Marken Global Life Science Supplies Toys for Children Fighting Cancer

The employees at Marken Global Life Science Supply Chain Solutions in Bensenville, IL are giving to children and teens fighting cancer by hosting a holiday toy drive to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. When the holiday toy drive was over Marken employees supplied a truckload of toys and $60 in gift cards. The donations were made in loving memory of Aquila Radcliffe and Josiah Benford.

Marken is a clinical logistics company. They are the only patient-centric supply chain organization in the life sciences industry. The company motto is “We make it happen.” Contributing company locations are Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and North Carolina.

When asked about the motivation behind the toy drive Marken Chicago Operations Supervisor Chester Williams said, “We did what feels natural and right because it’s straight from the heart.”

Ms. Kisel, Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation added, “The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to Marken Global Life Science Supply Chain Solutions for spearheading such an enormous toy drive and for the generous Marken nationwide 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 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.