"We are pleased to support local organizations that share Aetna's
commitment to ending disparities in health care" said Robert Mendonsa,
Aetna General Manager.

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Team In Training is the world's largest endurance sports training program,
which provides participants with training for a whole or half marathon,
triathlon, or century bike ride. The track Campbell trains on in K2 is surrounded by
concertina wire and a concrete wall. Participants raise funds for leukemia, lymphoma and
myeloma research and patient services in exchange for training, support, and
lodging and airfare to the event of their choice. Since TNT's inception, more
than 200,000 participants have raised more than $470 million.

Illinois organizations received $170,000 in 2004, over $625,000
since 2001

The grants include $50,000 to the Infant Welfare Society of
Chicago and $95,000 since 2002. Every year we have over 13,000 dental visits at our
clinic," said Dr.7 million medical members , 11.aetna.

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The company made $2. The
Foundation's giving is focused on reducing racial and ethnic
disparities in health care.com/foundation

About Aetna

As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental,
pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna
puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately
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The Aetna Foundation 2004 regional grant recipients in Illinois:

Advocate Charitable Foundation DBA Advocate Illinois Masonic
Medical Center

Asian Health Coalition of Illinois

The Chicago Project for Violence Prevention

Community Health

Erie Family Health Center

Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Institute of Medicine of Chicago

Northwestern Memorial Foundation

About the Aetna Foundation

The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and
philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc.

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She runs to and from a sign that reads,
"Do not run or bike past this point, EVER," and is stopped frequently by Uzbek
soldiers looking to take a picture with her or buy some of the goods she has
brought from home."
To help support Crystal in her training by making a donation to the
Leukemia + Lymphoma Society, you can visit her website at
http://www . The Society's mission is to cure leukemia,
lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life of
patients and their families.5 million through the
Regional Grants Program , including $5 million for initiatives that
address racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

"
"Our program provides dental services for underserved children and
teenagers. Aetna provides easy
access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of
more than 655,000 health care professionals, including over 390,000
primary care and specialist doctors and 3,937 hospitals . For more
information, please visit www.

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Worth) much like many other American
soldiers.

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Through all the challenges Crystal faces, she is
determined to keep going, and has only one message for her friends back home:
"Persistence counts. Ghassan Souri, Dental Director, Infant Welfare
Society . "Aetna's generosity allows us to teach many underprivileged
children the basics of dental hygiene and to receive dental exams and
preventive services that otherwise are difficult to access.

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Aetna Distributes $2.2 Million Through Regional Grants Program; $170 000 donated in Illinois; 92 percent of grants focus on racial and ethnic disparities

"The
Regional Grants Program, in its fourth year , funds programs that
improve understanding of racial and cultural diversity and provide
access to quality health care. In addition, $25,000 was donated to
the Erie Family Health Center.

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Founded in 1972, the Foundation seeks
to help build healthy communities by funding initiatives that improve
the quality of life where our employees and customers work and live.4 million
pharmacy members and 13.

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In exchange for training, support, lodging,
and airfare to the event of their choice, participants raise funds for
leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma research and patient services through the
Society . Since TNT's inception, more than 200,000 participants have raised
$500 million in support of the Society's mission and in the fight to cure
blood cancers. She took her
sewing kit and some fabric on her latest tour, and has been making and selling
personalized laundry bags to her fellow soldiers overseas.

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Campbell first got involved with the organization because she had always
wanted to run a marathon. Over the past two years, Aetna has
focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic
populations through an integrated business and philanthropic approach.

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Campbell was
committed to training from the beginning, and just assumed that she would
figure out the fundraising somehow.

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" But this
soldier spends her nights and days off fighting for a greater cause -- she's
training to participate in a marathon this fall on behalf of the Leukemia +
Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT).
Campbell did find a way to fundraise, even in Uzbekistan. Last year alone, the Society made more than 441,000
patient contacts through services provided at its home office and by its
63 chapters nationwide. A total of $45,000 was given to the
health center during the past two years.

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When she received a brochure in the mail one day
advertising for TNT, she decided to give it a shot. A week later, she got the news that one
of her good friends from NAS had been diagnosed with leukemia, and she's been
committed ever since; even to the point of continuing her training after her
deployment.com/donate/tntntx/crystalcampbell .5 percent of
the American workforce by 2008.

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But Crystal's personalized bags solved that problem, and
everyone who's bought one seems pleased.

About Team In Training: Team In Training (TNT) is the world's largest
endurance sports training program.2 million in grants nationally
to 109 organizations.
Since 2001, Aetna has awarded more than $7.
Since 1980, the Aetna Foundation has contributed more than $270
million in grants, scholarships and social investments. Additional information about the Aetna
Foundation is available at www. (Figures as of December 31,
2004)

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A Local Soldier Deployed in Uzbekistan Fights to Help Cure Cancer

Currently stationed in
Uzbekistan at Karshi Khanabad Air Base (affectionately called K2), Campbell
spends her 60-day rotations supporting and defending her country in what she
calls "one of the best enlisted jobs you can have in the military.
As it turns out, getting the training in after work days lasting seventeen
hours has been the hard part thus far.

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After realizing that she
had one hour to get to Dallas for the last chance to register, she jumped in
the car , made the trek across town and joined the team. The program provides training to run or
walk a whole or half marathon or participate in a triathlon or century
(100-mile) bike ride. Since its founding in 1949, the Society has
provided more than $360 million for research specifically targeting leukemia ,
lymphoma and myeloma.9 million dental members, 8.

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FORT WORTH, Texas, In March of 2003, Senior Master
Sergeant Crystal Campbell was deployed with her Air National Guard unit (the
181st Airlift Squadron at NAS Ft. "We look forward to working with the Infant
Welfare Society and other program recipients to accomplish this goal.aetna.

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Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have become a
critical issue as minorities are projected to make up 41.

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HARTFORD , Conn. Funds in 2004 were specifically directed toward
enhancing cultural competency and improving the oral health of
children and adults.

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She has made $274 selling them so
far, and all proceeds will go to her Leukemia + Lymphoma Society fund.
"We are committed to building healthy communities , with particular
emphasis on addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care,"
said Marilda L.com.

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Three days a week
the soldiers' laundry is sent out for cleaning -- in military issued,
regulation green laundry bags. Digging through a pile of laundry bags that
all look the same and trying to find yours can be difficult, and articles are
sometimes misplaced.active.
About The Leukemia + Lymphoma Society: The Leukemia + Lymphoma Society,
headquartered in White Plains, NY, is the world 's largest voluntary health
organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing
education and patient services. Gandara, president of the Aetna Foundation.5 million group insurance members to help them
make better informed decisions about their health care and protect
their finances against health-related risks.

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The C-130 loadmaster was a part of what would become a two-year
rotation in and out of Afghanistan and Iraq in support of both Operation
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Not only do long days make it hard to
get motivated to train for a marathon , but the surroundings she's dealing with
aren't ideal either.

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----Aetna (NYSE: AET)
today announced the final total of its national Regional Grants
Program for 2004.

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