Snap-on Provides Set of Tools for Young Auto Tech’s ‘Make-A-Wish’ Request

The 17-year-old, named Conner, has lived with a pulmonary disorder for most of his life, and in a request to Make-A-Wish, asked for a set of Snap-on tools.

Snap-on Tools partnered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to provide a teenager training to be a technician with a set of tools, WFMZ reports.

The 17-year-old recipient, named Conner, lives in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and has a passion for working on cars. He’s currently studying in the auto technology course at Lehigh County Technical Institute and hopes to soon receive certification.

Conner has lived with a pulmonary disorder for most of his life, and in a request to Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia, asked for a set of Snap-on tools.

Snap-on answered his call, providing him with wrench and socket sets, a 10-drawer double bank roll cab, and other equipment on Nov. 11. The cost and transportation of the tools were all covered by Snap-on to support the young technician in training.

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