Best Buddies International is a nonprofit organization working to make life better for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Carnival Foundation oversees the many philanthropic endeavors of Carnival Corporation. Put the two together and good things are bound to happen.

Carnival Foundation Executive Director Linda Coll and Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy presented a $200,000 check to Anthony Kennedy Shriver, chairman and CEO of Best Buddies International at the cruise line’s Miami offices yesterday.

The donation supports three Best Buddies fundraising programs: Best Buddies Challenge: Hearst Castle, in Los Angeles, California; Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, in Massachusetts; and Best Buddies Miami Gala.

Attending the ceremony was Yoel Gallo, a participant in the Best Buddies Jobs Program. Gallo has been employed at Carnival Headquarters since November 2018 as an internal distribution clerk in the Office Services Department.

This Carnival Foundation is ongoing, as it has been since 1996.