Treasure Chest Foundation Announces New Board Member

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation is proud to announce that Palos Heights resident Jack R. Hallberg has been appointed to the Board of Directors.

Jack R. Hallberg is an Allstate Agency Owner and Real Estate Investor. Jack has owned and operated two insurance businesses and has been involved in many business sales and real estate transactions. Jack said, “I can be whatever is needed to help move the Treasure Chest Foundation forward and grow.”

“We are delighted to welcome Jack R. Hallberg to our board. I look forward to the insight Jack can bring to the Foundation,” said Colleen M. Kisel Founder and CEO. “His passion and fortitude will help us to fulfill our mission to keep our Treasure Chests full of toys, gifts and gift cards for kids fighting cancer.”

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 13,300 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 25th anniversary of remission from the disease in March.

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.