About Royal Caribbean Cruise
Royal Caribbean and the Community
Through our global Community Relations program, we contribute to making our communities a better place to live and work. From our land-based offices in the United States and abroad, to wherever our ships sail worldwide, we're committed to helping out at the local level. We provide monetary funding and in-kind cruise donations to nonprofit organizations, and we also organize annual volunteer days around the world.
In addition to these programs, we also recognize our responsibility to preserving the environment. Our oceans are our ships' communities, so our cruise lines are committed to keeping them clean and protected.
Our corporate citizenship programs help enhance relationships with customers and our employees, which benefits our shareholders by strengthening our company.
Richard D. Fain
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
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Global Community Relations Council
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has established a new Global Community Relations Council to provide overall strategy and direction for our community relations endeavors worldwide. The Community Relations Department will work closely with the council to continue to carry out the company's mission of enhancing the well-being of the communities in which we live and work.
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Employees G.I.V.E. Back
GET INVOLVED VOLUNTEER EVERYWHERE (G.I.V.E.)G.I.V.E. is the umbrella that encompasses Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.'s global outreach efforts to the geographical areas where we operate. We want our employees to get involved in all the communities in which we live and work. Whether we're rolling up our sleeves and giving our time, donating to worthy causes, or being mentors to students in our neighborhood, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. employees are pleased to encourage and engage in community service.
G.I.V.E. Day
Our annual corporate volunteer day is the largest volunteer effort by a single company on a single day. Every year since 1997, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. employees, along with their friends and families, vendors and business partners, join forces nationally and internationally to assist non-profit and community organizations with improving the quality of life in their local communities. Our employees have pitched in at schools, children's homes and neighborhoods in the United States and Europe.
Now in its 10th year, G.I.V.E. Day is an example of how the 40,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. employees give back to their communities around the world, by donating thousands of volunteer hours to assist their communities with neighborhood development, civic drives, environmental improvement and disaster recovery.
G.I.V.E. for the Holidays
Shipboard employees work hard in the weeks and months leading up to the winter holidays to raise money for the charity of their choice in one of their ports of call, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. match up to $2,500 of the funds raised on each ship. The crew members then purchase items the charity has requested, including mattresses, educational tools and other special gifts to bring hope and joy to the children and families in that city.
KAPOW (Kids and the Power of Work)
Since 1997, employees in the Miami and Miramar offices have visited elementary school children to help them make the connection between what they learn in school and how it will benefit them in the future.
Take Stock in Children
Employees mentor at-risk junior high and high school students for an hour a week. Upon graduation and completion of the Take Stock program, these deserving students receive a 4-year college scholarship from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Take Stock.
BIGs in School
Our employees provide weekly one-on-one mentoring to elementary students in this Big Brothers Big Sisters/Communities in Schools program.
School to Work
Local high school students visit the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. offices each month to get firsthand experience of being in the workplace. Employee mentors provide the students with opportunities for growth, motivation and guidance in partnership with this Big Brothers Big Sisters/Communities in School program.
Executive Involvement
The majority of our executive officers serve on a local community board, and several executives serve on more than one. Our executives enjoy the opportunity to extend the reach of our company into the underserved areas of our communities.
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Community Partnerships
From our land-based offices in the United States, to wherever our ships sail worldwide, we're committed to helping out at the local level. By recognizing volunteers, making the wishes of kids come true, offering scholarships and helping preserve the world's oceans, we strive to be a true partner to our communities.
Florida Points of Light
Since 2000, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has been the sole sponsor of the Florida Governor's Points of Light Award program, which recognizes Florida organizations and individuals demonstrating exemplary volunteer service in their community.
Make-A-Wish Foundation: Wishes At Sea
Through our national partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, we are proud to help make dreams come true for children with life-threatening illnesses. Through Wishes at Sea, established in 2000, we commit a certain number of cruise packages to granting wishes each year. We work with local Wish chapters to help create the perfect wish for each child whose desire is to have an unforgettable dream-come-true vacation with his or her family. While onboard, we treat them like royal celebrities.
Scholarships
Every year, we give merit-based college scholarships to high school children of our employees who qualify through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Additionally, the Fain Scholarship Fund established in 1999 by Richard D. Fain, chairman and CEO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., offers educational scholarships for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. employees, their spouses and children.
Marine Conservation
Our oceans are our ships' communities, so Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is committed to keeping them clean and protected. Learn more about our commitment to preserving the environment.
Save the Waves our comprehensive environmental protection program, helps us reduce, recycle and properly dispose of waste.
The Ocean Fund, our grant program for nonprofit groups and institutions, allows us to support organizations directly related to marine conservation.
The Steve Redgrave Fund
The Steve Redgrave Fund has been adopted by Royal Caribbean as an official charity for the next 2 years and we’ve had huge take up for the two-day charity cruise as part of the Independence of the Seas Inaugurals to launch this partnership. The Steve Redgrave Fund was established by Sir Steve, who won a gold medal for rowing in five consecutive Olympics, in 2001 to improve opportunities for children across the UK. The charity has touched the lives of many thousands of young people in the UK over the past seven years.
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