Frankfort Suburban Service League Donates to Help Children and Teens

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) of Orland Park was overjoyed recently to receive an enormous donation of over 350 pairs of Bombas socks from the Suburban Service League in Frankfort. The Suburban Service League teamed up and participated in a morning of service by bundling the socks with toys or gifts. When the last pair of socks were packaged, the members created over 200 gift bags for children and teens fighting cancer.

Suburban Service League is an all-women volunteer organization whose mission is to provide financial assistance to organizations who help people in need. The League employs a “hands-on” approach by volunteering and supporting the charities with whom they work with.

President of the Suburban Service League Melissa Cunningham said, “We love to see our donations in action and put smiles on the kids served by the Treasure Chest Foundation.” Long-time Treasure Chest supporter and Suburban Service League member Paula Wroble chimed in by saying, “Each year Bombas donates 5000 socks to the Suburban Service League. Our group shares the socks with nonprofits in our area. We love partnering with the Treasure Chest Foundation and kids fighting cancer.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel said, “We feel so grateful to have the support of the Suburban Service League. Their donation will help children and teens who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the kids with a snuggly pair of socks along with toys or gifts after every procedure.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 15,300 young cancer patients in 64 cancer treatment centers in 21 states across the nation and in the District of Columbia. Nowhere else in the nation does such a program exist. Colleen Kisel founded the organization in 1996 after her then seven-year-old son Martin had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1993. Ms. Kisel discovered that giving her son a toy after each procedure provided a calming distraction from his pain, noting that when children are diagnosed with cancer their world soon becomes filled with doctors, nurses, chemotherapy drugs, surgeries and seemingly endless painful procedures. Martin celebrated his 29th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of this year.

If you would like further information about the Treasure Chest Foundation, please contact Colleen Kisel at 1-708-687-TOYS (8697) or visit the Foundation’s website at www.treasurechest.org.