"The day I walked into that center, it felt like home to me. My daughter loved that Head Start program that she was in. And I think that is one of the reasons why she's so successful now. My son has learned so much. Even through remote learning he has engaged and learned so much," Mykela Collins said.
The Sun-Times joined the crew of the Mackinaw near the end of their trip to Chicago, boarding in Milwaukee and sailing overnight to Navy Pier, where the Mackinaw unloaded hundreds of Christmas trees for Chicago families.