Robinson Engineering Teams Up and Builds Three Treasure Chests

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was overjoyed to receive three large treasure chests thanks to the tireless work of four employees from Robinson Engineering headquartered in South Holland.

Vice President of Robinson Engineering Tom Nagle reached out to skilled woodworkers at Robinson Engineering and asked for their help. Land Survey Manager Randel Gann, Assistant Field Superintendent Adam Glens and Resident Engineering Representative Bob Birlson answered the call to action.

Vice President of Robinson Engineering Tom Nagle is the uncle of Martin Kisel a pediatric cancer survivor. When asked about his motivation Tom said, “We want our employees to be invested in the community. I’m happy to donate to this great cause.” Assistant Field Superintendent Adam Glens said, “Tom came to me with the idea. He explained the project and who would benefit. It is a good thing to help kids out. I am happy to share my talents.” Land Survey Manager Randel Gann agreed, “It is important to give to less fortunate people. It is the least we could do.”

Robinson Engineering is a full-service engineering firm with specialties in municipal engineering, transportation services, water and wastewater management, construction services, storm water management and land surveying. Robinson’s culture believes in giving back to the community through stewardship opportunities and volunteering.

“The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to my brother Tom Nagle and the Robinson Engineering team for this huge donation. Because of their generosity and hard work, two of the Treasure Chests will debut this year at the Navel Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA, and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, VA serving an extra 250 children and teens fighting cancer,” said Colleen Kisel, Founder.

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 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.

Photo caption (L-R): Vice President Robinson Engineering Tom Nagle, Land Survey Manager Randel Gann and Assistant Field Superintendent Adam Glens at Tom Nagel’s workshop in Saint John, Indiana proudly display the newly constructed Treasure Chests built to help the Treasure Chest Foundation.

Not pictured: Resident Engineering Representative Bob Birlson