Currahee Military Weekend is Here!

Weekly Chamber Update as heard on WNEG AM 630 every Thursday at 6:45am, 12:45pm and 5:45pm.

Thursday October 3,  2013

Hello this is Wendi Bailey your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President with your Weekly Chamber Update.

Here we go! Currahee Military Weekend is finally here!

Show your patriotic spirit by placing American Flags in your business windows and store fronts. Welcome the veterans and active military on your business marquis. Dress yourselves in military or 1940’s outfits.

There are Currahee Challenge runners coming from 26 different states, there are nine Camp Toccoa veterans registered for the reunion weekend and there are over eighty soldiers from Fort Gordon, GA.  Please come downtown and thank them ALL in person for coming to Toccoa for Currahee Military Weekend.  

Visitors to Toccoa-Stephens County are encouraged to visit the Camp Toccoa property donated to the Stephens County Historical Society by Pacolet-Milliken, Inc. and the memorials nearby. Plans for the project can be seen in the Historical Society gift shop at the Currahee Military Museum and include restoring the headquarters, replicating the barracks, a pavilion, theater, sentry building and more.   

Camp Toccoa at Currahee is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve the legacy of the great American heroes who trained on Currahee Mountain. In June, Tom Hanks donated $25,000 to restore Camp Toccoa. There is still money to be raised and work to be done but it’s a mission that we must complete.            

Tickets for Currahee Military Weekend activities are available at the Welcome Center and you can find a complete list of our activities, volunteers and sponsors online.

The Musical Tribute to our Veterans kicks everything off tonight - at the Schaefer Center at 7pm – and is a free concert. Listen to WNEG AM 630 for your chance to win complimentary tickets.  

One announcement for you:

Did you know the 2013 Southern Living Custom Builder Showcase Home is now open at the Currahee Club on Friday, Saturday and Sunday - now through December 22. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased online, at the house or at the Welcome Center.  

 

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That’s your weekly Update.  I’m Wendi Bailey your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President.