Century Junior High Honor Society Student Collects Toys for Kids

The National Junior Honor Society requires a commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, character and citizenship. That is exactly what 7th Grade Century Junior High member Giuliana Cisek in Orland Park did when she collected toys to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF). The toys will comfort children fighting cancer.

National Junior Honor Society member Giuliana Cisek said, “I know what it is like to have family members suffer from cancer. I wanted to help.”

Treasure Chest Foundation Founder Colleen Kisel expressed her gratitude for the generous support shown by the 7th Grade Junior Honor Society member Giuliana Cisek from Century Junior High. “The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to 13-year-old Giuliana for her wonderful donation,” said Ms. Kisel. “I want her to know what a tremendous impact her toy donations will have on the children fighting cancer.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,600 young cancer patients in 62 cancer treatment centers in 20 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 708-687-TOYS (8697) or visit the Foundation’s website at www.treasurechest.org.