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Orlando Magic Flies Cancer Patient to Life-saving Treatment

Orlando FL — (February 27, 2006)—The Orlando Magic traveled to Los Angeles today for tomorrow’s game against the Lakers. They flew on the team jet. This was a special trip, however. Traveling along with the team was cancer patient Susan Sugarman. Susan is traveling with her husband Sam from their home in Palm City Florida for specialized treatment at St. Vincent Medical Center in LA.

When Susan was diagnosed with cancer, her family’s life was changed forever. Treatment options and financial concerns are just part of the critical decisions that must be made. Many of those decisions center around acquiring the best treatment available and how to get to those locations, often far from home. With many cancer patients, immune systems are not equipped to fight off infection and exposure to colds and germs often found in crowded airports and potentially threatening for a cancer patient. For many cancer patients and their families traveling for medical reasons becomes a major financial burden but with the help of Corporate Angel Network, travel can become a less stressful part of their lives.

Orlando Magic is one of 539 major corporations who generously participate in Corporate Angel Network by giving cancer patients a free lift to life-extending treatment in the empty seats on their routine flights.

Corporate Angel Network arranges free flights for cancer patients using the empty seats on corporate aircraft. Since its founding nearly 25 years ago, CAN has grown to include 530 participating corporations, five paid staff, and a team of 50 part-time volunteers who work with patients, physicians, corporate flight departments, and leading treatment centers to coordinate medical travel needs of cancer patients with the scheduled flight activity of participating corporations. To date, CAN has arranged nearly 25,000 flights and currently provides about 200 patient flights a month. CAN has received numerous awards in recognition of its service to cancer patients, including The Volunteer Action Award, the highest volunteer award from the President of the United States. For more information please call Corporate Angel Network at (914) 328-1313 or visit www.CorpAngelNetwork.org

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