Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour
By: WROC-TV
Updated: August 21, 2007
A huuuge donation today to the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong. Auto dealer Billy Fucillo and a young hospital patient left their mark on a brand new car today with paint. It was part of the Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour.
The money's raised by donations from every car that's sold. Doctors say the $40,000 donated to the hospital will be put into cancer research. Most of the young patients at the children's hospital are from the
"We see about 60 newly diagnosed kids with cancer every year, but at a given time we're treating about twice that number," says Dr. David Korones, a pediatric hematologist.
This Hyundai Hope On Wheels Tour has collected 300 handprints nationwide and raised 1.5 million dollars for cancer research.
