Kirk Olson of Cruise Holidays of Vancouver Honored with Community Service Award
Released on: October 28, 2008, 1:06 pm
Press Release Author: Blaine Lambert / Cruise Holidays of Vancouver
Industry: Consumer Services
Press Release Summary: Cruise Holidays of Vancouver's Kirk Olson is the 2008 recipient of the annual Cruise Holidays Community Service Award for his work supporting the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.
Press Release Body: At Sea, Caribbean- Today, Cruise Holidays, North America's oldest and largest cruise-specialty retail franchise, presented its "Community Service Award" to Kirk Olson of Cruise Holidays of Vancouver, BC, for his work supporting the Sandra Schmirler Foundation. Exemplary service and commitment to a group, organization or community, during the past year, is required to receive this award. Olson was honored during the 2008 Cruise Holidays Annual Convention which is being held aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines' Norwegian Pearl.
Olson is a member of the Vancouver Curling Club and was familiar with the foundation created as a legacy to 3-time world curling champion and Olympic gold medalist Sandra Schmirler. The foundation's mission is "caring for babies in crisis." Olson and Cruise Holidays of Vancouver organized and hosted a lunch aboard a Holland America Line's Zuiderdam to raise funds benefiting neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) facilities across Canada. Twelve Cruise Holidays of Vancouver staff members were on hand to lead small groups on tours of the ship and then host a table at lunch. The nominal fee charged for this fundraising event brought in over $2,500 for the Sandra Schmirler Foundation.
"We are so encouraged when anyone within the Cruise Holidays organization puts forth this much care and hard work for a worthy charitable organization," said Peter D. Thomson, Vice President and COO of Cruise Holidays. "Kirk's personal connection to this organization and his passion for cruising melded perfectly, and all for the benefit of premature infants in need."
Olson works for Cruise Holidays of Vancouver, located at 2979 W. 41st Avenue, which is owned by Denis Lim and Blaine Lambert. For more information about Cruise Holidays of Vancouver, stop in, call 800-565-2784 or 604-737-8100, or visit their Web site at www.CruiseExpertsOnline.com. For more on the Sandra Schmirler Foundation visit www.sandraschmirler.org.
Cruise Holidays is the oldest and largest cruise-specialty retail franchise in North America, with stores in both the United States and Canada. Cruise Holidays is also a distinguished provider of land tour vacation packages. Founded in 1984, Cruise Holidays is part of Travel Acquisitions Group (TAG). With more than 1,700 travel agency locations in the United States and Canada, TAG serves millions of individual leisure travelers, as well as select corporate clients and destinations.
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