Charlene Stackhouse shouted and cried as the key she selected, number 8, started a dazzling white 2008 Honda Accord on the showroom floor at Lehigh Valley Honda this morning.

Stackhouse, a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill, said she was battling mixed emotions as she sat in the car when it was her turn to see if her key would win her a free, three-year lease, courtesy of the dealership and part of Green Hope Charities' annual cancer vaccine research fundraiser.

"It was a combination of excitement," she said, "and wanting to throw up at the same time."

The contest raised $80,000 for St. Luke's oncologist Dr. Lee Riley's vaccine research. Entrants bought $20 tickets, and 10 tickets were selected for today's final showdown in the showroom.

Stackhouse, from Lower Milford Township, said her family -- she's married with two daughters -- drives Chevrolets, but she'll be piloting the new Honda, which matched the snowflakes this morning, to and from work.

"Maybe I'll let my husband drive it too," she said.

Riley said today's event was fun, but that the real fun is having money to continue his research into finding a vaccine to cure cancer. He said he's already seen dramatic changes in the way cancer is treated thanks to human genome research.

"Because of the Green Hope fund we're working on the human genome research," Riley said. "Learning how vaccinations will work wouldn't have happened without Green Hope."

Riley said genome research has led to more effective use of existing cancer drugs, and astounding success with the deployment of certain drugs that had never been considered. But he's still searching for the elusive, game-changing vaccines that could save millions of lives.

Stackhouse said that's why she bought a ticket to support the charity at a party hosted by Bethlehem's Loopers Grille and Bar.

"I bought it to support Dr. Riley," she said. "Hopefully my children won't have to worry about cancer."