Posted on January 31st, 2019
White Plains, NY — Corporate Angel Network, the organization that arranges free flights to treatment for cancer patients in the empty seats of corporate aircraft, has transported its 42,000th patient. The first patient was flown in 1981. The flight carried one year old cancer patient Alexander Hopper home to the Denver area after he received…
Posted on January 8th, 2019
White Plains, NY— May 7, 2012 — Ronda Carter flew on Corporate Angel Network’s 40,000th flight from her home in rural North Carolina to meet with a breast cancer specialist in New York. When asked about today’s flight, she said: “Cancer can make a person feel singled out in a negative way. Being the 40,000th…
Posted on February 19th, 2011
Corporate Angel Network arranged corporate flights to specialized treatment for a record 3,021 cancer patients last year, a 9-percent increase over the previous high of 2,778 and 21 percent more than in 2009. “This record demonstrates the interest major corporations have in supporting cancer patients through CAN, even during challenging times when flights were being…
Posted on January 20th, 2011
Corporate Angel Network (CAN) arranged corporate flights to specialized treatment for 3,021 cancer patients in 2010, a 9-percent increase over the previous record of 2,778 and a 21-percent increase over 2009 patient flights. In September, CAN celebrated another milestone when it transported its 35,000th cancer patient, 16-month-old William Relyea, and his mother from Westchester County…