"Community partnerships play an important role in helping our students reach their full potential in the STEM fields," said Julie Gerbsch, executive director of development, Georgia Southern University. "We are proud to be community partners with Hyundai Motor America." The donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire is part of Hyundai's corporate social responsibility initiative, Hyundai Hope, which seeks to uplift children and families by means of supporting various health programs. This donation will help provide housing to young hospital patients and their families. "When a child becomes seriously ill, the entire family suffers, particularly when the child is hospitalized or receives outpatient treatment far from home over an extended period of time," said Billy Sorochak, CEO of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. "For the family of a hospitalized child, the Ronald McDonald House will be the most important House they will ever visit.