Make-A-Wish puts disabled teen in the driver's seat
Oceanside — Every year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants about 225 wishes for San Diego children with life-threatening illnesses. Some kids ask for a trip to Hawaii or Legoland, others want to spend a day as a Marine or a superhero. But on Monday night, the foundation granted a wish like no other. For the first time in the local chapter’s history, the organization granted a teen’s wish for independence. With help from Golden Boy Mobility in Poway, the foundation underwrote the cost of adapting a car so that 18-year-old Erin Danzer of Oceanside could drive herself. Because of a conne...
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