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ABOUT

CRUISE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

The Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation (CICF) focuses its efforts on programs that are designed to improve the quality of life in the communities served by the cruise industry. CICF supports programs that enhance educational opportunities for youth, including those designed to improve literacy, teach basic life skills, and promote good citizenship. The Foundation also supports academic enrichment opportunities aimed at enhancing student proficiencies in reading, math and science.

Founded in 1998 the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation was established to enhance our industry's contributions in those communities where we have extensive partnerships with state and local businesses.

CICF supports non-profit organizations that encourage job creation and training, improve access to community services and provide youth and adult education, particularly for minority and disadvantaged students. In addition, the Foundation promotes programs designed to improve public health or medical research aimed at disease prevention. CICF also supports programs that promote environmental awareness and education, as well as the study of enhanced environmental technologies for the maritime sector.

The Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity, focuses its efforts in the following areas:

Civic and Community Development
Educational Assistance and Training Programs
Public Health Programs
Environmental Preservation Initiatives

For more information visit: www.cruisefoundation.org

WASHINGTON WORKSHOPS FOUNDATION

The Washington Workshops Foundation is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan education foundation, founded in 1967, which annually presents week-long national government leadership seminars in Washington, D.C. for high school and junior high school students from across the nation.

Through the years, thousands of young Americans have participated in Washington Workshops programs. Many have gone on to positions of leadership and accomplishment in their communities and chosen professions. Some are even now serving as members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Whatever a student’s career objective—political science, law, journalism, the arts, medicine, finance—Washington Workshops offers a unique overview of the personalities and issues of contemporary America and the world beyond.

The National Association of Secondary School Principals has placed seminars of the Washington Workshops Foundation on the Advisory List of National Contests and Activities for 2009-2010. The Foundation is also recognized by the National Association of Independent Schools, The National Council for the Social Studies and the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Washington Workshops is the proud multiple recipient of the Americanism Award of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for “...outstanding achievement in bringing about a better understanding of the American way of life.”

For more information visit: www.workshops.org