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Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club Helps Children Fighting Cancer
Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club Helps Children Fighting Cancer
The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was overjoyed to receive a large donation of toys from the generous community of the Orland Park Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club. The toys were collected during their annual holiday party. The holiday toy drive brought in two vanloads of toys for children and teens fighting cancer.
Crystal Tree Golf and Country Club was founded in 1989 in the spirit of Chicago’s finest private country clubs with a focus on the spirit of fun, friendship, and camaraderie that the membership continues to enjoy today after 34 amazing years.
Ms. Colleen Kisel, Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation, expressed her gratitude for the generous support shown by the members of Crystal Tree Country Club. “We are so blessed to have the support of the Crystal Tree Country Club members who participated in their holiday toy drive event to benefit the Treasure Chest Foundation. The donated toys will assist us in our mission to provide comfort to 100's of children and teens fighting cancer,” said Colleen.
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The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 16,100 young cancer patients in 66 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 2022.
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.
