Four Diamonds is named after a story written by Christopher Millard, before he lost his battle with cancer at the age of 14. In the story, a knight must find the four diamonds of courage, wisdom, honesty and strength to be released from an evil sorceress. Christopher’s family believed he thought these four diamonds were symbolic of the traits needed to overcome cancer. His parents, Charles and Irma Millard, established a gift fund in 1972 in memory of Christopher. The gift fund was later named Four Diamonds after Christopher’s inspiring story.