Visiting a friend or a loved one for the holidays and need a place to stay?
The Super 8 at North Battleford may be able to assist you.
Through Super 8's 20th annual Rooms at the Inn holiday program, participating Super 8 properties will offer free accommodations on Dec. 24 or Dec. 25 to out-of-town friends or relatives of patients in nearby long term care homes, veterans' homes, hospitals or treatment centers.
Rooms at the Inn was inspired by a similar program started in 1987 by Super 8 franchisees Linda Aamold Tharaldson and Gary Tharaldson of Fargo, N.D. Linda Aamold Tharaldson said, because they experienced several family tragedies around the holidays, "Christmas and Thanksgiving were associated with a lot of bad memories for us. We decided a program like this would help us change/turn a negative into a positive."
Super 8 Motels, Inc. adopted the program in 1990. Last year more than 500 Super 8 Motels throughout the United States and Canada donated nearly 1,000 rooms. This year the chain expects to give away even more rooms.
Advanced registration is not required, but recommended since the number of available rooms may be limited. Reservations can be made by contacting the North Battleford Super 8 at 306-446-8888.
