About 100 cruise industry workers volunteered with Habitat
for Humanity on Sept. 11 to build a house for a veteran in the greater Los
Angeles County area.
Volunteers from three cruise lines – Princess Cruises,
Cunard Line and Uniworld Boutique River Cruises – joined the “Habitat for
Heroes” initiative, which was created by Habitat for Humanity’s San
Fernando/Santa Clarita Valley chapter and the California Department of Veterans
Affairs to help build houses for low-income veteran families.
During their day as volunteers, the cruise line employees helped
with the framing, insulation and construction of a new house in the Sylmar
neighborhood, located in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles.
“We’re proud that members of our industry took a day out of
the office to help a local veteran's family, which truly exemplifies the spirit
of the National Day of Service,” Christine Duffy, President and CEO of the
Cruise Lines International Association, said the day of the event. “Volunteer
events like today’s are just one example of how the cruise industry gives back
to worthy organizations in the ports where ships visit and the communities
where employees live and work.”
