Sixth Annual Cups 4 Cancer Lemonade Stand to Help Kids with Cancer

WHAT: Orland Park boy Austin Bielski will hold his Sixth Annual “Cups 4 Cancer” Lemonade Stand to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation on Tuesday, July 25 and Wednesday, July 26, 2023. All proceeds raised will directly benefit children and teens fighting cancer.

WHO: Attendees will have a chance to quench their thirst and purchase some tasty lemonade.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 25th and Wednesday July 26th (12 p.m. to 3 p.m.)

WHERE: 12056 West Lake View Drive in Orland Park.

WHY: Since its inception just six years ago, the “Cups 4 Cancer” Lemonade Stand has become a much-anticipated community event. In addition to providing

thirst-quenching lemonade, the popular event has raised more than $17,900 for children and teens fighting 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.

CONTACT: If you would like further information about the Treasure Chest Foundation, please contact Colleen Kisel at 708-687-TOYS (8697).