Hyundai Motor America and Boston Area Dealers Present $347,000 to Jimmy Fund
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Hyundai Motor America 10550 Talbert Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 MEDIA WEBSITE: HyundaiNews.com CORPORATE WEBSITE: HyundaiUSA.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA AND BOSTON AREA DEALERS PRESENT $347,000 TO JIMMY FUND Miles Johnson Senior Manager, Quality, Service and Technology (714) 3661048 [email protected] ID: 29037 BOSTON, Dec. 4, 2000 – Hyundai Motor America, through its Eastern Region dealers and national contributions, has presented a check in the amount of $347,000 to the Jimmy Fund and DanaFarber Cancer Institute to support research against cancer. For the past three years, Hyundai has been a sponsor of the Help Strike Out Cancer Campaign. Teaming up with the Boston Red Sox, Hyundai pledged $50 per strike out during the Sox’ regular season games. During the 2000 season, Red Sox pitchers struck out 1,121 batters, including a leagueleading 284 strikeouts by Cy Young award winner Pedro Martinez. This year Hyundai became a corporate sponsor of the Jimmy Fund. “The disease of cancer touches everyone’s life. Hyundai Motor America feels it is important to support the crucial research that is performed by the Jimmy Fund Clinic,” said Hyundai Eastern Region General Manager Michael Tocci who presented the check to Jimmy Fund Chairman and former Boston Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews. Tocci added, “Through Hyundai’s collective efforts we can say that ‘Hyundai and the Jimmy Fund: Helping Kids Fight Cancer’ is a goal we strongly support.” Also at the check presentation was 3yearold Salvatore Valenti; a testament to the work of the Jimmy Fund Clinic. In 1999, Sal was diagnosed with Wiskot/Aldrich, an immune deficiency disease. The Valenti family, who live in Revere, Mass., sought help at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. One of the challenges facing the doctors and family was to find a donor who had a high match to the bone marrow of Salvatore. As it tuned out, his sister, Celina, was a 100% match. Lisa Valenti, Sal and Celina’s mother said, “It was highly unusual to find a 100% tissue donor and that the donor would be a member of the family.” The bone marrow transplant took place on December 26, 1999. Today, one year later, Salvatore is in full remission. When asked how she felt about helping her brother, 6yearold Celina said, “God gave me a magic medicine to save my brother’s life.” Holding little Sal’s hand, Vinny Valenti, his father, said, “The people who work in the Jimmy Fund Clinic are the best. They saw us through a very stressful period in our lives. The staff is truly amazing.” Tom O’Brien, owner of Tom O’Brien Hyundai in Quincy, Mass., has been involved with the Jimmy Fund for 10 years. O’Brien said, “This charity does so much for adults and children with cancer as well as their families who are struggling with this disease.” Jimmy Fund Chairman Andrews said, “The commitment of corporate sponsors like Hyundai is key to helping the physicians and researchers at the Jimmy Fund Clinic find the means to reduce or eradicate cancer. We all look forward to that day.” Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the search for new cancer treatments and helped to provide cancer care to patients at Boston’s DanaFarber Cancer Institute, one of the nation’s premier cancer centers. Hyundai Motor America, based in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed in the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 500 dealerships nationwide. ### Hyundai Motor America 10550 Talbert Ave, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 MEDIA WEBSITE: HyundaiNews.com CORPORATE WEBSITE: HyundaiUSA.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA AND BOSTON AREA DEALERS PRESENT $347,000 TO JIMMY FUND Miles Johnson Senior Manager, Quality, Service and Technology (714) 3661048 [email protected] ID: 29037 BOSTON, Dec. 4, 2000 – Hyundai Motor America, through its Eastern Region dealers and national contributions, has presented a check in the amount of $347,000 to the Jimmy Fund and DanaFarber Cancer Institute to support research against cancer. For the past three years, Hyundai has been a sponsor of the Help Strike Out Cancer Campaign. Teaming up with the Boston Red Sox, Hyundai pledged $50 per strike out during the Sox’ regular season games. During the 2000 season, Red Sox pitchers struck out 1,121 batters, including a leagueleading 284 strikeouts by Cy Young award winner Pedro Martinez. This year Hyundai became a corporate sponsor of the Jimmy Fund. “The disease of cancer touches everyone’s life. Hyundai Motor America feels it is important to support the crucial research that is performed by the Jimmy Fund Clinic,” said Hyundai Eastern Region General Manager Michael Tocci who presented the check to Jimmy Fund Chairman and former Boston Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews. Tocci added, “Through Hyundai’s collective efforts we can say that ‘Hyundai and the Jimmy Fund: Helping Kids Fight Cancer’ is a goal we strongly support.” Also at the check presentation was 3yearold Salvatore Valenti; a testament to the work of the Jimmy Fund Clinic. In 1999, Sal was diagnosed with Wiskot/Aldrich, an immune deficiency disease. The Valenti family, who live in Revere, Mass., sought help at the Jimmy Fund Clinic. One of the challenges facing the doctors and family was to find a donor who had a high match to the bone marrow of Salvatore. As it tuned out, his sister, Celina, was a 100% match. Lisa Valenti, Sal and Celina’s mother said, “It was highly unusual to find a 100% tissue donor and that the donor would be a member of the family.” The bone marrow transplant took place on December 26, 1999. Today, one year later, Salvatore is in full remission. When asked how she felt about helping her brother, 6yearold Celina said, “God gave me a magic medicine to save my brother’s life.” Holding little Sal’s hand, Vinny Valenti, his father, said, “The people who work in the Jimmy Fund Clinic are the best. They saw us through a very stressful period in our lives. The staff is truly amazing.” Tom O’Brien, owner of Tom O’Brien Hyundai in Quincy, Mass., has been involved with the Jimmy Fund for 10 years. O’Brien said, “This charity does so much for adults and children with cancer as well as their families who are struggling with this disease.” Jimmy Fund Chairman Andrews said, “The commitment of corporate sponsors like Hyundai is key to helping the physicians and researchers at the Jimmy Fund Clinic find the means to reduce or eradicate cancer. We all look forward to that day.” Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the search for new cancer treatments and helped to provide cancer care to patients at Boston’s DanaFarber Cancer Institute, one of the nation’s premier cancer centers. Hyundai Motor America, based in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed in the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 500 dealerships nationwide. ###.