Amazon in Matteson Delivers Smiles for Children Fighting Cancer

The employees at Amazon in Matteson are delivering smiles to children fighting cancer by donating toys to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. Amazon in Matteson Human Resources Business Partner Karsyn Hettlinger said, “I thought it would be nice to donate to the Treasure Chest. I worked at another job that also donated.”

Amazon believes that building a culture that is welcoming and inclusive is integral to people doing their best work and is essential to what you can achieve as a company.

Ms. Kisel, Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation added, “The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to Amazon and Karsyn Hettlinger for spearheading the toy drive and for the generous employees that participated in the toy drive. We are blessed to have their support.”

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 2021.

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.