Miami Heat Owner Micky Arison and his wife Madeleine, along with the Carnival Corporation and the HEAT Charitable Fund, are pledging a sizeable donation to Hurricane Irma relief. From the https://www.nba.com/heat/news/carnival-heat-arison-donation-hurricane-reliefrelease:
“Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the Miami HEAT Charitable Fund, and the Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation are pledging up to $10 million in funding and in-kind support for relief and rebuilding efforts in Florida and throughout the Caribbean following Hurricane Irma.
The Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation will make an immediate donation of $2.5 million to Direct Relief, UNICEF and the United Way of Miami-Dade County to support the most timely and urgent relief needs in the wake of Hurricane Irma.”
Arnold Donald, Carnival Corporation CEO, thanked the Arisons:
“We also want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Micky and Madeleine Arison for their generosity, and also express our gratitude to the Miami HEAT organization for partnering with us to support recovery efforts.”
The Heat have been directly affected by the Hurricane; the American Airlines Arena suffered roof damage, and the roof of their practice facility was blown clean off.
