Troop Rewards = Family Time

Troop Rewards = Family Time - Heather Jangraw et al. posing for the camera - Troop Rewards
With the help from The Westin, Fury, We've Got The Keys, and many local businesses and restaurants, Troop Rewards gives a vacation to families needing to reconnect after being away in the military.

 

Troop Rewards was founded on the mission of providing RnR Recovery Vacations and other rewards for returning U.S. Armed Forces, and their families, who served overseas in  hostile deployments.

These RnR vacations and rewards rely on luxury resorts and hotels to donate unused inventory to Troop Rewards. They then offer our returning servicemembers family recovery vacations at these locations at no cost to help them re-adjust to civilian life back home. We also ask our hosting hotel to provide daily breakfast and at least 1 lunch and 1 dinner during their stay and host a Welcome Home Reception at the resort.

The team is made up entirely of unpaid volunteers. To learn more about the group, visit trooprewards.org.


Several locals including Scott Saunders of the FURY, Nadene Grossman of We’ve Got The Keys, and Diane Schmidt of Westin Key West and Sunset Key Guest Cottages donated places to stay, as well as donated adventures, and collected restaurant gift cards for all of the troops. Nine families stayed in Key West for this trip, which is now in its fourth year.

Kristen Livengood is a Marathon High School and University of South Florida grad, mom of two beautiful little girls, and wife to some cute guy she met in a bar. She enjoys red wine, Tito's, Jameson, running (very, very slowly), and spearfishing.