Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center Benefits Children

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation recently received a donation of toys thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of the Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center. The fitness, recreation and aquatics facility hosted a holiday toy drive to benefit children with cancer. After the last toy was hoisted into the collection box, Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center donated over 100 toys to directly benefit kids fighting cancer.

Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center was established in December of 2000 and has programs for fitness, recreation, aquatics and fun for all ages.

The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to the Crestwood Recreation and Wellness for their donation of toys. Ms. Kisel, CEO and Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation said, “A special thanks to the Crestwood Recreation and Wellness Center family and all their friends’ generosity. The toys will benefit the young cancer patients we serve.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,000 young cancer patients in 58 cancer treatment centers in 20 states across the nation. 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 26th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of 2019.

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 web site at www.treasurechest.org.