'Walk the Decks' with Catherine Freeman
P&O Cruises has invited Sydneysiders to Walk the Decks with Catherine Freeman next month as it launches a new fundraising project for indigenous children.
One hundred people will be given the chance to meet the Olympic superstar aboard Pacific Dawn on Friday August 14 when she launches P&O Cruises' new Walk the Decks campaign, an ongoing charity drive in which cruise passengers can help support the Catherine Freeman Foundation while exercising at sea.
To join Catherine Freeman for the inaugural Walk the Decks exercise session aboard Pacific Dawn, participants need to raise a minimum $100 for the Foundation. Anyone is welcome to enter and participants will be given a celebratory lunch aboard the ship with Catherine Freeman.
Plus, the person who raises the most funds over $500 will win a three-night cruise for two aboard Australia's newest superliner Pacific Jewel, valued at $2258.
Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia, which operates P&O Cruises Australia, said Walk the Decks would provide an ongoing opportunity for cruise passengers to contribute to the Catherine Freeman Foundation.
"On every P&O Cruises voyage, passengers will be invited to join a Walk the Decks exercise session where they can make a voluntary contribution to the Catherine Freeman Foundation," Ms Sherry said. "A morning walk on the promenade deck is already a ritual for many of our passengers, so we've taken the opportunity to turn it into a regular social occasion and back a good cause."
Catherine Freeman said the Walk the Decks program would contribute directly to the Catherine Freeman Foundation's new partnership with the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and would provide scholarships for Palm Island girls to attend a private boarding school.
"It's a great way to get active while at the same time helping to create better education opportunities for our indigenous kids," Ms Freeman said.
The Catherine Freeman Foundation is a non-profit organisation established to improve the health, education and future of children in the remote indigenous community of Palm Island, Queensland.
Entries for the August 14 Walk the Decks launch and lunch with Catherine Freeman are now open. Anyone can enter - adults, children, corporate teams and social groups - and funds may be raised by any means, to a minimum of $100. At least $500 must be raised to qualify for the cruise prize.
Olympic gold medallist Catherine Freeman and Sydney Swans players, Michael O'Loughlin and Adam Goodes, joined Carnival Australia ceo Ann Sherry (pictured) on Pacific Dawn in Sydney on Friday for the launch of P&O Cruises' Walk the Decks, a charity initiative that gives cruise passengers a chance to donate while exercising.
Walk the Decks sessions, to be offered on all P&O cruises from Australia, allow passengers to contribute to the Catherine Freeman Foundation's scholarship program for indigenous girls from the remote Palm Island community to study at boarding school on the mainland.
The athletes led 40 children from Kincoppal-Rose Bay School on a walk around the ship, as well as 100 members of the public who have raised more than $15,000 for the Foundation over the past three weeks.
Freeman said the program would boost to her mission to improve education access. "I'm really happy to have Walk the Decks join the cause," she said.
Walk the Decks will be offered on Pacific Dawn, Pacific Sun and the new Pacific Jewel.
To participate, register at www.pocruises.com.au.
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