After placing her painted hand on a new Hyundai vehicle, Krystine Carter, 3, of Brooksville, leaves her mark on a blank canvas that will later be framed. In May 2008 Carter was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, and is just back at the hospital to receive treatment. Pediatric cancer patients from St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa joined forces with Hyundai and its dealers to present hospital officials with a check for $40,000 Thursday. The kids then got to place their colorful handprints on a white Hyundai Santa Fe to represent and share their personal triumphs with other children and families across the country. To date, Hope on Wheels, the non-profit organization responsible for this, has collected hundreds of handprints and Hyundai and its dealers have raised more than $10 million in 10 years to fight against pediatric cancer.
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