Help a Hero

Steve Stier is a native to SW Florida.   He began his career as a law enforcement officer with the Collier County Sheriff's Office in July of 1978 and retired as a Sergeant in March of 2005 .   During the time Steve served - the county was desolate compared to what it is now.  The era of the 1980's began to unravel into a story of thrills and adventures when shrimp boats filled full of hundreds of bales of marijuana and hundreds of kilos of cocaine was not uncommon to find in the waters off of Marco Island, Isles of Capri,  Goodland and Everglades City.   

Other days it wasn't uncommon for an officer to come across a small aircraft landing on an abandoned road and off loading smuggled bales of marijuana and kilos of cocaine into a waiting truck.
  
I know this sounds like the TV series Miami Vice without the violent shootouts that you see on television but the cat and mouse game involving the drug smugglers and the deputy sheriffs was very real for Steve and the small force of deputy sheriff's that kept the Collier County resident's safe at that time.

Steve's dream was to buy a sailboat and travel to various islands after his retirement.  Unfortunately time travels by very quickly and dreams get put on hold.

Just prior to the holiday season of 2020  Steve's wife Kristine took Steve to the emergency room after Steve began to display symptoms of having Covid.  A short time after taking the test for the dreaded disease Steve and Kristine were told by the attending physician that he didn't have the illness,    He had cancer. 

Steve continues to bravely battle the deadly disease  but his body is being stubborn by not accepting some of the medications needed to treat the illness.

With the small pension that Steve receives from his retirement - he worked part time at a local golf club as a grounds keeper to supplement his income and obtain insurance for he and his family.

With Steve totally unable to work at this point, Steve's family is currently struggling to make simple ends meet.    Simple ends that we sometimes take for granted. Electric bills, Water bills, Mortgage payments, Car payments, gas for the car to travel daily to the hospital to be by Steve's side and this doesn't even touch the medical care that Steve has already been provided nor the extra care that he will need help with in the future. 

Steve has already served his community and served it well.  Not only with the years of local drug smuggling but by keeping track of residents that he had grown to know and protect that got caught in any of the dangerous hurricanes or tropical storms that damaged our county and threatened the lives of those who reluctantly reused to leave. 

Steve and his family now need our help in his time of need.   The cancer continues to travel at a quick pace through Steve's tired body.    Right now he needs our love,  compassion, support and prayers. 

If you are able to help Steve and his family monetarily during this crisis we would be forever grateful.   

Since part of Steve's current medical treatment is to have blood transfusions quite often I will be putting together 2 local blood drives to assist.     I  along with other members in our local community will get the dates and times out to everyone as soon as we know, 

Steve is a hero .   Let's give "OUR" hero some help.


If you have any questions or comments please feel free to call me.

God bless you all