Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Country Coach Friends Inc Raises Money for Veteran Assistance Dogs of TX


Country Coach Friends Inc Rally Raises $22,330 for VA Dogs of Texas


For Country Coach Friends Inc. (CCFI), an international chapter of Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), giving back within the communities where club rallies are held is just part of what makes belonging to this motorcoach owners club special. When 86 motorcoach enthusiasts from 9 states stretching from Florida to Washington and from Minnesota to Texas rallied at the Buckhorn Lake Resort in Kerrville Texas this past May 12-17, $22,330.00 was raised to benefit a very worthy Texas charity, Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas.  Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas mission it to assist in the physical and emotional Recovery and Independence in American Veterans with Disabilities by providing Service Dogs to these Veterans.  You may learn more at http://www.vadogs.org/

Last year with just 36 coaches in attendance at its annual Friendship Rally in Albany, Oregon, this club raised $8,565.00 to benefit two food banks in the Junction City / Harrisburg area where all Country Coaches were built (God’s Storehouse, Harrisburg, and Junction City Local Aid). Earlier in 2014 at the CCFI Spring Rally in Beaux Bridge, Louisiana this club raised $10,435.00 for the Wounded Warriors!

Country Coach Friends Inc. was founded on Friendship with 42 motorcoach owners signing up at the initial rally in 2011. It now numbers over 300 Coach families and Growing! Members hale from coast-to-coast. Rallies offer that quality experience you remember from pre-Country Coach manufacturer's closure, only now by necessity on a smaller scale. Member Benefits include discounts nationwide on services, parts, resort stays and more. CCFI members enjoy a robust list of benefits from Family Motor Coach Association , too, as all CCFI members also maintain a membership in FMCA. Stay connected via a monthly e-newsletter Friends to Friends. Membership and Rallies are open to owners of all brands of qualifying motorhomes  (You must be able to move from the living quarters to the driver area from inside the coach).

For club information, to sign up to receive its monthly eNews, or to join this fun-loving, steadily growing motorhome owners club, you may visit online at CountryCoachFriendsIncorporated.com. Jerry OConnor, VP of Events & Promotion, 775-742-4627, assists in the coordination of CCFI rallies and its business sponsors.


Pictured  above, left to right: David Twilley and John Malabicky of Country Coach Friends Inc, Steve Volkman of VA Dogs of TX, military veteran John Bencken with Susie, and Jim Keefe, executive director of VA Dogs

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