Bringing reunions and locations together since 1991 2018annual DIRECTORY YOUR RESOURCE FOR Military Reunion Friendly Convention and Visitor Bureaus, Hotels, Attractions and Services. 2018 ANNUAL DIRECTORY FROM THE situationDESK The Annual Directory is filled with MRN Website: fantastic information about our supplier partners. • Reunion organization (with or without logo) Each of them is aware of the special requirements • Reunion planner name of military reunions and take great care to be sure • Reunion dates your reunion goes off without a hitch. They are all • Reunion location very enthusiastic about working with you. Their • Embedded email link passion for our veteran community is evident from • Embedded website link the very first connection. • Reunion Details such as registration costs and This year, there are some new attractions to dates, agenda and planner message can be consider. Having traveled to many of them included as well. personally, I can say with certainty they are well The member listings included in the Annual worth the visit. Motts Military Museum, The Maine Directory are also on our website under “Find a Military Museum, USS Turner Joy, USS Alabama, Reunion Location” or “Places to hold a Reunion”. Storytellers and the Hideaway Farm are just some of New website listing features include the following: the amazing places to add to your reunion itinerary. Social Media: Connect to members FaceBook, Reunion Planners take note! On page 25 you will LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube accounts. see a form to post your reunion complimentary on Special Offers: Many of our members have our website and in the quarterly magazine. We are incentives, offers or discounts to help offset your expanding our services and now can submit your reunion budget. You can find these options by reunion with other organizations such as American clicking on the special offers tab to see all the Legion, VFW, DAV, and Tin Can Sailors. Please note options or within each member listing. Look for some of these organizations publicly list your name, the white tag icon with participating listings. phone number and email address. We ask that you acknowledge this prior to submission. Veteran Reviews: Bravo Zulu, Atta Boy, Well Done, Thanks a Million! To protect your privacy and reduce unwanted solicitation, reunion information published on Hotel, CVB and Attraction partners routinely go our website will include embedded links to email above and beyond to make sure your reunion is addresses. Published information will be limited to perfect. The best way to thank them is to post a the following: review letting other reunion planners know how MRN Quarterly Magazine: much you appreciated their efforts. • Reunion Organization • Reunion Dates • Reunion Location Sharon Sharon Danitschek, President [email protected] Bringing reunions and locations together since 1991 Published by: Military Reunion Network, Inc. President: Sharon Danitschek - [email protected] - www.militaryreunionnetwork.com Subscriptions to Military Reunion Network Magazine are free of charge to qualified reunion planners. Copyright ©2018 by The Reunion Group, all rights reserved. Military Reunion Network Magazine is not responsible for opinions expressed in editorial material. The opinions are exclusively those of the authors and do not express the opinions of Military Reunion Network, its staff, its members, its advertisers, or its readership. All editorial material is for information purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. 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No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission from the publisher. 2 2018 ANNUAL DIRECTORY ANNUAL DIRECTORY contentsOF MEMBERS Northeast Region .....................6 Central Region .........................31 Our sincere Connecticut .....................................6 Iowa ..................................................31 appreciation to our Delaware ...........................................6 Louisiana .........................................31 sponsors for their support in producing Maine..................................................6 Kansas ..............................................32 the Military Reunion Massachusetts .................................7 Missouri ...........................................32 Network Magazine 2018 New Jersey .......................................7 Annual Directory North Dakota ................................ 34 New York ...........................................7 South Dakota ................................ 