Stories: Millennium Fund for Children Stories

Unwrapping a pair of cozy pajamas is a beloved Christmas tradition in many families. But for children in homeless shelters and impoverished neighborhoods, pajamas are often an impossible luxury. It's not unusual for these children to spend the holiday season...

It was an unlikely chain of events that led Medina County resident Bob Pohto to the Millennium Fund for Children. Pohto was flying out of Akron-Canton Regional Airport last December for a business trip in Mississippi when he came across someone handing out...

Five-year-old Makayla Corrigan giggles, and a camera flash lights up the room. "No smiling!" the photographer teases. "And definitely don't laugh at me!" She laughs louder, and he snaps picture after picture of her in various poses: a silly one with her...