Guest Author - Stacey Abler

Many remember the Super Bowl commercial from 2005 showing servicemembers walking through the airport as everyone began clapping and stood to recognize their contribution. This commercial was from Anheuser Busch and was a wonderful tribute to our troops. Along with the commercial, Anheuser Busch introduced the Hero Salute program in 2005 as a way to say thank you to those who are serving in the military and their families.

It was recently announced that their Hero Salute program has been extended for a second time. This wonderful program will now run through the end of 2007. As many troops were deployed through 2005 and 2006, Anheuser Busch thought it was only fitting to extend the program so that every military member had the opportunity to take advantage of it.

The Hero Salute program honors military members and their families by offering a complimentary single-day admission to one of their theme parks. The parks include Busch Gardens, Sea World, Sesame Place, Adventure Island and Water Country USA. This offer is available to active duty military, reservists, National Guard and up to three of their dependents. To qualify, you can visit the website at www.herosalute.com and register for free tickets. It is a quick and easy form to fill out verifying military status.

You can also visit the front gate at any participating theme park and present your DoD identification. Best of all, it is not required for the military member to be present to take advantage of this program. This great benefit enables families of deployed servicemembers to still enjoy a fun day at one of the Anheuser Busch theme parks.

Anheuser Busch has theme parks across the country. It can be a great day of fun for your family and even better that it is free. Be sure to add this adventurous day to your to-do list for 2007. You deserve the break and the fun filled day!

Stacey Abler is an Army Wife and owner of the website, http://www.marriedtothearmy.com.
In addition, she also operates several Cafepress stores - http://www.cafepress.com/soldierswife for Army families and http://www.cafepress.com/soldierswife2 for Navy, Marine and Air Force families.