Wish Reveal for Tre Grinner

In the Spring of 2014, FOG members were invited by our new beneficiary partner, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area, to participate in a “Wish Reveal,” a special time when a child learns that his or her wish will be granted. The entire Board of Directors of the Ferrari Owners Charitable Foundation joined two Make-A-Wish representatives and secretly descended upon the home of 17-year old Terry “Tre” Grinner, diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, whose wish to be an investment banker for a day was about to be revealed. Only Tre’s mother knew that the Board members were quietly setting up a small car show for Tre outside the family’s home. Passionate about Italian sportscars, Tre was invited outdoors where he discovered a dozen Ferraris in his front yard! Tre was then invited by FOG founder, Joe Keon, to get behind the wheel of his Ferrari and give it a spin.

Tre’s wish began with a meeting at Goldman Sachs in San Francisco to prepare him for a “mini-internship,” for which he was ultimately flown to Wall Street where he had experiences involving BlackRock, Yankee Stadium, and the New York Stock exchange, took a personal phone call from Warren Buffet on the air at a local radio station, and visited NASDAQ where he rang the closing bell. Tre went on to speak at the 2014 FOG Rally Gala where he expressed his gratitude to Make-A-Wish and described how his wish experience changed him. He has since recovered from his illness and remains involved with the FOG community, receiving mentoring and often attending FOG weekend events to inspire others.