Nonprofit Turns to Jets to Fight Cancer

For over 42 years, the Corporate Angel Network has been working to ferry cancer patients to treatments they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access.

Larry Anglisano

Thursday, July 04, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

For over 42 years, the Corporate Angel Network has been working to ferry cancer patients to treatments they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access. [Screenshot]

Key Takeaways:

Corporate aviation, often criticized for extravagance, plays a vital humanitarian role by providing transport for individuals such as cancer patients needing treatment.
The Corporate Angel Network (CAN) is a nonprofit organization that facilitates this by utilizing corporate jets to transport cancer patients.
For over 42 years, CAN has been quietly working to provide access to critical cancer treatments for patients, regardless of their financial status.

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Corporate aviation tends to take a beating for what some see as unnecessary extravagance, but you can bet many finger-pointers would have a different perspective if they or a loved one were riding on a bizjet that was taking them for cancer treatments they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access.

For over 42 years, the Corporate Angel Network (CAN) has been quietly working in the background to make this happen for as many cancer patients as possible, regardless of their financial status.

The CAN nonprofit story is an important one to tell, and AVweb contributor Larry Anglisano does just that with a sit-down discussion with CAN president and CEO Bob Stangarone and other volunteers who help make it happen.

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on AVweb.