Greg Gerber posted on February 08, 2010 13:59
RALEIGH, N.C. -- John Goff, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran, donated a 34-foot RV to the USO of North Carolina to help the agency provide services to military men and women across the state, the Sun Journal reported.
John Falkenbury, the agency's president, told the paper the 1999 RV was valued at $50,000. Bank of America helped finance a $45,000 fitting of the vehicle. Verizon Wireless also donated laptops and cell phones that will be used to help military members stay in touch with their families, the paper reported.
The mobile unit has been fitted with a satellite TV dish, flat-screen TVs that can be set up outside, a DVD player, Wii games and a commercial-size gas grill. It will be taken to events like Carolina Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes games when they have military appreciation days, according to the Sun Journal.
It will also be used when members are being deployed and during homecomings.
To read the complete story in the Sun Journal, click here.