
Norman Yatooma was 20 years old and away at college, where he had just been elected student body president, when he found out his dad was shot and killed in a carjacking. “From there, a pretty long and ugly trail of tears followed. My father’s estate was open for 10 years, but it only took about six months...

07/27/2006BLOOMFIELD HILLS - It was an opportunity to play one of the greatest golf courses in the world and to also make a difference in a family’s life by doing it. For The Kids Foundation presented the Coaches For The Kids golf tournament July 10 at Oakland Hills Country Club. All the proceeds went to the foundation,...

Tragedy struck the family of Manuel S. yatooma on March 11, 1993. Ten years later, on Father's Day 2003, the formation of Yatooma’s Foundation For the Kids was announced to give hope to other families faced with tragedy. Norman Yatooma, the eldest of four sons, was 20 and away at college when his father was...

12/22/2008PONTIAC -- At the ripe old age of 11, Ashley Cosme had begun to have some misgivings about Santa Claus. But Sunday, there was no doubt in Ashley's mind when a man in a red suit arrived at her front door bearing giant sacks of presents, bags of groceries and furniture for her family. "If I didn't believe...

Detroit's Fox 2 News tells the story of Yatooma's Foundation For The Kids providing a family of Pontiac, Michigan with a very special Extreme Christmas Makeover. The support shown by the charity’s many supporters and volunteers made it possible for those in the Cosme family – Eufemia, Ashley, Jeremy and Eunice...

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