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Sun, May 23, 2004

Cancer Patient Goes Home In Jet After Prom

Anonymous NetJets owner donates flight time to young man

Jay Barnett, age 16, and Amanda Jeffries, age 15, met at the Ronald McDonald House in New York where both are being treated for the same disease at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Amanda asked Jay to her prom and he said "yes." Jay and his mother, Virginia, drove all day Thursday from Maryland to Columbus for the event.

After the prom, life goes back to normal for Jay. He has an early morning doctor's appointment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering on Monday. It is not optional - he must be there. Thanks to a generous NetJets owner, Jay will fly back to New York on Sunday.

When a family member is diagnosed with cancer that family's life changes forever. Treatment options and financial concerns are just two of the critical areas for decision. Many of those decisions involve accessing the best treatment available and how to get to those locations. As is the case with many cancer patients, Jay's immune system is not equipped to fight off infection and exposure to colds could seriously jeopardize his life. 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.

This trip was arranged by Corporate Angel Network, a non-profit charitable organization which, for the past 22 years, has been arranging free flights on corporate business jets for children and adults with cancer. NetJets owners generously donate flight hours to cancer patients.

FMI: www.corpangelnetwork.org, www.netjets.com

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