Month: April 2012

(April 11, 2012) -- "Tom Johnson Camping Center was only able to raise these funds by the grace of our customers and hard work of our employees," said Johnson. "Thanks go to all of those individuals for making this possible and providing these funds to aid Shriners Hospitals for Children."

(April 11, 2012) -- Ocean Canyon Properties (OCP), a privately-owned membership camping resort company, announced today that they have acquired Texoma Shores Resort in Madill, Okla. The resort is a special property in this popular tourist area, boasting over a mile of shoreline on Lake Texoma.

(April 10, 2012) -- “It was really fun watching everyone compete,” Napp said. “Many of our parks videotaped their competitions and created parties around their events and just took a lot of pride in each winner. Many parks also rented buses and vans to bring up their customers to cheer their park’s winner at the final competition. We initially thought we were only going to have about 600 spectators, but we wound up with more than 1,200.”

(April 10, 2012) -- Bill Adams will travel the western United States and Canada to train RV dealer technicians on proper installation and troubleshooting techniques for Winegard antenna products, such as TRAV’LER, RoadTrip, and Sensar, just to name a few. He joins Winegard veteran dealer training specialist Mike Barum, who will focus his efforts on the eastern United States.

(April 10, 2012) -- While the Montoya family reunion is unusually large, the idea of having family reunions in campgrounds is spreading across the country as people look for affordable, innovative ways to spend quality time together, according to Michele Wisher, director of marketing for Milford, Ohio-based Leisure Systems Inc., which franchises Jellystone Parks

(April 10, 2012) -- ASA Electronics introduced the Jensen JRV212T AM/FM/CD/USB/NOAA Weatherband, iPod and SIRIUS-ready stereo with three camera inputs.  This innovative stereo will give RVers all of the audio features they have been searching for along with the option of having an observation system, the company said.

(April 10, 2012) -- Annual visitors and guests to the Tipsinah Mounds Park and Campground in Elbow Lake will see many changes this year, including the addition of a 20- by 80-foot emergency shelter rated to withstand an F-4 tornado, reports the Fergus Falls Daily Journal.

(April 10, 2012) -- The Marion Star reports that Cardington Yutaka Technologies Inc. will be the first site where Opportunity Job Network's mobile hiring unit will be used to help with employment.

(April 10, 2012) -- On Thursday, April 12, Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose will be unveiling the new Ludlow Touring Park, a luxury touring caravan and motorhome park located along the River Teme, reports Out & About Live.

(April 10, 2012) -- To get the 2012 Preserve the Parks program started, Nature Valley is making a $300,000 donation to the NPCA and is inviting consumers to help raise an additional $200,000 by entering the Universal Product Codes (UPC) from specially-marked packages of Nature Valley products at PreserveTheParks.com.