Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Benefits Children with Cancer

In the spirit of giving, Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company employees in Tinley Park are helping children and teens fighting cancer. On December 10th, Goodheart-Willcox Publishing Company hosted a holiday party at Olympia Fields Country Club and asked their employees to bring a new toy or gift card to benefit the Treasure Chest Foundation. When the last toy was donated, the employees collected 81 toys and $15 in gift cards.

Goodheart-Willcox is the premier publisher for Career and Technical Education. Since 1921, Goodheart-Willcox has been devoted to publishing a variety of exciting products including innovative textbooks, useful supplements, and inviting digital media resources for school, industry, and individual training.

Colleen Kisel, Founder and CEO of the Treasure Chest Foundation, recognizes and appreciates the impact of the holiday party toy drive donation. “We are extremely grateful to the Goodheart-Willcox family. It is amazing to receive such a tremendous donation,” said Colleen.

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,800 young cancer patients in 63 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 28th 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.