A Force for Good for Children and Teens Fighting Cancer

Force Enterprises of Tinley Park is giving back to children and teens fighting cancer and helping the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) by donating printing services for 400 invitations to the Foundation’s recent annual fundraiser. The donated invitations helped the Orland Park-based non-profit organization, which provides toys, gifts and gift cards to children and teens diagnosed with cancer nationwide, to offset the cost of holding its Eleventh Annual Treasuring Our Kids “Candyland” Fundraiser, on April 25th.

Force Enterprises Owner and President Bruce Nelson said, “We donate our printing services to give back to the kids who have cancer. My niece was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at the age of eight. I know firsthand what it is like to have a loved one fight childhood cancer.”

Force Enterprises is a full-service commercial sheet-fed printer located in Tinley Park. With over 30 years of experience, Force Enterprises knows the value of staying on top of the latest technology with state-of-the-art presses and finishing equipment that guarantees your project will be on budget and on time.

The Foundation’s “Candyland” Fundraiser took place on April 25th at the Odyssey Country Club, 19110 Ridgeland Ave., Tinley Park, IL. The event is the Foundation’s most important annual fundraiser and will help provide the necessary funding to aid children battling cancer throughout Chicagoland and across the nation.

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel appreciates the contributions Force Enterprises has made to the success of the Foundation’s annual fundraiser for more than a decade. “Bruce’s gift of printing has made our fundraisers enticing and appealing and helped bring smiles of joy to childhood cancer patients and their families,” said a grateful Colleen.

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 16,100 young cancer patients in 66 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 30th 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.