Sprint to Provide VIP NASCAR Opportunity to Children and Families from Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area
Day will feature appearances from Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, Miss
Sprint Cup and NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Trophy
Shoppers at Mi Pueblo in Northern California can win pairs of tickets
to Toyota/SaveMart 350 race in Sonoma on June 26
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint (NYSE: S) will provide a VIP NASCAR® experience to 12
former wish children and their family members from Make-A-Wish®
Greater Bay Area this Friday, June 24 at 11 a.m. at Sonoma Raceway in
Sonoma, CA. The group will receive full access to the Sprint suite for
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice. Participants will have a chance to
meet NASCAR drivers Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman, Miss Sprint Cup and
see the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship Trophy.
Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area grants the wishes of children with
life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with
hope, strength and joy.
“We are grateful to provide the children and families of Make-A-Wish
Greater Bay Area with an unforgettable NASCAR VIP experience,” said
Suehyun Johan Chung, president-Northern California at Sprint. “This is
an opportunity for Sprint to contribute to our community by helping
these wonderful kids enjoy a day of fun and excitement at Sonoma
Raceway.”
In addition, beginning today, shoppers at Mi Pueblo, Northern
California’s leading neighborhood grocery retailer, will have the
opportunity to win three pairs of tickets to attend the Toyota/SaveMart
350 at the Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, June 26 (a $600 value). Visit the
grocery chain’s Website
or Facebook
page for more details.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more
and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about
most. Sprint served more than 58.8 million connections as of March 31,
2016 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You
can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com
or www.facebook.com/sprint
and www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Make-A-Wish® Greater Bay Area
Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area grants the wishes of children with
life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with
hope, strength and joy. In 2016 Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area celebrates
32 years fulfilling magical wishes. During its first year of operation,
in 1984, the chapter granted 27 wishes. Now one of the largest chapters
nationwide, the Greater Bay Area grants over 370 wishes per year and has
granted over 7,200 wishes to date. The chapter covers 17 Northern
California 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. The goal of
Make-A-Wish is to grant a wish to every eligible child. Anyone can
suggest a child for a wish. For more information or to refer a child for
a wish, please call 415/982-9474 or visit www.SF.Wish.org.
About Mi Pueblo
Mi Pueblo, established in 1991, is Northern California’s leading
neighborhood grocery retailer modeled after hometown markets found in
Mexico and Latin America. Each of our stores—located in the Bay Area,
Monterey Peninsula and the Central Valley—offers consumers quality
foods, greater value, and genuine bilingual customer service in an
authentic environment. For additional information about Mi Pueblo,
please visit http://www.mipueblo.com/.
1No purchase necessary. Ends 6/26/16. Open to legal residents
of California, 18+. Void where prohibited.
Contacts
Sprint
John Votava, 949-242-9017
John.2.Votava@sprint.com
