Marcus Williams, General Manager and Lindsey Stuart, Director of Marketing for Bob Stallings Hyundai enjoyed gathering together today, with other
Dallas-Ft. Worth Hyundai Dealers, in presenting Children's Medical Center with $250,000. The donation is directed at the hospital's Pediatric Cancer Center located at Children's. Tom Hetrick, Hyundai Regional General Manager was in attendance to sign the check.
Bob Stallings Hyundai was humbled to provide the 2015 White Hyundai Sonata for the kids to paint today. It was pretty fun. The kids even put hand prints on the doctor's coats.
Bob Stallings Auto Group is proud to include Pediatric Cancer Research as part of their philanthropic efforts throughout the Dallas Community. "Anything that could possibly make a child healthier, mentally, physically or spiritually, is something that we want to be associated with," noted Marcus Williams. "The Stallings Foundation has long been involved in many children's and Christian-oriented charities. It's fun to expand the realm of donations with what we are doing through our Hyundai store. Hyundai puts a special focus on Children in the United States. In my time associated with auto manufacturer's, I've never seen a better and more generous program than Hyundai Hope on Wheels."
Following the event, Marcus and Lindsey made a short presentation about Hyundai Hope on Wheels with their own staff. They are hoping that this will boost morale among the sales department. The Bob Stallings Hyundai employees are as devoted to children's issues as the sentiment coming from Hyundai themselves.
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HYUNDAI HOPE ON WHEELS AWARDS $250,000
RESEARCH GRANT TO CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS IN HONOR OF NATIONAL
CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
Hyundai Hope On Wheels will award $9 million in the month of September,
surpassing $87 million in funding for nationwide fight against pediatric cancer
since 1998
DALLAS, T.X.
– September 8, 2014 –
Hyundai Hope On Wheels® and
Dallas-area Hyundai dealers will today award Children’s Medical Center Dallas a $250,000 Hyundai
Scholar Hope Grant for pediatric cancer research. The grant funds will support the work of Dr. Ted
Laetsch, who is developing a more effective way to treat sarcoma in children by
using a revolutionary technology to heat and deliver chemotherapy to tumors
while sparing normal tissue in the body.
Children’s
Medical Center Foundation is one of 36 recipients across the country to receive
a 2014 Hyundai Scholar Hope Grant. In
all, Hope On Wheels will award $9 million in research grants this September in
honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Children’s Medical Center Dallas, a long-time
partner of the organization, along with UT Southwestern Medical Center, has received $640,000 from Hope On Wheels since 2011.
Dr. Ted
Laetsch, who treats patients in the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and
Blood Disorders at Children’s, commented: “This is promising research
for children with cancer. It is central to our mission at Children’s Medical
Center, and it would not be possible without the grant from Hyundai Hope On
Wheels.”
The
$250,000 grant to Dr. Ted Laetsch, who is also an assistant professor of
pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center, will be officially presented
during a Hope On Wheels Handprint Ceremony at
Children’s
Medical Center Dallas on
Monday, September 8. During
the ceremony, Hope On Wheels
will commemorate Dallas-area children affected by cancer by capturing their
handprints on a white 2014 Hyundai Sonata.
Hope On Wheels believes that “Every
Handprint Tells A Story,” which is the namesake of its September awareness
campaign. That is why, in addition to
funding 36 research projects in September, Hope On Wheels will launch the
latest advancement of its Every Handprint Tells A Story campaign with a new web
experience on
HyundaiHopeOnWheels.org/September. The website will offer an interactive experience where supporters
can view videos of courageous children sharing insights into their personal
battles with cancer and learn about the work of cancer researchers known as
Hyundai Scholars. Visitors to the site
can also post and share messages of hope for children and families impacted by
the disease.
Over the
last 16 years, our dealers have worked in partnership with Hyundai in one
common goal: to find a cure for a disease that affects far too many of our
children,” said Dave Zuchowski, president and chief executive officer, Hyundai
Motor America, and board member of Hyundai Hope On Wheels. “Dallas-area Hyundai
dealers are an important part of this effort, and we could not be doing this
good work without their continued support.”
HYUNDAI
HOPE ON WHEELS
Hyundai
Hope On Wheels® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit 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. Primary funding for Hyundai Hope On Wheels
comes from Hyundai Motor America and its more than 800 U.S. dealers. At
the end of its 16th year, Hyundai Hope On Wheels will have awarded more than
$87 million towards childhood cancer research in pursuit of a cure.
HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Hyundai
Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of
Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the
United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more
than 820 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are
covered by the Hyundai Assurance program, which includes the 5-year/60,000-mile
fully transferable new vehicle limited warranty, Hyundai’s 10-year/100,000-mile
powertrain limited warranty and five years of complimentary Roadside
Assistance. Hyundai Blue Link Connected Care provides owners of Hyundai models
equipped with the Blue Link telematics system with proactive safety and car
care services complimentary for one year with enrollment. These services
include Automatic Collision Notification, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Vehicle
Diagnostic Alert, Monthly Vehicle Health Report and in-vehicle service
scheduling.
Children’s Medical Center
Founded in 1913, the not-for-profit Children’s Medical Center is
the seventh-largest pediatric health care provider in the country, receiving
nearly 700,000 patient visits annually with 591 licensed beds at its two
full-service campuses in Dallas and Plano, multiple specialty clinics and 16
primary care MyChildren’s locations. Children’s was the state’s first pediatric
hospital to achieve Level 1 Trauma status and is the primary pediatric facility
affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical Center. Children’s Research Institute
at UT Southwestern is a joint venture that builds upon the comprehensive
clinical expertise of Children’s Medical Center and the internationally
recognized scientific excellence of UT Southwestern; its mission is to
perform transformative biomedical research to better understand the biological
basis of disease. For more than 100 years, Children’s has been committed to
making life better for children. To learn more, please visit
childrens.com/giving.
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