Spare Change Piles Up for the Treasure Chest Foundation

Most of us have a stash of coins somewhere in our home. Dominic Ginter from Oak Forest believes in saving his stash of coins throughout the year and donating to the Treasure Chest Foundation. Dominic’s massive coin stash added up to more than $3,118 since he started saving spare change in 2008 which clearly piled up for children and teens fighting cancer.

POTCF Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel said, “We feel so blessed to have the support of Dominic and Anna Mae Ginter. True silent heroes in the lives of the children and teens the Treasure Chest Foundation serves.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,800 young cancer patients in 63 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 28th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of 2021.

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.