Thomas Place Residents in Orland Park Helping to Spread the News for the Treasure Chest Foundation

The residents at Thomas Place in Orland Park, a first-class property specifically for people 55 and better recently lent a helping hand to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF). Donating their time and effort, a close-knit group of six women gathered at the Thomas Place’s community room and folded, sealed and labeled hundreds of newsletters for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.

Twice a year the POTCF spends numerous hours creating newsletters informing donors and volunteers on the progress and growth of the foundation. Ultimately more than 3,000 newsletters need to be processed in a timely manner. The Thomas Place residents were tremendous in helping out with the tedious task.

Thomas Place resident Barbara Ramsingh said, “When I learned the Treasure Chest Foundation needed help, everybody pitched in for the kids.” Alice Bolzan, another resident, chimed in saying, “We all have grand children and that is what makes us care.”

Ms. Colleen Kisel, Founder of the Treasure Chest Foundation, expressed her gratitude for the generous support shown by the residents. “Folding, sealing, sorting and labeling a bulk mailer is a tedious job. We are so blessed to have the support of the residents of Thomas Place.”

The not-for-profit Treasure Chest Foundation now supports more than 9,300 children and teens each month who are diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy or gift card in 49 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. Martin recently celebrated his 22nd anniversary of remission from the disease.

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.