Int’l Seafarers Center Fund-raiser Honors Retiring ITEP Founder Carol Rowen on Sept. 16, 2010, aboard the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
The 2010 Maritime Industry Salute dinner and tenth annual “Great Tug Boat Races of San Pedro Bay” fund-raising event benefiting the International Seafarers Center (ISC) of Long Beach-Los Angeles is being held aboard the RMS Queen Mary, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, and will honor retiring ITEP Founder and former Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commissioner Carol Rowen.
The ISC is the last open center serving the needs of all seamen in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Proceeds from the night’s event benefit the International Seafarers Center, the only organization reaching out to visiting ships' crews throughout the entire Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor complex with transportation, recreation, spiritual outreach (for many different faiths), mail, Internet, telephone services, and much more.
Dinner Chairman James Callahan stressed the importance of this year’s fund raiser.
“The ISC is in danger of closing its doors, which first opened more than 30 years ago,” Callahan said. “This would leave the largest port complex in the U.S. without a much-needed seafarers center. We are calling upon the generosity of the maritime industry and the local business community to support the center through this fund-raising effort.”
The evening’s festivities will begin with a 5 p.m. reception on the quarterdeck of the grand RMS Queen Mary. At 5:30 p.m., the fireboat and harbor boat parade will precede the much-anticipated “10th Annual Great Tug Boat Races of San Pedro Bay.” The boat races will be held off the RMS Queen Mary quarterdeck.
The banquet dinner will begin at 7 p.m. in the Britannia Lounge, where attendees will enjoy the music of Geo Valle and participate in the famous raffle drawing that includes valuable prizes, such as a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise for two.
Tax-exempt tickets and sponsorship tables are still available. Call the Propeller Club office at 818-951-2842 for details.
The ISC is the last open center serving the needs of all seamen in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Proceeds from the night’s event benefit the International Seafarers Center, the only organization reaching out to visiting ships' crews throughout the entire Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor complex with transportation, recreation, spiritual outreach (for many different faiths), mail, Internet, telephone services, and much more.
Dinner Chairman James Callahan stressed the importance of this year’s fund raiser.
“The ISC is in danger of closing its doors, which first opened more than 30 years ago,” Callahan said. “This would leave the largest port complex in the U.S. without a much-needed seafarers center. We are calling upon the generosity of the maritime industry and the local business community to support the center through this fund-raising effort.”
The evening’s festivities will begin with a 5 p.m. reception on the quarterdeck of the grand RMS Queen Mary. At 5:30 p.m., the fireboat and harbor boat parade will precede the much-anticipated “10th Annual Great Tug Boat Races of San Pedro Bay.” The boat races will be held off the RMS Queen Mary quarterdeck.
The banquet dinner will begin at 7 p.m. in the Britannia Lounge, where attendees will enjoy the music of Geo Valle and participate in the famous raffle drawing that includes valuable prizes, such as a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise for two.
Tax-exempt tickets and sponsorship tables are still available. Call the Propeller Club office at 818-951-2842 for details.