Carnival Corporation Offers Weekly Cruise Giveaways with Launch of Charity Challenge
Designed to support the charities chosen by the show's celebrity contestants while driving viewer engagement with the show, the challenge builds on
Beginning today and through the duration of the eighth season of "The New Celebrity Apprentice," consumers can visit ApprenticeCruiseChallenge.com to learn about the celebrities and charities involved in the show and cast votes in support of their favorites. After they vote, viewers are encouraged to share their choice via their social media channels using the hashtag #ApprenticeCharityChallenge to inspire their friends to vote and learn about the charities as well.
In return for their vote, consumers will be entered to win weekly cruise giveaways from three of
In addition to selecting contest winners each week for a cruise giveaway,
"With the popularity of cruising and the enthusiasm surrounding 'The New Celebrity Apprentice,' our challenge will bring important awareness of these charities while offering great cruise giveaways that will create a lot of excitement," said
Below is a list of this season's 16 celebrity contestants vying for the title of Celebrity Apprentice and the charities they are representing. Consumers can begin submitting their votes today as part of the Celebrity Apprentice
Laila Ali ,The Women's Sports Foundation : a charitable, educational organization dedicated to promoting girls and women in sports and fitness.Brooke Burke-Charvet , Operation Smile: a nonprofit medical service organization founded to provide cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide.Eric Dickerson , Young Warriors: a program to develop positive and healthy male-to-male relationships.- Boy George, Safe Kids Worldwide: a global network working to prevent accidental injury in children under 19.
Matt Iseman ,The Arthritis Foundation : a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, control and cure of arthritis inthe United States .Carrie Keagan ,The Humane Society of the United States : the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization.Carson Kressley ,The True Colors Fund : a program dedicated to ending homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.Lisa Leslie ,The Semper Fi Fund : a fund providing financial assistance to wounded Marines and their families while they recover.Jon Lovitz ,St. Jude Children's Research Hospital : a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases.Vince Neil , Keep Memory Alive: an organization committed to improving the lives of patients and families as they navigate the challenges of brain disorders, including Alzheimer's.- Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi,
North Shore Animal League of America : the world's largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization. Kyle Richards , Children's Hospital Los Angeles: a non-profit hospital and is the largest regional referral center for children in critical condition who need life-saving care.Chael Sonnen ,Hire Heroes USA : organization dedicated to helping veteran find jobs across the country.Porsha Williams ,HOSEA HELPS : a community effort to fight childhood hunger throughout the country.Ricky Williams ,Dr. John E. Upledger Foundation : concussion and military veteran PTSD intensive therapy programs and research studies.Carnie Wilson ,The Weight Loss Surgery Foundation of America : a foundation focused on ending obesity by empowering people to move from surviving to thriving through medical treatments including surgery, education and support.
Celebrity Apprentice Charity Challenge Specifics
Each vote cast will automatically enter the fan into that week's pool eligible for the free cruise giveaways, as well as the larger voting pool eligible for final grand prizes. Following the season finale on
Voting is officially open for consumers to begin voting now through
Following this same schedule, voting will close each week at
The full list of
Building on Innovative Marketing with Sponsorship of "The New Celebrity Apprentice"
About Carnival Corporation & plc
Together, these brands operate 102 ships visiting over 700 ports around the world and totaling 226,000 lower berths with 17 new ships scheduled to be delivered between 2017 and 2022. Carnival Corporation & plc also operates Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, the leading tour companies in Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. Traded on both the New York and London Stock Exchanges, Carnival Corporation & plc is the only group in the world to be included in both the
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SOURCE
Roger Frizzell, Carnival Corporation, rfrizzell@carnival.com, (305) 406-7862, Mike Flanagan, LDWWgroup, mike@ldwwgroup.com, (727) 452-4538