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 connective tissue disease that limits her mobility, Danzer was not able to drive a car. For years she has relied on family, friends, buses and Lyft services to get to school and to her job at a local movie theater.