Corporate Angel Network Schedules 13,000th Flight; Passenger is Pioneering Cancer Patient.Business & Health Editors WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000 Corporate Angel Network (CAN), based in White Plains, New York For other places with the same name, see White Plains (disambiguation). White Plains is a city in south-central Westchester County, New York, about 4 miles (6 km) east of the Hudson River and , will make its 13,000th flight on December 17th. CAN, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1981, transports ambulatory cancer patients free of charge on routine corporate jet business flights to and from approved cancer treatment centers anywhere within the continental United States United States territory, including the adjacent territorial waters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also called CONUS. . Enron Corporation Enron Corporation, U.S. company that in 2001 became the largest bankruptcy and stock collapse in U.S. history up to that time. The company was formed in 1985 when InterNorth purchased Houston Natural Gas to create the country's longest natural-gas pipeline network. of Houston will fly Joanne Minnich home to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from Houston where she has undergone a pioneering treatment at Houston's Methodist DeBakey Heart Center. Dr. Michael Reardon temporarily removed Ms. Minnich's heart, successfully excised three malignant growths, and returned the repaired organ, making her the first woman to receive an autotransplant au·to·trans·plant n. See autograft. autotransplant, n See graft, autogenous. of the heart. She will begin further treatment for her cardiac sarcoma sarcoma (särkō`mə), highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). in New York. Dateline NBC has been following Ms. Minnich's progress and plans to produce a television special on this innovative treatment. Travel by corporate jet has many advantages, both physical and psychological, for cancer patients, including less exposure to germs for their already compromised immune systems, and a generally more supportive and less stressful environment. CAN's 500 corporate partners include some of the largest corporations in the country, such as Enron, Pepsi, Texaco, and International Paper. Information about all flights and participating corporations is confidential unless the corporation chooses to allow publicity to encourage other corporations to join the network. Corporate Angel Network is staffed by four employees and 50 volunteers who strive to match patient requests with existing corporate flight schedules. CAN is supported entirely by donations from individuals and foundations. No funding from participating corporations is accepted. Giving a cancer patient a lift in an empty seat is the greatest gift of all. Westchester County Airport “HPN” redirects here. For the English railway station, see Hapton railway station. Westchester County Airport (IATA: HPN, ICAO: KHPN, FAA LID: HPN) is a public airport located in the town of Harrison, New York in Westchester County. One Loop Road White Plains NY 10604 914-328-1313 fax: 800-328-4226 www.corpangelnetwork.org info@corpangelnetwork.org |
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