Komarek-Hyde-Soskin Foundation in Lincolnshire Help Children Fighting

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation of Orland Park was overjoyed recently to receive an enormous donation of $5,000 from the Komarek-Hyde-Soskin Foundation in Lincolnshire. The donation will directly benefit children and teens fighting cancer.

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel said, “We feel so blessed and honored to have the support of the Komarek-Hyde-Soskin Foundation. Their donation will help support thousands of children and teens who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the little ones with a toy, gift or gift card after every procedure.”

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 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.

(Pictured l-r): Komarek-Hyde-Soskin Foundation delivery team Tracy Stasukewicz, Sarah Stasukewicz and Trustee Timothy Stasukewicz present the $5,000 donation during the Echo Five holiday toy drive and show at Coaches Corner Bar and Grill in Orland Park.