Hyundai Hope On Wheels, the carmaker’s nonprofit organization, recently presented the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin with a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Award.
The institute is one of 21 recipients to receive the award for 2018. The other awards will be presented to select children’s hospitals nationwide, and all awards will go directly to the pediatric oncology departments at each respective location.
“Throughout the country, talented doctors are working tirelessly to help kids fight cancer by conducting research or providing bedside care,” said Scott Fink, chairman, Hyundai Hope On Wheels Board of Directors. “Our goal at Hope On Wheels is to provide these doctors with the grant funds they need to perform their lifesaving work.”
For the 2018 year, the organization plans to award more than $15 million toward pediatric cancer research and programs. Hyundai’s Hope On Wheels is also celebrating its 20th year after officially launching in 1998, and has calculated that the organization’s total donations over this period amounts to $145 million. The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in particular has received more than $775,000 in grants from Hope On Wheels over the years.
During the most recent event, the “Children’s Champions” of the hospital dipped their hands in paint and left a handprint on a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe. It was part of the program’s signature ceremony, which is meant to reflect the children’s “individual and collective journeys, hopes and dreams.”
