How Hyundai is Working to End Childhood Cancer

Health Report

Every 36 minutes, a child in the U.S. is diagnosed with cancer and one in five will not survive the disease. And while there are millions of dollars in federal funding for cancer, sadly, only four percent of the U.S. federal funding is solely dedicated to child cancer research. Hyundai Hope on Wheels is committed to filling the gap by providing resources and funding to those that are working on a cure.

Chris Darby discusses with us the painful process after his son, Ryan was diagnosed with cancer, “It was a very challenging process. Ryan was diagnosed right before Christmas – December 22, 2009. That’s not really something you are preparing for as the holiday season approaches. It really gave us an awareness of what matters. We had the opportunity to be treated by phenomenal doctors and nurses that really supported the whole family throughout the process. We learned a lot more about cancer- pediatric cancer especially than I ever really cared to at that point. But because of Hyundai Hope on Wheels and other organizations helping as well as the doctors and nurses helping to treat these children we had a great outcome. We are fortunate with Ryan’s diagnosis and treatment.”

Dr. Michael Weiner, Director of Pediatric Oncology at Columbia University Medical Center
shares the progress made in pediatric cancer treatments and the road ahead in finding the cure. “Hyundai is a phenomenal company. Not only do they make awesome cars and SUVs, but they are a very community oriented organization. It all started in 1998 when dealers in New England got together and supported The Jimmy Fund but now it is a national program. Over 830 Hyundai dealers throughout the country support Hyundai Hope on Wheels. They have raised over $115 million to donate to end pediatric cancer.”

To learn more about Hyundai Hope on Wheels, go to HyundaiHopeOnWheels.org

For more information about NewsWatch on the Discovery Channel check us out on IMDB

14 COMMENTS

  1. Hi there! I was able to have sworn I’ve visited this site before but after undergoing a
    few of the posts I realized it’s a new comer to me. Anyhow, I’m certainly delighted I
    discovered it and I’ll be bookmarking it and checking back frequently!

  2. Pretty nice post. I just discovered your blog and wanted
    to mention that I actually have truly loved surfing around your weblog posts.
    In fact I am going to be subscribing to your feed and I’m hoping you write again soon!

  3. hey there and be grateful for your information – I actually have definitely acquired something new from
    right here. I have done however expertise some technical issues
    employing this web site, as I experienced
    to reload the website plenty of times previous to I really could obtain it to
    load properly. I was wondering if your hosting is OK?
    Not really that I’m complaining, but slow loading instances times will often affect your placement in google and could damage your good quality score
    if advertising and marketing with Adwords. Well I’m adding this RSS to my email
    and can consider a lot even more of your respective fascinating content.
    Make certain you update this again very soon.

  4. Link exchange is certainly not else except it really is just placing the other person’s weblog link on the page at proper
    place along with other person will likely do same in support
    of you.

  5. You really make it seem very easy together with your
    presentation however I to locate this matter to get really something which I feel I would personally in no way understand.
    It appears to be too complicated and very wide to me.
    I am just taking a look ahead to your next post, I’ll make an effort to
    get the hang of this!

  6. Hey, I think your blog might be having browser
    compatibility issues. When I look at your blog in Chrome, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it
    has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a
    quick heads up! Other then that, superb blog!

  7. I’m really impressed with your writing skills and also with all the layout on the weblog.
    Is that this a paid theme or would you modify it yourself?
    In any event maintain the nice quality writing, it is rare to view a great
    blog like this one today.

Comments are closed.