy for EVERYONE to See and Help Us FIND Lisa Stebic! Thank you!!”

We also ask you to drop a quick e-mail to editor@people.com to thank them for featuring Lisa’s Story…and request that they KEEP following with updates !

People Magazine’s June 18th Issue is ON SALE NOW !!!!!

As announced at a mid-June family press conference, the family’s reward amount for information leading us to Lisa was increased from $20,000.00 to $50,000.00.  Additional private donations  & volunteer-benefits have now brought Lisa’s Reward Fund up to $60,000, as of July 4, 2007

Also, due to multiple requests, a trust fund has been established for those wishing to contribute to the reward amount.

 For details, please see “The Lisa Stebic and Children’s Fund“page.

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HELP !!! We NEED Volunteers !!!! :

The Search for Lisa Stebic continues at Silver Springs State Park,  Saturday July 7th from 9am - 2pm.

We need every able-bodied adult to help us look for her!

Again, If interested, please e-mail us at

findlisastebic@gmail.com

We are so very, very thankful for everyone’s continued support…and steady, incoming requests to volunteer.

Without you, we would be powerless to continue the search for Lisa Stebic!

With much love and gratitude,

Lisa’s Family

We thank the Plainfield Jaycees, Jimmy John’s Sub Shop, the Plainfield Fire Department and The Plainfield Chamber of Commerce for  helping us organize these  benefits for Lisa and her two children.

To volunteer, contact: findlisastebic@gmail.com