09/14/2026
During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, I had the privilege of joining my Hyundai Hope on Wheels family for our annual gala in Washington, D.C., marking 28 years of this extraordinary organization and more than $303 million committed to the fight against pediatric cancer.
https://www.hyundai.news/eu/articles/press-releases/hope-on-wheels-gala-2026.html
During the evening, I was deeply honored, on behalf of my dealership Alexandria Hyundai, to be named the Hyundai Hope on Wheels National Dealer of the Year, receiving the inaugural Hyundai Hope on Wheels O’Brien/Reilly Spirit of Hope Award.
The award was named after Hyundai Hope on Wheels co-founders Tom O’Brien and my father, Don Reilly. The award recognizes the commitment of Hyundai dealers who have worked to advance the Hyundai Hope on Wheels mission in their communities and across the country.
I spoke that evening about my father. He stood beside me as my best man when I married my wife Mary 27 years ago. And as I said at the gala, all these years later, he remains my best man and the best example of the Jesuit principle “a person in service of others.”
Every member of the Hyundai Hope on Wheels family exemplifies the Jesuit principle “people in service of others” – doctors, nurses, researchers, hospital team members, Hyundai dealers, Hyundai customers, Hyundai Motor America team members, family members, and more. We are all in service to the children who have fought cancer, are fighting cancer, or will fight cancer.
To all these children, please know your Hyundai Hope on Wheels family will be with you until we live in a world free of pediatric cancer.
When you have a moment, I would invite you to learn more about Hyundai Hope on Wheels, and Hyundai’s new The Mark of a Warrior campaign. This campaign shares the bravery and courage shown by children fighting the battle against pediatric cancer.
Many thanks to everyone at Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Innocean USA for your passion and dedication in creating this incredibly meaningful campaign.
https://www.hyundai.news/eu/articles/press-releases/hope-on-wheels-campaign-the-mark-of-a-warrior.html
Everyone at Hyundai and Hyundai Hope on Wheels is committed to bringing these brave young warriors home.
