Veendam Ducks and DITs!!!

I guess I better leave my hammer and Nails at Home!!
 
Found my stash of "stick up" stuff from the last cruise plus a few other things. I will see which is best to use. If I remember correctly some of the stuff that doesn't ruin the wall doesn't stick on stateroom doors either : biggrin: Better do some research. Hope they still make the kind of magnets that I need...
 
jk said:
Can someone tell me about the HAL On Deck for the Cure?
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Here's the wurd, direct from HAL's HQ -

"Holland America Line has taken the fight against breast cancer to the high seas through On Deck for the Cure®, a non-competitive 5K fundraising walk held on over 500 cruises each year. These walks have raised more than $2 million for Susan G. Komen for the Cure in less than four years and earned Holland America Line a place on Komen's Million Dollar Council.

Our valued guests are the key to this success. On every sailing, guests are invited to register for the onboard walk, which takes place on a day that the ship is at sea. On the 15 ships of the Holland America Line fleet, a 5K walk is 9 to 12 laps around the deck. Guests exercise and enjoy a great walk in the fresh sea air while helping others at the same time.

"This partnership was the first of its kind in the cruise industry and one of the best ways that Holland America Line and our guests can collectively combine resources to support a great organization and an extremely worthy cause," says Stein Kruse, president and chief executive officer of Holland America Line.

Guests donate $15 or more to participate. The donations are administered through the Holland America Line Foundation, which distributes $11.25 of each registration (plus any additional gifts) to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. (The remaining $3.75 of each $15 covers administrative costs incurred by The Holland America Line Foundation in connection with the On Deck for the Cure program, including the wristband and t-shirt that each participant receives.) Holland America Line has committed to raising a minimum of $250,000 per year via this program."

Biography Nancy Brinker, Founder
Biography Stein Kruse
On Deck for the Cure Fact Sheet
Komen for the Cure Fact Sheet

Doing the math, I figured that when HAL hit the $2,000,000 donation point, they had hosted over 533,000 miles of wlaking the decks. That, in and of itself, is impressive!
 
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9 Weeks. Wow! Got A LOT of PT to accomplish before then.

c
 
Charles - you'll undoubtedly be in as good condition as I. We can probably forget about that race around the decks..........
 
Not a problem. We need someone to keep track of the lap count. And someone to keep track of the lap count counters .... and someone for the pit ... er, I mean "nest" crews - passing out frozen thingies, and "mock-tails" (for the kidlets), and olives, and photographers, and a cheering section, and ...
 
calgon1 said:
not a problem. We need someone to keep track of the lap count. And someone to keep track of the lap count counters .... And someone for the pit ... Er, i mean "nest" crews - passing out frozen thingies, and "mock-tails" (for the kidlets), and olives, and photographers, and a cheering section, and ...
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And, most importantly, someone to keep an eye on Calgon!!!
 
ShipMaven said:
Charles - you'll undoubtedly be in as good condition as I. We can probably forget about that race around the decks..........
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There will need to be a lot of deck chairs around! LOL

Or, better yet! How about "How many deck chairs do I need to sit on in order to go around the Promenade deck once? "

:)
 

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