Fulton Grace Real Estate Offices Toy Drive Helps Children with Cancer

Five Fulton Grace Real Estate offices in Chicago and Evanston hosted a toy drive with the goal of helping children and teens fighting cancer. After the last toy had been picked up, more than 50 toys and gifts were collected for the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.

Fulton Grace is one of Chicago’s leading providers of comprehensive real estate services. Fulton Grace is home to an ever-growing team of savvy & reputable local realtors, seasoned property managers and customer-service-oriented staff. When asked about the motivation for the donation to the Treasure Chest Foundation, Vice President of Property Management Kelsey Byrne said, “This is our tenth year donating to the Treasure Chest. As our company has grown, so has our excitement. The Treasure Chest is a wonderful organization and we do not plan on stopping.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel said, “We are extremely grateful to the entire Fulton Grace Real Estate family. It is amazing to receive such a tremendous donation, especially during our important holiday toy drive season.”

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.

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.