Hyundai Hope On Wheels and the South Florida Hyundai Dealers Association have awarded Dr. Kerice Pinkney and the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation a $100,000 Hyundai Impact Award grant. The grant will be used to support cancer-related needs at the pediatric facility. This brings the total lifetime funding received by the hospital’s nonprofit foundation from Hyundai’s Hope On Wheels campaign to over $1.2 million since its national launch in 1998. The initiative, backed by Hyundai and its U.S. dealers, including those in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, aims to assist children in their fight against cancer.
Children from South Florida fighting cancer took part in a special handprint ceremony. They dipped their hands in paint and left their prints on a white Hyundai SUV. Their handprints symbolize their cancer journeys, hopes, and dreams as part of the Hope vehicle.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, part of the Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, is renowned as one of the nation’s premier pediatric hospitals. It provides a wide range of healthcare services and programs within a compassionate and nurturing environment tailored specifically for children. As a level-one trauma center, it integrates cutting-edge technology, the expertise of board-certified specialists, and a patient and family-centered approach to promoting healing of the body, mind, and spirit. The hospital’s nonprofit foundation is dedicated to philanthropy, aiming to positively impact patients and families and support various programs, facilities, and equipment aligned with the pediatric facility’s mission.
Hyundai Hope On Wheels, established in 1998, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating childhood cancer. It provides grants to qualified institutions nationwide that are dedicated to vital research focused on enhancing treatments and saving lives. One of the largest nonprofit supporters of pediatric cancer research in the U.S., Hyundai Hope On Wheels receives primary funding from Hyundai Motor America and its 830+ U.S. dealers. By 2024, Hyundai Hope On Wheels aims to exceed a cumulative donation of $250 million, backing over 1,300 childhood cancer research grants at more than 175 hospitals and research institutions.
