{"id":1768,"date":"2022-12-21T14:16:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T14:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2024-01-19T21:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:19:25","slug":"cleveland-seamens-service-provides-christmas-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/index.php\/2022\/12\/21\/cleveland-seamens-service-provides-christmas-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Seamen&#8217;s Service Provides Christmas Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/marereport.namma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/THE-MARE-REPORT-Cleveland-Seamen\u2019s-Service-Provides-Christmas-Cheer-DECEMBER-21-2022.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Article audio (courtesy of Don Sheetz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>by Susan Huppert, NAMMA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though we are all supposed to dream of a White Christmas, snow and ice can be challenging for seafarers. This is true on the Great Lakes in the winter when things freeze over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, by surprise, a Christmas celebration took place onboard a ship docked at the port in Cleveland, Ohio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the Cleveland Seamen\u2019s Service, an\noutreach founded in 1963, Christmas songs could be heard on the Qamuik, a\ncontainer ship docked at Port Cleveland on Lake Erie. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the first year this has happened in an organized basis,\u201d said Operations Manager Erik Kretzmann, who oversees the work of the Cleveland Seamen\u2019s Service. \u201cHistorically, CSS does nothing at Christmas because of ice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last ship is leaving tonight,\u201d he said\non Dec. 19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of weather changes over time, the shipping\nseason has begun to stretch further into the winter months and now, a few last-minute\nvoyages are pulling up anchor in December. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, the Qamuik\u2019s shipping agent contacted CSS requesting a Christmas tree and some decorations for the crew\u2019s Christmas at sea. The plan is to be in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland on Dec. 25. In a scurry of support, Kretzmann found some financing and began to fulfill the request. CSS received some support from the North American Maritime Ministry Association (NAMMA) which had some remaining Christmas funds available and contributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short order, volunteers wrangled a\nChristmas tree and decorations along with Christmas care packages for the mixed\ncrew of Filipino, Russian, and Dutch seafarers. The d\u00e9cor and gifts were\nassembled and prepared for delivery. Each package contained socks, gloves,\nwatch caps, and chocolate candies. Enough donations were provided to deliver\ngifts to an additional ship which happened to still be in port. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CSS sees between 800 to 1,000 seafarers annually before the seaway closes from January to March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to visit every ship in port,\u201d\nsaid Kretzmann, who became interested in the industry at age 30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI got hooked on it while living in\nDuluth,\u201d he said. \u201cIt amazed me. Ships are the largest man-made moving objects\non the planet.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, at age 70, he cares for those who make\ntheir living on the mammoth vessels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in\n1959, civic leaders in Cleveland noted seafarers and began welcoming them. The\nvision grew quickly. Crews from Northern Europe were in port for up to two\nweeks at a time. People hosted them in their homes, provided movies, soccer\ngames and a healthy break from the oceans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, turn-around times are much quicker\nand crews are mostly Asian. There is limited time for visits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The December deliveries including caroling,\nwas a breath of refreshment for the Qamuik crew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe crew was very pleased and hospitable,\u201d\nsaid Kretzmann. \u201cThe shipping agent was pleased and the port authority was\npleased too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 25, a Christmas tree will be erected in a mess hall of a mammoth ship on the Atlantic Ocean, because a group of Cleveland volunteers were able to say \u201cyes\u201d to a simple request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Cleveland Seamen&#8217;s Service<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Susan Huppert, NAMMA Though we are all supposed to dream of a White Christmas, snow and ice can be challenging for seafarers. 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