{"id":14208,"date":"2012-08-27T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=14208"},"modified":"2012-08-27T01:00:57","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T08:00:57","slug":"fund-raising-magic-for-cruising-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=14208","title":{"rendered":"Fund Raising 'Magic' for cruising, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

We watched a documentary on Magic Johnson<\/a> the other night that was moving, not because he had been such a great basketball player but because of the impact he has had on raising money for — and acceptance of — people with the HIV virus.<\/p>\n

The documentary was well done, but more importantly, it made us realize how far the \"\"<\/a>world has come in treatment of the virus that, when Johnson was diagnosed with it, was a so-called curse of being gay. Society didn't come into the 21st century because of fund raising, but treatment did.<\/p>\n

Fund raising is critical to many health issues, of course, but also to issues unrelated to physical well-being and fund raisers are grateful for dollars donated, big or small.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, the dollars come from what cynics would consider the unlikeliest of sources – cruise lines and cruise passengers. A couple of them came to attention when we were still de-briefing from our Magic moment in front of the television…<\/p>\n

In Florida, 300 volunteers built a playground in Rockledge, a city just south of Cocoa, Florida. They moved 135 cubic yards of mulch and mixed 280 bags (80 lb.) of cement for a playground that's part of a $3.5 million commitment. The money comes from the Disney Cruise Line and 150 of the volunteers were cruise-line employees.<\/p>\n

At sea, on ships from four cruise lines (principally Holland America<\/a> but also Carnival<\/a>, Costa<\/a> and Princess<\/a>), walkathons to support breast cancer are regularly held. Passengers who participate donate between $10 and $18 for tee shirts, wristbands and pink lemonade at wrap-up parties, and for a chance to walk five kilometres around the ship while raising money for the cause. Since it all began in 2006, Holland America has raised $1.5 million.<\/p>\n

As an aside, while Royal Caribbean<\/a> isn't one of these lines, we were on Navigator of the Seas<\/a> for a Make-A-Wish Foundation<\/em> fund-raising walk, in support of that line's main charity.<\/p>\n

And finally, the non-profit Cruise Lines International Association<\/a> made another donation to Coast Guard Mutual Assistance<\/em>, a fund established 88 years ago to help Coast Guard family members who need aid. The donation was $5,000 and before you line that up against Holland America's $1.5 million, remember…it's the thought.<\/p>\n

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\n\tCaribbean Princess<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tNovember 24, 2012
\n\tFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): Princess Cays<\/a>, Curacao<\/a>, Aruba<\/a>
\n\tInside: $549
\n\tCost per day: $78<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.princess.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We watched a documentary on Magic Johnson the other night that was moving, not because he had been such a great basketball player but because of the impact he has had on raising money for — and acceptance of — people with the HIV virus. The documentary was well done, but more importantly, it made… Continue reading Fund Raising 'Magic' for cruising, too<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[137,564,154,57,912,72,86,35,28,261,23,395,64,33],"class_list":["post-14208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-caribbean-princess","tag-carnival","tag-costa-cruise","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-disney","tag-fund-raising-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-navigator-of-the-seas","tag-princess-cruise","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}