Mayor Manny Diaz Joins Royal Caribbean’s G.I.V.E Volunteer Day

 

-Projects Held Throughout the City of Miami During Florida’s Largest Volunteer Day-

 

October 1, 2004 - (Miami, FL) - Miami Mayor Manny Diaz will join hundreds of employees from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. as they roll up their sleeves on Saturday, Oct. 2, to spruce up schools, youth centers and other inner-city public areas in Miami as part of Royal Caribbean's annual G.I.V.E. Day activities.

 

Mayor Diaz will join over 200 Royal Caribbean volunteers in Historic Overtown as they paint and landscape the home of Overtown Legend Clyde Killens.  They will be joined by members of Overtown’s NET team. Ten projects are planned in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Several events will be held in the City of Miami, including:

 

• Landscaping and painting in Miami's Overtown neighborhood with Roots in the City, as well as the Overtown and Allapattah Neighborhood Enhancement Teams (NET);
• Landscaping and painting murals at Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Overtown;
• Creating a reading garden and painting facilities and murals at the YMCA Allapattah branch;

 

Now in its seventh consecutive year, G.I.V.E. ("Get Involved Volunteer Everywhere") Day is a community service event that brings out Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises employees, their families and friends to help nonprofit organizations improve the quality of life in their communities. Royal Caribbean's G.I.V.E. Day has become the largest corporate volunteer day organized by a Florida company.

 

WHO:	City of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and G.I.V.E Day Volunteers
WHAT:	Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises’ 7th Annual G.I.V.E Day Activities
WHERE:	173 N.W. 11th Street *Events scheduled in locations throughout the City of Miami, Mayor Diaz will participate in Overtown painting and landscaping event beginning at 11:30 a.m.
WHEN:	Saturday, October 2nd – 11:30 a.m.

 

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