Pleasanton’s Rose Hotel has decided to continue Operation Hometown Welcome, a program it started five years ago that offers free stays to Tri-Valley-based troops returning from serving in Iraq and Afganistan. The Rose Hotel is 38-room boutique, luxury hotel located in Downtown Pleasanton. The owners Mike and Joe Madden, sons of former NFL announcer John Madden opened the hotel almost eight years ago, introduced the program on the 4th of July in 2005 and the hotel has kept it for five years.
The program includes a one-night stay with continental breakfast and gifts including an official NFL football autographed by John Madden, an Operation Hometown Welcome T-shirt from Goza Gear, and a gift certificate toward luxury treatment at MD Spa in Pleasanton.
The program is open to service personnel returning from any overseas, unaccompanied tour of duty. To receive a free room, they must show a copy of their orders when checking in.
Thanks to The Rose Hotel owners and management, a little more than 100 servicemen and women have used the program in the last five years. With only 38 rooms, one room equals 2.5 percent of the hotel’s occupancy, which really shows the management and owner’s dedication to the military! What a great way to thank our soldiers for serving their country.
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