Orland Hills Girl Scout Daisy Level Troop #65583 Gives to Kids

Girl Scouts require the leadership and planning skills necessary to make a positive impact in the community. That is exactly what the members of Orland Hills Girl Scout Daisy Level Troop #65583 did when they collected toys and $25 in gift cards to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF). Their donation will comfort children and teens fighting cancer across the nation.

The Girl Scout’s mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place by helping other people who are in need.

Girl Scout Daisy Troop Mom Shawn Trogdon said, “I think it’s a good experience for the kids to be able to give and to know that their donations are putting a smile on a kid fighting cancer.” Troop Co-leader Michelle Skinner added, “As Daisy’s, they learn to be kind, considerate and caring. This is an opportunity to put those tenets into practice.”

“The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to Orland Hills Girl Scout Daisy Troop #65583 for their gift of service,” said Treasure Chest Founder Colleen Kisel. “Not only do we appreciate the girls’ hard work, but we are so happy to be a part of this wonderful organization which is dedicated to making the world a better place. The Treasure Chest Foundation is a better place because of Girl Scout Daisy Troop #65583.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 13,300 young cancer patients in 55 cancer treatment centers in 19 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 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.