Hope On Wheels Celebrates 20 Years of Saving Lives
Creating
hope with determined support to end childhood cancer
In its newest rounds of grants marking its 20th
anniversary, Hyundai
Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a California based
501c(3) non-profit organization announces its support for national Childhood
Cancer Awareness Month. The annual September campaign is called "Every
Handprint Tells A Story." A total of 38 doctor-researchers will receive a
combined $14.1 million to support novel therapeutic
approaches and innovative research options in pediatric cancer. Childhood
cancer researchers depend largely on private funding for groundbreaking
therapies to get off the ground and to advance treatment approaches to the next
phase of testing, ultimately, bringing better therapies and cures to kids with
cancer.
Every 36 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer in the
U.S. While nearly 80% of cancer in children can be cured, pediatric
cancer remains the leading disease related cause of death for children.
This year's pediatric cancer research grants from HHOW deliver on its
decades-long commitment to support the most promising childhood cancer research
throughout the nation. 24 of the 38 grant recipient hospitals are ranked within
the Top 50 of U.S. News & World Reports Best Hospitals for Pediatric Cancer,
with two institutions claiming the #2 and #3 rankings. See more.
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