MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital on Tuesday was awarded a $100,000 grant from Hyundai’s “Hope on Wheels” campaign, a gift that hospital officials say will support pediatric cancer programs and research at the Morgantown facility.

A hand-print ceremony unfolded Tuesday outside the hospital. Current and former young cancer patients, accompanied by hospital leaders and Hyundai representatives, dipped their hands in paint and pressed them onto a Hyundai vehicle, symbolizing the joint effort to combat childhood cancer.

Officials said the grant is part of Hyundai Hope on Wheels’ annual donations through local and national dealership fundraising efforts. Since its creation in 1998, the campaign has awarded more than $277 million in grants to institutions across the

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