Carnival Cruise makes big leap to support hurricane responders
Christine Duffy has accepted an adrenaline-fueled challenge to support first responders and military assisting with hurricane relief.
As communities across the Southeast get better from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton takes aim on the Florida Gulf Coast, Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy is literally jumping into action to provide a boost to the primary responders and militia who are on the ground helping in impacted areas.
“Saying that Carnival is The u . s .’s Cruise Line and the favourite cruise line for active-duty militia and militia veterans is one thing. Showing it is yet another story, and I’m always in a position to leap on the possibility to prove it – and that’s what I’m going to be doing on Saturday, October 19. And I mean JUMP!”
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When Carnival Paradise departs from Port Tampa Bay on Oct. 19 for its first-ever Special Forces Legacy Initiatives (SFLI) cruise, Duffy will do something she’s never done sooner than – jump from an airplane.
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Christine Duffy will show her give a boost to in a high-flying way
On a mission to lift $50,000 to provide a boost to our nation’s heroes, Duffy will tandem skydive with members of the Special Forces from a special airplane. She's going to search out a way to leap from the “Tico Belle,” a World War II veteran C-47 aircraft flown all at some point of the Normandy D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
Duffy will jump with Round Canopy Parachute Team, a non-profit that honors the history of Allied Airborne Forces, as well as as members of the USSOCOM Para-Commandos, the U.S. Special Operations Command's premier aerial parachute demonstration team.
Funds raised through Duffy’s jump will benefit hurricane relief efforts at some point of the Gary Sinise Foundation. Established in 2011 by award-winning actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise, the foundation works to serve the nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need through many of national and local programs.
The foundation’s hurricane relief efforts give a boost to first responders and militia on the ground, who are working day and night to bring relief to communities devastated by Hurricane Helene.
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Carnival Paradise’s Special Forces cruise is a serious-of-its-kind sailing
Special Forces Legacy Initiatives chartered Carnival Paradise for the special 5-day Bahamas cruise. Or not it should be going to provide a chance for special forces alumni, their families, Gold Star families, and friends to provide a boost to the bonds within their community.
The primary-of-its-kind cruise will bring together Green Berets who've served from the Korean War to present times to experience a reunion at sea. Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band will perform on embarkation day.
Along with as special sailings like this one, Carnival Cruise Line salutes active and retired militia with reduced rates and militia appreciation days with a militia appreciation gathering on every cruise. Every month, one militia member who attends no doubt one of many gatherings wins a free cruise.
The cruise line’s most modern ships feature a Heroes Tribute Bar & Lounge and passengers on all Carnival ships can raise a glass in give a boost to of heroes with an exclusive Heroes American Pale Ale. For every pint sold, Carnival donates $1 to Operation Homefront, a company that gives militia families with rent-free housing, helping wounded veterans and their loved ones back on their feet.
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How to register for Carnival in supporting heroes and hurricane relief
Carnival Brand Ambassador John Heald shared an invitation for Carnival Cruise Line fans to provide a boost to Duffy’s fundraising effort on his Facebook page with a non-public note:
“I am going to ask everyone reading this to please help Veterans, First Responders, and for those in peril having faced Hurricane Helene and who may face the wrath of Hurricane Milton.If we, yes it’s up to us, can raise this money for Veterans and First Responders then Christine will jump for joy...literally," he wrote.
Here is the link to the Gary Sinise Foundation donation page for all of us to donate. Thank you and have in mind……every little helps.”
As of the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 7, Carnival had already raised more $18,000 toward the spark off.
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