Treasure Chest Foundation Opens 65th Program in Knoxville, Tennessee

The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF) is proud to announce the opening of our 65th Treasure Chest Program on June 7, 2022, at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee. This latest program will benefit more than 400 children and teens in the Knoxville area fighting cancer.

Each new Treasure Chest Program is opened in honor or in memory of one or more individuals or businesses whose lives have impacted the success and influence of our Foundation. Faith United Methodist Church in Orland Park whose belief in the mission of the Treasure Chest Foundation began in 2011 and has since donated over $40,000 to benefit the Treasure Chest Foundation. The children inside the hospital were overjoyed to receive the toys and gifts. The teens were excited to receive the gift cards that were hand-delivered by Faith United Methodist Church Missions Committee Chairperson Genie Lang.

Thanks for helping to make our dream a reality, for the brave children and families in Knoxville, Tennessee and for all future Treasure Chest locations.

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact thousands of young cancer patients in cancer treatment centers nationwide. 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 27th 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 708-687-TOYS (8697) or visit the Foundation’s website at www.treasurechest.org.