MIAMI, June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise
Line – which has raised more than $16
million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital over the
past eight years and serves as its Official Celebration Partner –
has been named the organization's "Corporate Partner of the Year"
for its outstanding support through innovative fundraising
activities and engaging on-site events for patients.
The award was presented yesterday to Carnival President
Christine Duffy by Richard Shadyac, Jr., president and CEO of
ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital.
Since the partnership began in 2010, Carnival Cruise Line has
developed a variety of creative and unique ways to promote St.
Jude's amazing lifesaving work, part of its comprehensive Care
to Play: Carnival for St. Jude Kids fleetwide program.
Most recently, St. Jude was prominently featured in the naming
ceremony of the new Carnival Horizon whose Dreamscape LED atrium
sculpture features colorful original artwork created by 33 St. Jude
patients. Some of the talented artists and their families
were recognized during the festivities which included poignant and
moving comments from Shadyac and godmother Queen Latifah, a longtime supporter of St. Jude.
"St. Jude is an organization very near and dear to our hearts
and to be recognized as their 'Corporate Partner of the Year' is a
truly wonderful honor and a testament to the support and dedication
of our more than 40,000 employees," said Duffy. "We will
continue to look for even more ways to support the hospital in
their fight against childhood cancer," she added.
"Our sincerest thanks to Christine and the entire Carnival
Cruise Line team for the collaborative spirit in which they have
approached our partnership not only over the last year, but
throughout its entirety," said Richard
Shadyac Jr., president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and
awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
"They are all to be commended for their steadfast commitment to our
lifesaving mission, raising critical funds to help expand it around
the globe and for expressing so many acts of kindness and goodwill
to so many of our patients and their families."
Carnival's fundraising efforts encompass initiatives like the
Groove for St. Jude shipboard dance activity and the sale of sweets
on board, including the Brownie Buoy ice cream flavor hand-picked
by the kids of St. Jude and sold at the Carnival Vista's Cherry on
Top shop. The line also engages its guests in its St. Jude
fundraising efforts through the annual Thanks and Giving campaign
at its U.S. embarkation ports, doubling monies raised over the past
two years.
Carnival also hosts an annual Day of Play, a themed in-hospital
event with fun activities for kids and their families and while
providing ongoing support through cruise giveaways, employee
participation in the St. Jude Walk, event sponsorships and other
initiatives.
Carnival's employees and senior leadership are dedicated to
supporting St. Jude as well, with Duffy serving on ALSAC's
Professional Advisory Board and personnel traveling to Memphis to host events and spend time with the
children.
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About Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line, part
of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
"The World's Most Popular Cruise Line®" with 26 ships operating
three- to 24-day voyages to The Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Cuba, Australia, New
Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia. The
line currently has three new ships scheduled for delivery – the
133,500-ton Carnival Panorama set to debut in 2019 and two
as-yet-unnamed 180,000-ton ships in 2020 and 2022.
About St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats
childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose
is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is
the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer
Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude
have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20
percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more
than 50 years ago. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from
cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every
child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can
use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never
receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or
food – because all a family should worry about is helping their
child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org,
liking St. Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude), following St.
Jude on Twitter (@stjude) and subscribing to its YouTube channel
(youtube.com/user/MyStJude).
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