Keller Williams Elite Realty Office Helps Children with Cancer

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation recently received a donation of a van load of toys and $20 thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of the Keller Williams Elite Realty in Oak Lawn. Employees were asked to bring a new toy or gift for the children and teens currently undergoing treatment for cancer. This is Keller Williams third year of supporting the Treasure Chest Foundation.

Keller Williams Realty has highly trained professionals that have the backing of the world’s largest real estate company, consisting of 180,000+ associates around the globe. When asked about the motivation for the donation to the Treasure Chest Foundation, Keller Williams Elite employee Morgan Akins-Hinkle said, “Everyone deserves to have a nice Christmas.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel said, “We are extremely grateful to the entire Keller Williams Elite Realty family. It is amazing to receive such a tremendous donation, especially during our important holiday toy drive season.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,800 young cancer patients in 63 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 28th 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.