Bob Stallings Hyundai in Dallas: September 2014

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.”

To learn more about Hyundai Hope On Wheels, please visit www.HyundaiHopeOnWheels.org. You can also follow us on social media at facebook.com/HyundaiHopeOnWheels, twitter.com/hopeonwheels, and youtube.com/hopeonwheels.

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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.

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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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