Carnival Cruise Line and its parent company, Carnival Corporation, are giving a total of $250,000 to charitable organizations to support their efforts on behalf of victims of the Louisiana floods. Carnival is donating $125,000 and its parent company is matching that amount through its Carnival Foundation charitable arm.
Recipients of Donation:
- American Red Cross,
- Louisiana Association of United Ways
- Save the Children
Guests Encouraged to Help
Guests sailing on Carnival cruises from New Orleans have the option to donate when they check in for their cruise and Carnival employees are being encouraged to donate.
Carnival Says:
“Having homeported Carnival ships in Louisiana for more than two decades, we very much consider ourselves a part of the community and, therefore, it is extremely important to us to provide aid to support the tens of thousands of Louisiana residents who have been affected by these devastating floods,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
Helping One Another
The American Red Cross is sheltering thousands of residents displaced by the flooding in southern Louisiana and delivering food, relief supplies and emotional support to flood victims. Donations to the Louisiana Association of United Ways will be dispersed among regional United Way organizations in communities affected by the floods to support long-term needs. Save the Children has deployed an emergency response team to Louisiana and is focused on meeting the critical needs of flood affected children and families and moving forward will be working to restore services essential to children’s well-being.
Carnival is Louisiana’s most popular cruise line and has operated from the Port of New Orleans since 1994. Since 2004, Carnival has carried four million cruise guests from New Orleans.
Source/photo: Carnival
