Please join Make-A-Wish Orange County/Inland Empire along with the City of Ontario and the Ontario Convention Center to make a boys dream come true…

WHAT:                       

Five year old Jacob has a dream to fight crime with his favorite Super Hero, “The Amazing Spiderman.”  Join us on Thursday, August 22, as Make-A-Wish makes Jacob’s crime stopping dream a reality.

The adventure begins at the Ontario Police Department where Jacob learns of a crime in progress at the Ontario Convention Center.  Jacob will be transported in a SWAT armored vehicle to the Ontario Convention Center where he meets up with Spiderman to save the City of Ontario.

Jacob and Spiderman are joined by the Ontario Hazmat team and Bomb Squad where Jacob captures the villain “Venom” and places him in custody, once and for all.

WHEN:

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Beginning at Ontario Police Department at 9AM and concluding at the Ontario Convention Center at noon.

WHERE:                 

 Ontario Police Department                          Ontario Convention Center

2500 S Archibald Avenue                                      2000 E Convention Center Way

Ontario, CA 91761                                                     Ontario, CA  91764

9 – 9:30 AM                                                                 9:30 AM – 12 PM

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:

• Film Live or for Broadcast
• Interview, Jacob, his family and friends or Make-A-Wish staff including CEO Stephanie McCormick

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Sarah Pizzaaruso                                                              Jacob Green

Make-A-Wish OC/IE                                                       City of Ontario

714-573-9474 x230 or 213-446-4675                 909-238-8536

pizzaurso@wishocie.org                                              jgreen@ci.ontario.ca.us

Make-A-Wish Orange County and the Inland Empire grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Orange County/Inland Empire chapter is celebrating 30 years of granting wishes.  Since 1983, the chapter has granted more than 4,750 wishes to local children.