In the spirit of giving, Project Linus Will County are providing comfort to children and teens fighting cancer by creating snuggly blankets, afghans and quilts to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation (POTCF).
The mission of Project Linus is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”
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“The Treasure Chest Foundation is an amazing organization that is nationwide for children and teens with cancer.” Janet McCabe the Project Linus Coordinator said about donating to the Treasure Chest Foundation. “It is our pleasure to support this worthy organization.”
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Ms. Kisel expressed her profound gratitude for the quilts. “The Treasure Chest Foundation is especially grateful to the Project Linus quilting community for their donations,” she said. “The quilts are very popular at the Children’s Cancer Treatment Centers. Thanks to the talents and generosity of these women, the nurses can comfort these brave children by passing along a soft, snuggly, handmade blanket.”
The POTCF is a non-profit organization that provides comfort and distraction from painful procedures to children and teens diagnosed with cancer by providing a toy, gift or gift certificate in 45 hospitals nationwide. Nowhere else in the nation does such a program exist. CEO Colleen Kisel founded the organization in 1996 after her then seven-year-old son Martin had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1993. She 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 recently celebrated his 20th anniversary of remission from the disease.
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 web site at www.treasurechest.org.
