Spread Cheer with Treasure Chest Foundation Toy Drive
Oak Forest is taking part in the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation's holiday toy drive, with a drop box located at City Hall. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 21.
It's easy to brighten the day of a child with cancer—it's as simple as dropping a toy in a bin. Oak Forest residents can help out this holiday season, by contributing to the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation's annual toy drive. Founded by Oak Forest resident Colleen Kisel, Treasure Chest is a non-profit organization that provides children and teens diagnosed with cancer with toys, gifts or giftcards to 42 hospitals in 13 states. Sixteen years ago, Kisel dreamed of an organization that provides children undergoing cancer treatments with much-needed distraction and levity. After watching her 7-year-old son Martin undergo four years of treatment for leukemia, she learned firsthand the role a toy could play. Toys helped him through …
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