Cruise line donates reusable items

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Holland America Line began a charitable program Friday to donate reusable goods from cruise ships to needy people in Broward County, Fla.

Holland America and Broward County's Port Everglades said hundreds of individual items -- including linens, dishes, cookware and silverware -- from four of the company's cruise ships sailing from the Florida port will be donated weekly to Cooperative Feeding Broward for distribution to the needy, the Miami Herald reported Friday.

The "Ship to Shelter" program was started by the Seattle-based cruise line in April 2008.