2006 Honoree, Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines started 75 years ago with one modest route in Alaska and has grown to carry more than 12 million customers yearly to more than 40 cities. Today Alaska Airlines carries more passengers between the state of Alaska and the lower 48 states than any other airline, and pioneers technologies that improve safety and on-time performance.

Alaska Airlines, in collaboration with its employees, make significant contributions to cancer research and other humanitarian causes. The Alaska Airlines corporate giving program focuses on several areas of emphasis, including education, medical research and emergency response, and social/community services. In addition to the Hutchinson Center, beneficiaries include the Make-A-Wish Foundation, American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, Northwest Medical Teams, the Pacific Science Center and Junior Achievement. Employees follow the lead by giving their own time and dollars to causes such as cancer research benefit events and student mentoring programs. Alaska Airlines serves Athena water, whose net profits support research for women's cancers, on all flights nationwide.

For more than 20 years, Alaska Airlines has generously donated countless airline tickets to the Center's fund-raising events. Now frequent fliers of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have a great opportunity to help the Center by donating their accrued miles through the airlines' Charity Miles Program. The miles help reduce travel costs for cancer patients and their families who might not otherwise have the means to travel to Seattle for treatment. The donated miles also benefit the Center's fund-raising events.

A vital member of our Seattle community, Alaska Airlines exemplifies the spirit of excellence and true citizenship. Alaska Airlines consistently reaches beyond its business activities in a quest to help others, touching many lives and serving as an example of outstanding corporate citizenship.

Alaska Airlines Charity Miles Benefit Hutchinson Center

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