WWLP MassachusettsSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - The non-profit, Hyundai Hope on Wheels, made a generous donation of $100,000 to Baystate Children's Hospital.
This grant is helping to advance research and provide much-needed support, all with the ultimate goal of putting an end to childhood cancer. Pediatric cancer remains the top disease-related cause of death for US children. A child is diagnosed every 36 minutes, and tragically, one in five will not survive the fight.
"Hopefully one day families won't have to go through the pain of losing a child," said Chelsea O'Brien of Huntington.
For O'Brien, October 9 will be five years since her daughter passed away from the disease. While a tough battle, her daughter and family were not facing it alone. At Baystate Children's Hospital, they were given enormous ong
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