Tinley Park Dunkin Donuts Donates to Help Children Fighting Cancer

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) of Orland Park was overjoyed recently to receive an enormous donation of $1,500 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 23rd, 2023, from the Dunkin Donuts Franchise Owner Rich Mommsen located in Tinley Park. When asked about his motivation to donate Franchise Owner Rich Mommsen said, “Anything important to our employees is important to us. Our giving started when employee Patti Rose recommended the Treasure Chest Foundation. We have been partners for more than 14 years.” Mr. Mommsen’s daughter Jen Mommsen replied, “The Treasure Chest is a great Foundation.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel said, “We feel so blessed and honored to have the support of the Dunkin Donuts Family in Tinley Park. Their donation will help support thousands of children and teens who endure years and years of unending cancer treatments by rewarding the little ones with a toy, gift or gift card after every procedure.”

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 earlier this month.

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.