Tonight, a local high school student with cancer going to dance the night away at his own prom.

SisterHermana Foundation Inc., with support from the Omni Hotel of Jacksonville will host A Night to Remember for Raynard Wilson, a senior at A. Phillip Randolph High School.

Wilson, a 20- year-old special needs student is living with Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, a rare type of cancer in the bones and tissue of the body. Like every other high school student, Wilson desires the opportunity to participate in high school milestones such as the prom. SisterHermana Foundation Inc has organized a Night for Raynard to Remember. The Omni Hotel of Jacksonville will provide the venue and catering.

Community members have also stepped in to help make Wilson’s dream come to life by donating their services. Jacksonville’s DJ Dr. Doom “Get Down Productions Entertainment” will provide the music, local photographer L. Nicole Richards from I get the Shots will provide photography and Men’s Warehouse on Phillips Hwy will provide the tuxedo, and Riverside Limousine will provide transportation. Wilson and his immediate family will dine, dance and party the evening away.

Raynard Wilson and family at Men's Warehouse picking out a tux.