The Orland Park-based Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation will hold its sixth annual Treasuring Our Kids “A Night on the Town” fundraiser from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 22 at Beverly Country Club, at 87th Street and Western Avenue, Chicago, according to a release from the foundation.
There will be dining, dancing, raffles, and silent and live auctions, and attendees can hear a heartwarming story by Armando De La Osa, the honorary chair’s father, about his daughter MaKayla, the release said.
Prizes include four one-day park hopper passes for Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.; four round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines; a jersey signed by Blackhawks star Jonathan Toews; and an overnight stay with breakfast at De Soto House Hotel, a bed and breakfast in Galena, the release said.
Advance tickets are $65 for adults and $30 for kids under 12. Ticket prices at the door will be $75 for adults and $35 for kids, the release said.
The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation is a nonprofit that provides toys, gifts or gift cards to cancer-stricken children in 49 hospitals nationwide to comfort and distract them from painful procedures, the release said. CEO Colleen Kisel founded the organization in 1996 after her then-7-year-old son Martin had been diagnosed with leukemia in 1993, the release said. Martin recently celebrated his 22nd anniversary of remission from the disease, it said.
For more information about the foundation, contact Kisel at 708-687-8697. To buy tickets, visit treasurechest.org.
