VFW Post 2791 in Tinley Park Extends Service to Help Kids with Cancer

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2791 in Tinley Park is extending service by recently hosting a holiday toy drive to help the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. The recent donation of toys will directly benefit children going through cancer treatments.

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel expressed her gratitude for the generous support shown by the VFW Post 2791. “We are thankful for the member's support. Their gifts will certainly provide joy to young people battling cancer.”

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 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.