<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carnival Cruise Lines and its Executive  Travel Agent Forum presented St. Jude Children&rsquo;s Research Hospital with a  $10,000 check during the organization&rsquo;s recent conference in Fort  Lauderdale, Fla.&nbsp;<span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The event was highlighted by an  appearance of Marlo Thomas, national outreach director for St. Jude,  whose father, the late entertainer Danny Thomas, founded the  organization in 1962.&nbsp; Thomas gave a moving and impassioned speech that  highlighted the efforts of her father and the groundbreaking research  and treatment performed at St. Jude Children&rsquo;s Research Hospital in  Memphis, Tenn.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Executive Forum donation is part of a  comprehensive fundraising initiative between Carnival Cruise Lines and  St. Jude called Care to Play that was announced earlier this week.&nbsp; With  a goal of raising $3 million over the next three years, the new  fundraising initiative provides guests sailing with the line an  opportunity to participate in fun, interactive activities designed to  raise funds and awareness in the fight against childhood cancer.&nbsp;  Fundraising events include a dance activity called Groove to St. Jude  and Carnival&rsquo;s Teddy Bear Workshop in which children can build their own  St. Jude keepsake bear.&nbsp; Other activities are planned for the future.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carnival&rsquo;s Executive Forum is comprised  of some of the most influential travel executives throughout the U.S.  and Canada, along with key Carnival Cruise Lines executives, who meet  several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the cruise industry.</span></p>