Upcoming Events:

• Girls Gone Grilln- Jim Barbour of Funnibonz will demystify grilling >more
• East Coast Auction and Cocktail Party - Sunday, November 14 at 1pm at Mercer Oaks, Princeton Jct., NJ

Recent Events:

Seventh Annual West Coast Auction - Friday, July 30 - Once again it was a wonderful evening. See for yourself...

Chiropractic West Fundraiser - Friday, July 23 from 3-7pm - Our thanks to Dr. Debra Pear and her staff for hosting our the most successful Chiropractic West Fundraiser to date. As always, there was great food, great people, amazing raffle prizes, and a good time. Our thanks to Cheryl Himmelstein who was on hand to capture the event.

Dr. Debra Pear and Meg McQuarrie at the Chiropractic West's
Seventh Annual Fundraiser for the Elixir Fund.

June 8 -Mini-Makeover at Hollywood Presbyterian, Los Angeles - The Elixir Fund hosted a Mini-Makeover Day at Dr. Al-Jazayrly's office at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. Our thanks to Janice Bremec for providing makeup services and to Dr. AJ's office for hosting us.

Janice Bremec poses with some of the wonderful women that participated in
our Makeover Day at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles.

June 6, 2010- CHLA's Celebrate Life with HOPE event- The Elixir Fund was honored to participate once again in CHLA's Survivor's Day celebration. It is a wonderful day of food, games, entertainment and activities all for patients, both past and present; their families; and their doctors, nurses, and staff. This year, Coco Costigan-Daniels of Santa Monica Mudd provided a clay pinch-pot activity for the children. They were invited to make something with clay and to paint it. We had a wonderful day and are looking forward to next year. We would like to thank all of our volunteers - Coco Cosign, Janice Bremec, Riley DeLuise, Dylan DeLuise, and a special thanks to David DeLuise for being on hand to sign autographs and take pictures with the children.

Our thanks to our volunteers: Janice Bremec, Coco Costigan-Daniels
Dylan DeLuise, Riley DeLuise, and Meg McQuarrie

David DeLuise with Princess Jasmine.

March 15, 2010 - Elixir Fund's Seventh Anniversary

"The Elixir Fund is a smile on my face." - Jaye Dryer

Thank you for helping the Elixir Fund provide comfort to cancer patients and caregivers across the country for the last seven years.

Featured on our anniversary card this year is Jaye Dryer, a remarkable woman whom we had the good fortune to meet at one of our makeover days. Even though Jaye was not having the best of days, she graciously shared her story with us for a video that you can view on our web site at www.elixirfund.org. She thanked us for allowing her to participate, knowing that appearing on our video would help others. Later that day, Jaye’s sister Kathy sent an email to the Elixir Fund thanking us for putting a smile not only on Jaye’s face but also on the face of everyone she told about the strangers who appeared in her room that day to offer her a makeover.

This is a shining example of the impact the Elixir Fund has on cancer patients and their caregivers. All of this was made possible by friends like you. We invite you to help us celebrate our seven years at one of our fundraisers this year: July 30 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles for our Seventh Annual Auction or November 14 at Mercer Oaks in Princeton Junction for our Fourth Annual Cocktail Party and Auction. 

If you would like to volunteer at one of our upcoming events, or if you would like to host a fundraiser of your own, please contact us at (800) 494-9228 or via email at contact@elixirfund.org.

On behalf of the Elixir Fund and those we serve, we thank you for supporting us.

October, 2009-Smencils- Our thanks to the Smencils Corporation for their generous donation of 5 cases of Smencils to be given to our partner hospitals. Smencils are pencils with a scent. They are made from recycled newspaper and are available in graphite pencils and colored pencils. They are available in scents such as cherry, bubble gum, pineapple and more.

We have already sent Smencils to The Todd Cancer Institute for use in our Kids Packs. These are bags with pencils, activity pages, coloring pages, and more available to children who have accompanied their parents to treatment. They will also be shared with Miller Children's Hospital. We have also sent some of the Smencils to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles' HOPE program which serves the Hematology and Oncology patients as well as the Art Therapy Program which serves all patients.

Our thanks to Connie Hoyos Nervi for making this donation possible.

Elixir Fund and Capessa - Executive Director, Meg McQuarrie, was asked to participate in a website that was being built to showcase the stories of women and how they have changed their lives. We were honored to be asked to share the story of Elixir and are pleased to announce that the website, www.capessa.com is now live. To view Meg's page, please follow this link to "Laughter is the Best Medicine." Our thanks to Capessa for including our story.

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