P.E.O. Supplies Toys and Gift Cards for Children Fighting Cancer

The members of the P. E.O. Chapter NV Orland Park are giving to children and teens fighting cancer by collecting toys, $200 and $360 in gift cards to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.

P.E.O. is an acronym for Philanthropic Educational Organization. The organization is committed to helping women pursue higher education.

Ms. Kisel, Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation added, “The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to the members of P.E.O. Chapter NV Orland Park for spearheading the drive and for the generous members that participated. We are blessed to have their support.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 16,100 young cancer patients in 66 cancer treatment centers in 21 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 29th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of this year.

If you would like further information about the Treasure Chest Foundation, please contact Colleen Kisel at 1-708-687-TOYS (8697) or visit the Foundation’s website at www.treasurechest.org.