Local Boy's Wish Granted on Solano Community College Soccer Field

Announcement from Solano Community College:

Solano Community College (SCC) was one of many agencies involved in hosting a wonderful experience for a local Suisun boy last Friday. Make-A- Wish®Greater Bay Area, Travis Air Force Base (to

include the Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy), Solano County Sheriff’s Department, California Office of Emergency Services (OES), US Coast Guard, and SCC joined forces to create a real-life scenario to fulfill the boy’s one true wish: To ride in a military helicopter with a superhero.

The local child was granted this experience through Make-A-Wish because he fulfilled the three criteria needed to receive a wish:

· He is between 2.5 and 18 years of age.

· He has a life threatening medical condition that has been verified by a doctor.

· He has not gotten a wish from Make-A-Wish or any other organization before.

“A primary mission of a community college is to serve its community and it’s not every day that we get to make the wish of a child come true. Having the opportunity to partner with such phenomenal agencies to create the scenario for a child of our local community was an amazing experience! To see the joy and excitement of the boy, his family, and everyone who worked hard to make it happen was rewarding and unforgettable,” shared Shemila Johnson, Outreach and Public Relations Manager, SCC.

“Make-A-Wish’s first priority is always making the wish as good of an experience as possible for the child,” commented Jennifer Wilson, Marketing Director, Make -A-Wish® Greater Bay Area. “We cannot grant most of the wishes we do without the support and involvement of countless others, and outside entities. To that end, we want to thank Travis Air Force Base, Solano County Sherriff’s Department, Cal OES, and Solano Community College for supporting us and making a child’s wish a reality!”

To learn more about Make - A- Wish® Greater Bay Area: visit www.sf.wish.org, call415.982.9474, or email info@sfwish.org

About Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area

Make-A-Wish® Greater Bay Area was founded in 1984. In its first year, a total of 27 wishes were granted. Now one of the largest chapters nationwide, we have granted over 6,000 wishes to date and grant over 340 wishes per year. We serve 17 counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Marin, Monterey, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Siskiyou, Solano and Sonoma.

About Solano Community College:

The College has served as the preeminent educational institution in Solano County since 1945 when it was founded as Vallejo Junior College. In the early 1970s, the College moved to its present Fairfield site, and is presently serving over 8,000 students throughout the academic year.

In addition to the main campus in Fairfield, the College has one Center in Vacaville, and one in Vallejo. To further serve the community, SCC offers courses at Travis Air Force Base and operates a School of Aeronautics at the Nut Tree Airport.

Currently, Solano Community College offers Associate Degrees and Certificates in various disciplines, to include transfer courses to California State Universities (CSU) and Universities of California (UC), and provides training in several trades. For more information, please visit us atwww.solano.edu.