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Great Sports Legends Dinner Benefiting the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis

Seeing Stars

Celebrities, sports legends, corporate leaders and more joined NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti and his son Marc in celebration of the 29th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner presented by Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Foundation. Held at New York’s famed Waldorf Astoria the dinner paid tribute to philanthropic heroes and sports icons that inspire and motivate those affected by spinal cord injuries, and raised important funds for research and the Human Clinical Trials Initiative. This year’s Great Sports Legends honorees were Hakeem Olajuwon, Warren Sapp, Pedro Martinez, Joe Sakic, Bill Cowher, Mary Lou Retton and Lauryn Williams. Music legend Smokey Robinson treated guests to a very special performance.

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Miami Childrens Museum

F.U.N. Team

The Miami Childrens Museum is home to a wonderful Carnival Cruise Lines exhibit showing life on a ship, and Carnival F.U.N. Team members have fun volunteering at the facility.

Bay Oaks Home for the Aged

F.U.N. Team

Carnival Cruise Lines F.U.N. Teams members spend time with the residents at Bay Oaks Home for the Aged. The team members provided companionship during snack-time and played bingo.

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Carnival Scholarship and Mentoring Students Visit FIU

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

This year, the Carnival Scholarship and Mentoring Students took a field trip to Florida International University (FIU) to see what college life is like. The students were given a walking tour of the campus that included the dorms, gym, classrooms, the Stocker AstroScience Center, library, bookstore and more. Everyone was able to get a glimpse into what it’s like to be a college student.

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2015 Carnival Scholarship and Mentoring Program Scholarship Ceremony

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

Once again, the Carnival Foundation awarded 16 students in the Carnival Scholarship and Mentoring Program with a four-year college scholarship purchased from the Florida Prepaid College Foundation. For the 2015 recipients, Carnival Corporation Chairman Micky Arison, Miami HEAT retired star and current Vice President of Player Programs Alonzo Mourning, Miami-Dade Superintendent of Schools Alberto Carvalho and founder of the Florida Prepaid College Program Stanley G. Tate were on hand at half-time during the HEAT basketball game to congratulate the students.

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Children’s Harbor 2015 

F.U.N. Team

Children’s Harbor provides residential services for foster children in a family-style setting. The Carnival F.U.N. had a blast while redecorating one of the homes that houses three foster

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Carnival Center for Excellence

Partners

At a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, it was announced that Carnival Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Carnival Corporation & plc, is donating $5 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami to create the Carnival Center for Excellence. The donation — timed to celebrate National Mentoring Month — marks the largest gift ever received by the organization’s Miami chapter.

The Carnival Center for Excellence building at 550 Le Jeune Road in Miami will serve as the headquarters for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami and will provide facilities to support ongoing mentoring and educational activities for Big Brothers Big Sisters’ participants, often referred to as “Littles.”

Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival Corporation, and Linda Coll, director of Carnival Foundation, presented Lydia Muniz, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, with a $5 million check at the event.

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Actress Gabrielle Union Wade

Seeing Stars

Actress Gabrielle Union Wade visited the Carnival Scholarship and Mentoring Program during their school-to-work visit and spoke to the students about her path to achieving her goals. Union spoke about the challenges she faced growing up, adversity and how she was going to school to become an attorney when she got a modeling job that launched her acting career. Everyone found her to be generous and giving.

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Students Practice Interviewing

Scholarship & Mentoring Program

During the January Scholarship and Mentoring Program school-to-work visit, students had the opportunity to practice their interviewing skills during mock interviews with local companies. Representatives from the businesses came to the Carnival headquarters and sat down for one-on-one interviews with the students, who received critiques so they could learn how to give a great interview.

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Bay Oaks Home for the Aged

F.U.N. Team

Once again, Carnival Cruise Lines F.U.N. Teams members went to Bay Oaks Home for the Aged to spend time with the residents. The team members hosted a competitive game of bingo and provided companionship during snack-time.

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