Deserving Children Receive Presents and Cheer through FCCA Foundation Holiday Gift Project
Recently the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) carried out it's 19th Annual Holiday Gift Project and gave more than 8,000 children in 40 destinations toys for Christmas. As part of the travel and cruise industry, Excursion Insurance.com is amazed at how giving and charitable the FCCA has always been supporting the destinations that it's members cruise lines visit throughout the year.
More than 8,000 children had something to celebrate this holiday season because of the 19th annual FCCA Foundation Holiday Gift Project.
The Foundation contributed gifts selected for age groups and genders specified by the record 40 partnering destinations. Then Member Lines’ vessels and crewmembers acted as sleighs and elves as they brought the gifts to the destinations, where representatives had coordinated festivities to celebrate with the children while giving presents and smiles. For more information, visit F-CCA.com, the FCCA on Facebook, and @FCCAupdates on Twitter.
Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), is a not-for-profit trade organization composed of 19 member cruise lines operating more than 100 vessels in Floridian, Caribbean and Latin American waters. Created in 1972, the FCCA’s mandate is to provide a forum for discussion on tourism development, ports, safety, security and other cruise industry issues. By fostering an understanding of the cruise industry and its operating practices, the FCCA seeks to build cooperative relationships with its partner destinations and to develop productive bilateral partnerships with every sector. The FCCA works with governments, ports and all private/public sector representatives to maximize cruise passenger, cruise line and cruise line employee spending, as well as enhancing the destination experience and the amount of cruise passengers returning as stay-over visitor