CAN proves that angels do exist, and they can fly
The Corporate Angel Network is not a high-profile charitable organization.

The Corporate Angel Network is not a high-profile charitable organization. But it remains successful, and each year matches the travel needs of more than 1,200 cancer patients with the schedules of corporate flight departments and individual business aircraft owners. It is indeed a corporate angel with aluminum wings, devoted to providing free air transportation for those stricken by cancer and requiring treatment in cities far from their homes.

CAN was founded in 1981 by private pilot Priscilla Blum and fellow cancer survivor Jay Weinberg. Today it fills 35- to 40 percent of cancer patient requests, primarily through a fleet of some 1,500 business aircraft made available by participating members. On a relatively minuscule annual budget of well under $1 million, the agency fills empty seats on some 100 corporate flights a month.

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