A Night on the Town Fundraiser

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) will hold its Sixth Annual Treasuring Our Kids “A Night on the Town” Fundraiser on Saturday, August 22nd from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Beverly Country Club, located at 8700 S. Western Avenue in Chicago. The Treasure Chest Foundation is an Orland Park-based, non-profit organization that provides comfort and distraction from painful procedures to children and teens diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy, gift or gift card in 49 hospitals nationwide.

The “A Night on the Town” event will help the Treasure Chest Foundation obtain the necessary funding to aid children battling cancer throughout Chicagoland and across the nation. Every year, approximately 13,500 children and teens are diagnosed with cancer nationwide and cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in children under the age of 15 in the United States.

This year’s gala will offer exciting auctions beginning at 6:00 p.m., with the event’s featured prizes including a Chicago Blackhawks jersey signed by Jonathan Toews, a hockey puck signed by legendary Chicago Blackhawk Bobby Hull, four, one day Walt Disney World hopper passes and four, round-trip Southwest Airlines tickets. A plated dinner at 7:00 p.m. will be followed by a festive night of music during which guests can showcase their dancing skills while enjoying an open bar in a fun-filled setting. These and many other fantastic auction prizes await you! There’s only one way you can get in on the bidding, and that’s by attending the Treasure Chest Foundation’s Sixth Annual Treasuring Our Kids “A Night on the Town” event. See you there!

The not-for-profit Treasure Chest Foundation now supports more than 9,300 children and teens each month who are diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy or gift card in 49 hospitals nationwide. Nowhere else in the nation does such a program exist. CEO Colleen Kisel founded the organization in 1996 after her then seven-year-old son Martin had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1993. Colleen discovered that giving her son a toy after each procedure provided a calming distraction from his pain. Martin recently celebrated his 22nd anniversary of remission from the disease earlier this year.

If you would like further information about the Treasure Chest Foundation, please contact Colleen Kisel at 708-687-TOYS (8697) or to purchase tickets go to http://www.treasurechest.org