Jacksonville, FL – Today, local Hyundai dealers and representatives from Hyundai Motor America presented a Hope Grant in the amount of $100,000 to the Nemours Children’s Clinic, Jacksonville (NCCJ), to support childhood cancer programs and research.
“Nemours is very grateful to Hyundai for their generous support and for turning the spotlight on childhood cancer nationally,” said Eric Sandler, MD, Division Chief of Hematology/Oncology at NCCJ and Associate Professor at Mayo School of Medicine. “This award will go towards the further development of a late-effects clinic for our patients who are dealing with the ongoing physical, cognitive, and reproductive side effects of cancer treatment.”
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. To observe it, Hyundai Hope on Wheels is working to raise awareness of childhood cancer with a national television campaign, materials in its dealerships, and donations totaling $6.8 million to help fight childhood cancer. The donations will be given as “Hope Grants” to hospitals and nonprofit organizations nationwide. Hyundai Motor America and its dealers joined the fight against childhood cancer in 1998 and created a program called Hyundai Hope on Wheels which, by the end of 2010, will have donated more than $23 million to the cause. For more information, visit www.hyundaihopeonwheels.org.
Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of disease-related death among U.S. children 1 to 14 years of age. Every day approximately 40 children, the equivalent of a school classroom, are diagnosed with cancer, adding up to nearly 15,000 new childhood cancer diagnoses each year.