Archive for the ‘Mexico’ Category

TWP photo by Megan Gregory

Carbon Offsetting

Jam Cruise 6 was carbon neutral! For the third year in a row, Jam Cruise included carbon-offsetting options for passengers. With proceeds from the auction, passenger donations and financial support from Cloud 9 Adventures, Jam Cruise 6 offset 100% of the emissions from the five-day cruise. We worked together with Trees, Water & People to achieve this feat. TWP is an internationally recognized

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Auction

Proceeds from the auction on Jam Cruise 6 supported our carbon offsetting efforts. Thank you to all the folks who donated items for the auction and to those who bid on items. A special thanks to LEBO for donating a live Jam Cruise 6 painting. Proceeds from LEBO’s painting as used to purchase a much needed copy machine for the Roatan Children’s Fund school.

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School Supplies Donation and Day Care Improvement

After the beach clean up, we delivered school supplies to the Cozumel Chrysalis Group and donated $450 to NUAFA’s Women’s Shelter (Nucleo de Apoya Familiar - means Heart of Family Support). Not long after our visit we received these words of thanks from NUAFA: “…the cash donation was used for a significant facility improvement...to have new iron gates made, painted and installed on the pa

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Cozumel Beach Clean Up

In Cozumel, 30 Jam Cruise passengers and artists cleaned up 1,000 pounds of trash in just over an hour on a beach about two miles away from our port. It was a fun and rewarding experience for all.

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Roatan Children’s Fund

We made an additional gift to the Roatan Children's Fund of a high quality copy machine. The copy machine was purchased with the proceeds that were generated by auctioning off one of LEBO's live JC6 paintings. The thank you note we received from RCF's Executive Director highlights just how important this donation was to them: “It's hard to understand how a school with over 620 students has actua

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School Supplies Drive

In partnership with Conscious Alliance we coordinated a extremely successful school supplies drive.  JC6 passengers generously donated two pallets of much needed school supplies which went directly to children's charities in Roatan and Cozumel. In addition, Conscious Alliance donated 1000 pounds of Pangea Organics soap to the Roatan Children's Fund and Trojan donated 3,000 condoms which we delive

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Greening Auction

Proceeds from the auction conducted on Jam Cruise 4 in 2006, were donated to our greening partner Rock the Earth. Rock the Earth is a not-for-profit, national public interest environmental organization dedicated to protecting and defending America's natural resources through partnerships with the music industry and the world-wide environmental community.

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Jam Cruise Achieves Carbon Neutral Status

To offset carbon emissions from Jam Cruise 4 in 2006 and from passenger travel to and from Fort Lauderdale, Jam Cruise formed a partnership with Trees for the Future to plant trees in the region we traveled through. CO2 (carbon dioxide) is produced from burning fossil fuels; trees absorb CO2 and produce oxygen through photosynthesis. Planting trees is the most cost-effective way to take CO2 out of

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