Palos Park Girl Scout Brownie Level Troops 55278 and 50828 Collect Toys to Help Children and Teens Fighting Ca

Girl Scouts require the leadership and planning skills necessary to make a positive impact in the community. That is exactly what the members of Palos Park Girl Scout Brownie Level Troops 55278 and 50828, did when they collected 100’s of toys to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF). The toys 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 Brownie Troop Leader Janelle Baker said, “We are teaching our girls how to give back to the community.”

“The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to Palos Park Girl Scout Troops 55278 and 50828 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 Troops 55278 and 50828.”

The POTCF is a 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 certificate in 50 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, 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 23rd 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.