For National Volunteer Week, Carnival Cruise Lines and its employees participated in a wide range of community service initiatives, from collecting food and clothing for the homeless to assembling care packages for U.S. armed services personnel.  

Other efforts included a pet food drive benefiting Miami Pet Rescue and collecting toys, games and other items for children with cancer.

 The National Volunteer Week activities were coordinated through Carnival’s volunteer service group, the Friends Uniting Neighbors (F.U.N.) Team, which works with a variety of social service and charitable organizations throughout South Florida.

This weekend, members of Carnival Cruise Lines’ employee service group, the “Fun Team,” volunteered their time at Camillus House, a homeless assistance center in downtown Miami. While at the facility, the group staffed the food-service areas and participated in various clean-up efforts.

The visit was part of the group’s bi-monthly community service initiatives which include on-site volunteer projects at various charitable and social service agencies throughout South Florida.

Coincidentally, the “Fun Team” was at Camillus House the day before a speaking engagement by Bob Dickinson, a Carnival Corp. & plc board member and chairman of Camillus House’s board of directors, who addressed graduates of the Institute for Social and Personal Adjustment, a transitional program for the center’s residents.