34 PAGE SPONSOR Pennsylvania ....................................8 Texas .................................................35 30 Branson CVB Rhode Island ....................................9 43 Colorado Springs Virginia ..............................................9 Northwest Region .................37 CVB Washington DC .............................12 Idaho ................................................37 25 Dayton CVB West Virginia ..................................12 Montana ..........................................37 22 Greene County CVB Southeast Region ...................13 Oregon ............................................37 44 Holiday Inn Bayside Alabama ..........................................13 Washington ................................... 38 Florida ..............................................13 10 Next Step Service Dogs Georgia ............................................15 Southwest Region .................41 33 Seattle Southside North Carolina ..............................15 Arizona ............................................41 South Carolina ..............................15 California ........................................41 14 Shreveport Bossier Tennessee .......................................16 CVB Colorado ........................................ 42 Nevada ............................................ 44 34 Travel Dubuque CVB Great Lakes Region ...............19 New Mexico .................................. 45 38 Visit Billings CVB Illinois ..............................................19 20 Visit Jacksonville CVB Kentucky .........................................19 36 Visit Oceanside CVB Michigan .........................................21 Minnesota .......................................21 29 Visit Plano CVB Ohio ..................................................21 Wisconsin ...................................... 23 Upcoming Military Reunions .. 24 3 2018 ANNUAL DIRECTORY Washington Montana North Dakota Maine Minnesota Oregon Vt NH Wisconsin Idaho South Dakota Mass New York Wyoming Michigan Conn RI Iowa Pennsylvania New Jersey Nevada Nebraska Ohio Utah Illinois Deleware Indiana Colorado West Washington, D.C. California Virginia Virginia Kansas Missouri Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas South Carolina Georgia Alabama Texas Mississippi Louisiana Florida 4 2018 ANNUAL DIRECTORY u.s. map Washington Montana North Dakota Maine Minnesota Oregon Vt NH Wisconsin Idaho South Dakota Mass New York Wyoming Michigan Conn RI Iowa Pennsylvania New Jersey Nevada Nebraska Ohio Utah Illinois Deleware Indiana Colorado West Washington, D.C. California Virginia Virginia Kansas Missouri Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas South Carolina Georgia Alabama Texas Mississippi Louisiana Florida 5 2018 ANNUAL DIRECTORY MEMBERdirectory Maine Vt NORTHEAST REGION NH PAGE STATE PAGE STATE Mass New York 6 Connecticut 7 Pennsylvania Conn RI 6 Delaware 9 Rhode Island 6 Maine 9 Virginia Pennsylvania New Jersey 7 Massachusetts 12 Washington 7 New Jersey 12 West Virginia Deleware 7 New York West Washington, D.C. Virginia Virginia CONNECTICUT DELAWARE and State Parks. Nature based activities include kayaking, nature cruises, ferry MYSTIC DOVER rides, trails, surfing, skim boarding, paddle Mystic Seaport: The Museum of Visit Delaware Villages boarding, sailing and more. Just add his- American and the Sea John Doerfler torical venues and live performing arts to make your stay a perfect one! Margaret Milnes 435 North DuPont Highway 75 Greenmanville Ave Dover, DE 19901 Stonington, CT 6355 [email protected] MAINE [email protected] 302-734-4888 PORTLAND 860-572-5309 visitdelawarevillages.com Clarion Hotel Portland ME www.mysticseaport.com Heather Levesque REHOBOTH BEACH 1230 Congress St The Museum of America and the Sea has Portland, ME 4102 hosted 100s of military reunions over Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach [email protected] the years. Veterans love our restaurants, COC 207-774-5611 meeting rooms and unique, ever-chang- Carol Everhart ing special events. With 4 registered Na- www.clarionportlandme.com/ 501 Rehoboth Avenue tional Historic Site vessels to explore -- in- clarion_hotel/military-reunions/ cluding The Charles W. Morgan, the only Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 surviving wooden whaleship in the world [email protected] Maximum guest room block: 75 Maximum Banquet group: 200 plus always-new exhibits and exhibitions, 302-227-6446 boat tours along the historic Mystic River www.beach-fun.com aboard the Navy launch Liberty, or on the The Clarion Hotel welcomes you! Enjoy restored 1908 steamboat Sabino, there’s The award-winning Resort Area of Re- our experienced reunion hotel and the something here for everyone. Wander hoboth Beach & Dewey Beach, Delaware staff that works closely with planners to through