Mokena Boy Donates to Children Fighting Cancer

The family of Mokena boy is giving to children fighting cancer. Seven-year-old Kole Forlenzo decided to ask his mom to buy gifts for the children the Treasure Chest Foundation serves. When the shopping spree was over Kole donated headphones, ear buds and speakers to The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. Kole said “I saw the pictures of all the kids with cancer and I wanted to help them. I wanted to take their minds off the shots and needles.”

“The POTCF is especially grateful to Kole for his donation of headphones, ear buds and speakers,” said Colleen Kisel, Founder and CEO of the Treasure Chest Foundation. “There are so many kids impacted by childhood cancer today. Just look at the generosity of one little boy.”

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 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 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.