In this case, the support is in the name of Komen Puget Sound, part of a national organization founded in memory of Susan Koman, who lost a three-year battle with breast cancer at age 36. The foundation, known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure<\/em>, is the largest fundraiser for breast cancer in the U.S. and its financial support is down by 25 per cent ($1 million), in part at least because of a Planned Parenthood controversy earlier this year.<\/p>\n To its credit, Holland America stands by beside its long-time partner, which has been the beneficiary of $3 million raised by the cruise line and its passengers.<\/p>\n For that, everybody connect to cancer — in other words everybody — should be grateful.<\/p>\n There probably isn't a family anywhere that hasn't been touched by cancer, and there probably isn't anybody who hasn't been touched by a cancer fund-raiser. It happens because it's important and, clearly, it will never end. This month, it happened — again — on a cruise ship. While Holland America's Oosterdam was moored in Seattle,… Continue reading Holland America Cancer Connection<\/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":[370,258,137,912,72,35,261,23,754,126,225,155,1053],"class_list":["post-14406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","tag-breast-cancer","tag-cancer-research","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-fund-raising-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-oosterdam","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-dawn","tag-seattle","tag-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406","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=14406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
\n\tNorwegian Dawn<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tFebruary 3, 2013
\n\tTampa<\/a> (return): Roatan<\/a>, Belize<\/a>, Costa Maya<\/a>, Cozumel<\/a>
\n\tInside: $479
\n\tCost per day: $68<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.ncl.com<\/a>
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