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Tinley Park Family’s Generosity Gives Back to the Treasure Chest Foundation
12-year-old pediatric cancer patient Joe Moylan proudly displays his donation of baseball mitts and baseballs.
The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) recently received a donation of over 75 baseball mitts and baseballs thanks to the thoughtfulness and generosity of a courageous Tinley Park family whose son has benefitted from services provided by the Foundation.
In 2015 Tinley Park resident Joe Moylan, (age 12) was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia B cell. On that day, the lives of the Moylan Family forever changed with frequent trips to Loyola Children’s Hospital in Maywood for treatments.
Throughout the ordeal, Mrs. Moylan noted how the anticipation of receiving a gift or gift card had helped Joe endure countless painful treatments, and it was with gratitude for those moments that the Moylan’s decided to fill the treasure chest with baseball mitts and baseballs to benefit pre-teens, just like Joe, undergoing treatment for cancer at Loyola Children’s Hospital in Maywood, IL.
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When asked what motivated such a successful event to benefit the Treasure Chest Foundation Joe said, “I like to play baseball and I thought it would be a great gift for someone to pick.” Mrs. Moylan replied, “Every week we have seen dozens of children picking out toys, each and every one of them is battling for his or her life, but they always manage to smile while getting a toy from the Treasure Chest.”
POTCF Founder and CEO Colleen Kisel said, “We feel so blessed to have the support of the Moylan family and all of their friends. Today the Moylan family has given back to the Treasure Chest Foundation, and for that we are extremely grateful.”
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The not-for-profit Treasure Chest Foundation now supports more than 10,000 children and teens each month who are diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy or gift card in 50 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 celebrated his 23rd anniversary of remission from the disease earlier this year.
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.
