‘Hyundai Hope on Wheels’ Event Includes Handprints, $100,000 Impact Grant for Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
August 23, 2023 – Today, The Hyundai Hope On Wheels® & South Florida Hyundai Dealers Association presented a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Award grant to Dr. Anne Schaefer and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation to help fund pediatric cancer programming.
Babette Kosar, Scott Wester, Sharon Truske
With the award, the hospital’s nonprofit foundation has now received $1.2 million in total lifetime funding from Hyundai’s Hope On Wheels campaign, which began nationally in 1998. The initiative is supported by Hyundai and its U.S. dealers, including those in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, to help kids fight cancer.
South Florida children battling cancer participated in the program’s signature handprint ceremony, in which they painted their hands and added their prints to a white Hyundai SUV. Their colorful contributions to the Hope vehicle represented their cancer journeys, hopes, and dreams.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s leading pediatric hospitals, offering a comprehensive scope of healthcare services and programs in a caring, compassionate setting designed specifically for children. A level one trauma center that is part of the Hollywood-based Memorial Healthcare System, it combines advanced technology, the expertise of board-certified specialists, and a patient and family-centered approach to heal the body, mind, and spirit.
The hospital’s nonprofit foundation focuses on philanthropy to positively impact patients, families, and underwrite programs, facilities, and equipment that support the pediatric facility’s mission.
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is committed to finding a cure for childhood cancer. Launched in 1998, Hyundai Hope On Wheels provides grants to eligible institutions nationwide that are pursuing life-saving research and innovative treatments for the disease. HHOW is one of the largest non-profit funders of pediatric cancer research in the country, and primary funding for Hyundai Hope On Wheels comes from Hyundai Motor America and its more than 830 U.S. dealers. In 2023, Hyundai Hope On Wheels will surpass $225 million in support of 1,300 childhood research grants.
