Volunteers are a True Treasure for Children and Teens Fighting Cancer

Approximately three times a year, dedicated volunteers come together to prepare the Treasure Chest Foundation’s newsletter bulk mailing. The job is never easy and involves labeling, stuffing, inserting return addressed envelopes and sealing.

We would like to thank volunteers Mary Ann Casper and Jane Roseen who performed the arduous task at the Treasure Chest Foundation warehouse in Orland Park.

We are honored to have our volunteers as part of our team. We hope you know the priceless impact you have had on the lives of kids fighting cancer.

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.