Toutle River RV Resort launches “Tents for Troops”. Invites other RV parks and campgrounds to offer active military free camping.
Castle Rock, Wash. – Toutle River RV Resort announced today it will offer free camping for all active military personnel from now on!
“It is a very small way of saying ‘Thank You’ for all of the hard work and sacrifices men and women in the military make”, said Toutle River RV Resort owner Charlie Curry. “I personally encourage all RV Parks and Campgrounds in America to consider offering free camping for active military!”
We truly do not believe this will cause any significant impact to your bottom line. The goodwill benefits associated with this gesture far outweigh the revenue lost.
To prove that, we would like to point out that currently, the United States has 1.5 million active troops total. This includes all branches of our armed forces (army, navy, marine, air force, coast guard, deployments overseas, and active reserves). Of that number, 20% are currently stationed overseas.
This accounts for less than 1/2 of one percent of the entire United States population. Realistically, if ½ of all active troops took advantage of the offer, then approximately 1/4th of one percent of the population could benefit from this offer.
At our resort we have never had more than two campsites occupied by active military personnel at any one time. We have chosen to include all of our sites in this program. However, experience has pointed out that just having two of your sites in the Tents for Troops program is adequate. Additionally, all of those who have used the RV Park for the free military camping have become repeat customers, and they bring paying family members and friends. It’s been a win win situation for us all the way around. I truly believe that we can all afford to do this. Please join me and let’s support those who fight and die for our freedom.
A website will be set up as a way for all the parks who want to participate in the program to be listed in one single place on the internet. This will make sure that military personnel can easily locate parks in their area. Over the next several months, Toutle River RV Resort will be contacting as many campgrounds and RV Parks as we possibly can and inviting them to join the program. Visit www.tentsfortroops.org to add your campground to the list.
ARVC SUPPORTS TENTS FOR TROOPS.
The Tents for Troops program is sending out a huge thank you to ARVC (Association of RV Park and Campgrounds) and especially thankful to Jeanette Stensgaard, Kera Tomlin and Linda Profaizer for their support! ARVC is providing ‘Tents for Troops’ booth space at the InSites Convention & Outdoor Hospitality Expo at the Rio All Suite Hotel December 1st – 4th 2010, we will be there and if you have not already signed up your campground or RV park in the Tents for Troops program perhaps we might be able to convince you what a great idea that would be! Tent for Troops needs your support; we want every campground and RV Park in America to seriously consider joining this program. Campgrounds and RV Resorts joining prior to InSites Convention & Outdoor Hospitality Expo will have their RV Resort & Campground name displayed in the booth. This will be great exposure for your park!
Please visit our booth at the InSites Convention and say hello (everyone in the industry should see this show). If you have not already decided to join Tents for Troops, perhaps we can persuade you with a little bit of charm and some sin city kool-aid! We hope to have some troops there so you can personally shake the hand of those your generosity will be helping.
“Tents for Troops is not any type of endorsement for war, just my way of showing appreciation for what these people do for our country. It is my way of thanking them for our freedom”, says Curry.
Toutle River RV Resort will provide their best available sites free to all active military personnel. The special offer is subject only to availability; therefore military guests must call to reserve a campsite. Active Military ID is required upon arrival.
Additionally, the campground is encouraging people to search the internet for the band Crash Symphony and their song “Children of America”. The song is a tribute to American soldiers written by a rock duo from Australia that Curry managed previously.
“It may have been the message in the song, but I certainly knew I had to do more to show the true appreciation that I have and our country has for the troops. Sitting around, feeling grateful was simply no longer an option.” says Curry.
For more information please call Toutle River RV Resort 360-274-8373.
Also, if you find yourself having a drink some night around the campfire, please make a toast to our troops. They will appreciate it, I promise you that.
If you have any questions about the program, please call me any time at 360-274-8373 or my home phone 360-274-7915 and let’s chat. Thank you for your consideration of our program and have a great 2010!!!
Charlie Curry
Tents for Troops
c/o Toutle River RV Resort
150 Happy Trails
Castle Rock, WA 98611
Ph 360-274-8373 Fax 360-274-5390 Cell 503-425-9105
Visit Tent For Troops Website: http://www.tentsfortroops.org/
Need More Information Email: tentsfortroopsls@gmail.com/
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