03/24/08
RITZ-CARLTON LAUNCHES "GIVE BACK GETAWAYS"
Beginning April 1, 2008, guests at Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Resorts around the world can volunteer their time to improve and assist the local community where they are vacationing. The program, called "Give Back Getaways," offers guests a variety of opportunities from helping to protect endangered sea turtles in Cancun, Mexico to helping with renovations and landscaping at the Children-Hospice Sonnenhof, which offers support for children with critical illnesses in Berlin. "Give Back Getaways" is the most recent opportunity to volunteer under Community Footprints, The Ritz-Carlton social and environmental responsibility program. At The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun, guests will join a biologist from the Cancun Department of Ecology for rewarding hands-on experience protecting mother turtles during nesting and helping them return safely to the sea. Guests will head out at night to search for nesting turtles, gather sea turtle eggs and bring them to a safer location at turtle camps where they can be buried without interfering with their natural cycle. Employees at the resort have been involved in this project for over a decade and are very proud that the program has been expanded to include guests in this critical mission.
Visitors to Berlin can roll up their sleeves, don their work gloves and accompany hotel staff from The Ritz-Carlton as they launch a spring cleanup of the Sonnenhof facilities for children with serious illnesses. Throughout the year other "Give Back Getaway" programs will be scheduled including planting trees in the garden, renovating the petting zoo and cooking at an August "Children's Day" barbecue to entertain and feed the youngsters and hospice staff. For more information call us at 1.866.377.2228 or e-mail info@SevenSeasEvents.com
