“Find Lisa” Naperville Benefit Garage Sale Raises $2,319
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
Debbie and Jacob Gaumer of Naperville
Pro Rods Car Set
Gail of Naperville
Power Touch Learning System
Deb Mercier of Naperville
Tastefully Simple
Jackie Hubly of Naperville
Huge Snack and Drink Basket
Sherry Krabbenhoft of Bolingbrook, IL
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Special Raffle Winner:
“Butterfly Kisses For Lisa” Hand Carved Goose Egg
Linda Whittington of Crest Hill, IL
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We hope that Linda will enjoy this unique piece & know that love created it, in honor of our Lisa.
Lenore held this Raffle for the donation of her own “Butterfly kisses for Lisa” specially-created carved egg.
Below, we would like to include a quote from a special e-mail note Lenore sent us…about a very magical artistic piece she has created, herself to note Lisa’s love of Butterfly’s and the color Purple.
Her kindness and deep empathy to our Family will never be forgotten!
“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
