Oak Forest CNB Bank and Trust Banks on the Treasure Chest Foundation

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was overjoyed to receive an enormous donation of $1,000 recently from the CNB Bank and Trust located in Oak Forest. The bank recently sponsored a Jeans for Charity event to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF). Employees at the bank participated in raising money for the Foundation by making a donation to wear blue jeans to work. The employees raised $1,000 for children and teens fighting cancer.

CNB Bank and Trust is independently owned and managed. CNB is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and neighbor, providing ongoing support to local businesses, schools, charitable, civic and social service organizations.

Oak Forest CNB Bank and Trust Lending Assistant Shari Skinkis said, “We like to choose a local charity because we are a community bank. What better way to give back to the community.”

Treasure Chest Foundation Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel said, “We greatly appreciate CNB Bank and Trust for their support. Their donation will help support thousands of children and teens who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the patients with a toy, gift or gift card after every procedure.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 10,000 young cancer patients each month in 18 states across the nation. 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 24th anniversary of remission from the disease earlier this month.

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