1. Every 36 minutes a child is diagnosed with cancer in the U.S.
2. Although 80% of cancers are being cured, it still remains the leading cause of death by disease in kids
3. 1 in 5 kids with the disease won’t survive
4. 3 in 5 kids with cancer may have long term side-effects from the treatment
5. Less than 3% of federal funding goes to pediatric cancer
6. Cancer in kids impacts the entire family
7. By the end of 2011, Hyundai Hope on Wheels will have committed $43 million in childhood cancer research grants
8. There are more than 200 Hyundai Scholar physician research grant winners working on cures
9. The Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children’s is using genomics to find new cures
10. Hyundai Hope on Wheels awards 90 cents of every dollar donated directly to research