Washington, D.C. – Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) announced today that he will donate over 95,000 frequent flyer miles to the Fisher House's Hero Miles Program, which provides free airline tickets to American soldiers and their families, and the Children's Miracle Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals. The vast majority of Congressman Barrow's frequent flier miles were accumulated from his travels back and forth from Georgia to Washington, D.C.

The Hero Miles program is administered by the non-profit Fisher House. The program is comprised of 10 major U.S. airlines whose passengers are able to donate their accumulated frequent flyer miles to assist servicemen and women or their families see each other. Soldiers may use the tickets to travel home with approved leave, or the families may travel to visit the soldiers if they are being treated at a medical center.

Each year the 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of kids overcome diseases and injuries of every kind. Every child deserves the hope and healing of children's hospitals. With the help of a Children's Miracle Network hospital in their community, children of all ages and backgrounds can receive treatment for every imaginable disease and injury—from asthma and broken bones to cancer and heart defects. Children's hospitals are also on the front lines of research, education and outreach programs that keep millions of kids out of the hospital each year.

For more information about the Fisher House and the Hero Miles program or the Children's Miracle Network, please visit www.fisherhouse.org, or www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org.

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Contact: Jane Brodsky, (202) 225-2823