About Us

The Elizabeth Stavros Memorial Fund was established for three reasons:

• To honor the generous spirit of our wife, mother, sister & friend – Liz Stavros,
• To remember all those who have lost their battle with cancer, and
• To support those that continue to win the fight.

Liz was first diagnosed with cancer (metastatic lung cancer) in 1996. In May 2000, she was diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer, and to that she lost her three year and a half year battle on December 26th, 2003.

During her chemotherapy sessions each week, Liz worried more about how everyone else was doing than how she was progressing. She wondered aloud how other patients could afford chemotherapy and the prescription drugs necessary to alleviate its side effects, such as her $400 per month anti-nausea medication.

Liz continued to show this concern through to her final days, when she made her family promise to return her unused prescription medication and walker so that other patients could use them. That was the genesis of the Memorial Fund, and it was officially established in June, 2004 using donations received following her death.

Initial contributions were distributed quickly, and a need for additional funding was required. To that end, The Lizzy Memorial Golf Outing was inaugurated in September 2005 to help replenish monies and enable us to expand our efforts to help those in need.

Through VERY generous donations, and profits from the "Lizzy" Memorial Golf Outing, Dinner, Auction & Raffle, we were able to raise $41,000.00 in 4th Quarter 2005. We could not have done it without the help of ALL of our Golf Outing participants, sponsors and volunteers. To each of you, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for keeping our mom's dream and memory alive.

If you know anyone who could use our help, please do not hesitate to contact us at jtdbrienen@ameritech.net.