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John Theissen
President and Founder, Toys for Sick Children
When John Theissen was a senior at MacArthur High School in Wantagh, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. At the age of 17 in 1988, he underwent the first of numerous surgeries at Schneider's Children's Hospital. Theissen recovered, but it was his experiences seeing other children battle life-threatening illnesses that shaped his lifelong goals.
In 1992, Theissen founded Toys...





