Orland Park Kiwanis Club Donates to Help Kids Fighting Cancer

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was overjoyed to receive an enormous donation of $2,000 recently from the Orland Park Kiwanis Club. The donation will directly benefit children and teens fighting cancer.

Kiwanis is a global organization of members from every age dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.

Orland Park Kiwanis Club member Herb Walker said, “I read an article written about the Treasure Chest Foundation in the newspaper. The article had such wonderful things about this Foundation. The Kiwanis Club decided to contribute money to help the Treasure Chest Foundation.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel expressed her gratitude for the support shown by the Orland Park Kiwanis Club. “We feel so blessed and honored to have the support of the Kiwanis Club. The donation will help support thousands of children and teens who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the little ones with a toy, gift or gift card after every procedure.”

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 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 visit the Foundation’s web site at www.treasurechest.org.