Shortly after the Beeghly campus opened in 2008, Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley stepped into the batter’s box, looking to hit a grand slam with its first athletic partnership. And they did with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, a short-season Class A minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Indians based in Niles. Now in its 10th season, […]
Donor Features
Beeghly family attends Tree Lighting bearing $1 million gift
It’s not easy to upstage Santa Claus at an event heavily attended by children, but a generous legacy gift announcement from Bruce and Nancy Beeghly was all the buzz at the “A Children’s Holiday,” the 9th annual tree lighting event at Beeghly campus. Hospital President Grace Wakulchik announced the Beeghly’s commitment to a $1 million […]
Celebrating Akron Children’s ‘Champions’
At this year’s Champions for Children donor appreciation dinner, more than 200 guests honored the generosity of donors like Tom and Joy Murdough who make it possible for Akron Children’s to treat every child regardless of their ability to pay. The Murdoughs were presented with the 2017 Children’s Champion award for their long-standing commitment to […]
Akron Children’s Mahoning Valley continues the mission of Touched by Nathan
A Struthers couple is living up to the mission they began nearly 2 decades ago: support families who struggle with caring for a medically fragile child. Ken and Vicki Pavalko started the Touched by Nathan Foundation in honor of their late son, Nathan Charles Pavalko. He passed away 40 days after he was born with […]
Mosaic project celebrates Children’s one image at a time
As part of Akron Children’s 125th celebration, a group of donors, patients and staff were invited to Kay Jewelers Pavilion on the hospital’s birthday, Oct. 20, to ‘unwrap’ the much anticipated mosaic project.
A gem of a gift
On Oct. 24, Akron Children’s announced the name of its new medical building on the Akron campus: the Kay Jewelers Pavilion.
The new building was named in recognition of Kay® Jewelers continued support and recent $10 million gift towards the “Building on the Promise” capital campaign. The gift is the largest in Akron Children’s history.













