Express Employment Professionals Delivers Joy to Children with Cancer

The Express Employment Professionals located in Mokena and Bradley, IL came through in the spirit of the holiday season when they donated eight boxes of toys and $170 in gift cards to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) in Orland Park. The POTCF is a non-profit organization that provides comfort and distraction from painful treatments to children and teens diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy or gift card in 66 hospitals across 21 states nationwide.

Express Employment Professionals is a leading staffing provider helping job seekers find work with a wide variety of local businesses. Sales Manager Lisa M. Ravesloot said, “We look forward to collecting toys and gift cards next year.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel expressed her appreciation to members of the Express Employment Professionals for their thoughtfulness during this crucial time of the year when successful toy drives can mean ongoing support for thousands of childhood cancer patients. “Every toy and every gift card the Express Employment folks donated will end up in the hands of a child battling cancer,” said Colleen. “We are so thankful for their donation and for supporting our mission of providing comfort and smiles of joy to brave young cancer patients and their families.”

Express Employment Professionals Sales Manager Lisa M. Ravesloot said, “This was so much fun to do, and we want to thank you for allowing us to be part of the Treasure Chest Foundation.”

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.

Members of the Express Employment Professionals take a break from their daily responsibilities at their business in Bradley to display eight boxes of toys collected for children fighting cancer. Sales Manager Lisa M. Ravesloot (left) said, “We look forward to collecting toys and gift cards next year.”