Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation Receives Award

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was recently recognized as a winner of the 2018 Non-Profit Tinley Park Chamber Member of the Year Award. The award was presented at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Inaugural and Awards Banquet on January 24th at the Odyssey Country Club in Tinley Park. The award was presented in recognition of dedication and participation in the Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce and outstanding service to the community.

Founded in 1955, the Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce is committed to bringing innovative information and opportunities to businesses and the community to create a strong economy. The Chamber has remained steadfast in encouraging the growth and prosperity of their business community.

Treasure Chest Foundation Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel was honored to receive such a prestigious award saying, “I owe this recognition to the team, a team of donors, volunteers, staff and board of directors. The Treasure Chest Foundation has one of the best teams around.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 13,300 young cancer patients enduring 20,000 clinic visits each month 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 25th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of 2018.

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.

Photo caption: Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel proudly displays the prestigious 2018 Non-Profit Chamber Member of the Year Award during the presentation ceremony at the Odyssey Country Club in Tinley Park.