In the Spirit of Giving Chicago Girl Donates to Children

In the spirit of giving, Isabella Tunno (age 12) from Chicago is giving to children fighting cancer. Isabella decided to spend her own Christmas money to buy toys for kids fighting cancer.

Isabella said, “I thought it would be nice if kids can’t spend time at home with their family at Christmas they can have something to play with at the hospital.”

The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to Isabella Tunno for her donation of toys. Ms. Kisel, CEO and Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation said, “Most little girls want the latest dolls or games for Christmas. I certainly appreciate Isabella’s generosity and the toys will benefit the young cancer patients we serve.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 13,000 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 24th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of 2017.

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.