Tinley Park State Farm Helps Children and Teens Fighting Cancer

State Farm agent Jim Fuentes is giving back to children and teens fighting cancer by hosting a staff holiday luncheon to benefit the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation. State Farm Agent Jim Fuentes and Lois Fuentes donated $250, $100 in gift cards and toys collected during the staff holiday luncheon. Their donation will benefit children and teens fighting cancer. Jim has also been a State Farm Agent for 29 years.

Lois said, “We feel this is what Christmas is all about. We believe in giving to others, especially innocent children who are suffering.”

Treasure Chest Foundation CEO and Founder Colleen Kisel extended her most sincere gratitude to State Farm agent Jim Fuentes and Lois Fuentes for their efforts in organizing such an impressive holiday toy drive.

The POTCF is a unique organization whose services impact more than 14,600 young cancer patients in 61cancer treatment centers in 20 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 27th anniversary of remission from the disease in March of 2020.

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.

Photo caption: State Farm agent Jim Fuentes and Lois Fuentes proudly display the toys, gift cards and a check for $250 at the Treasure Chest Foundation’s Orland Park warehouse. The toys they gathered during the recent staff holiday luncheon will bring smiles of joy to hundreds of children and teens battling cancer across the nation.