The Star Wars Celebration Swag Crew Donates to Children with Cancer

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was overjoyed to receive an enormous donation of $5,500 recently from the Star Wars Celebration Swag (Something We All like to Get) Crew courtesy of Brett Isaacs. The donation will directly benefit children fighting cancer.

The Swag Crew started in 2015 after the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim event with the idea of making fan-created swag. The Swag Crew exploded from that idea into a large fan group with over 2000 members. The group is made up of Star Wars fans from all over the world for one reason, the love of SWAG!

Treasure Chest Foundation Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel was grateful to receive the donation. Colleen said, “We feel so blessed and honored to have the support of Brett Isaacs and the Swag Crew. The donation will help support thousands of children who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the kids with a gift or gift card after every procedure. Treasure Chest Foundation Board Member Paul Maiellaro said, “On behalf of the Treasure Chest Foundation we wish to thank the Swag Crew and its members, the Star Wars Community and especially Brett Isaacs for hosting the Swag and Bowl 2022. Thank you all for your heartfelt support and your belief in the children of the Treasure Chest Foundation.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 15,700 young cancer patients in 65 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.