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Make-A-Wish Foundation Wish Will Come True at The Subaru Challenge


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What: Subaru of Indiana Automotive Grants a Wish at the Subaru Challenge Autocross Event

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080325/SUBARULOGO )

WHO: Subaru of America, Inc., Subaru of Indiana and Make-a-Wish Foundation(R)

  When:  August 23, 2008
         8:00 AM - Police escort from hotel to SIA
         9:00 AM - Recognition and award presentation

9:10 AM - Camden Smith rides along with driver on first hot lap of autocross track

Where: Subaru of Indiana Automotive - 5500 State Road 38 East, Lafayette, Indiana

Background: Make-A-Wish Foundation(R) wish recipient, Camden Smith from North Carolina, has requested to come to Lafayette, Indiana to visit Subaru of Indiana Automotive. In addition to a VIP tour of the auto assembly plant on Friday, August 22, Camden and his family will receive a police escort (courtesy of the Lafayette, IN and Itasca, IL police departments) from the Holiday Inn Select City Center to SIA, where he will be honored at the Subaru Challenge autocross event on Saturday, August 23.

About Subaru of America, Inc.

Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of approximately 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru makes the best-selling All-Wheel Drive car sold in America based on R. L. Polk & Co. CYE 2007 All Wheel Drive retail registrations in the U.S.

About SIA

Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. (SIA), a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., is the home of North American Subaru production. Models built at the plant include the Subaru Legacy, Outback and Tribeca. In 2007, SIA also began producing the Toyota Camry under contract with Toyota. SIA employs over 3,000 Associates, and every SIA Associate is committed to quality, safety and environmental stewardship.

About Make-a-Wish Foundation

The Make-A-Wish Foundation(R) of Greater Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana is celebrating 25 years of inspiring lives, one wish at a time. Since the first wish was granted in 1984, this chapter has granted over 6,300 magical wishes. This milestone year, the chapter will work to fulfill the wishes of a record- breaking 800 local children. There are so many ways that you can help create joyful moments for local wish children.