Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to Visit Monaco Coach Corporation's Recreational Vehicle Plant in Coburg, Oregon

Monaco Coach Is a Charter Partner of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Take Pride in America Program

COBURG, Ore., Aug. 18 -- Monaco Coach Corporation announced today that on Thursday, August 19, Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton will visit its Coburg, Oregon, manufacturing facilities. The Secretary will tour the plant and speak to Monaco employees about the Take Pride in America program and its initiative to generate stewardship of the nation's 800 million acres of public recreational lands by volunteers.

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Monaco Coach is a Charter Partner of Take Pride in America, a national partnership that aims to seek, support, and recognize volunteers who work to improve public parks, forests, grasslands and wildlife refuges, as well as cultural and historic sites, local playgrounds and other recreation areas. The program, established by the U.S. Department of the Interior, also can energize national and local resource and recreation needs.

"We are very fortunate to live in a country that is rich in natural beauty with abundant public lands, national parks, state parks, vast national forests and many other beautiful outdoor recreation settings, and we are excited that Monaco can participate as a corporate charter partner in this important national program that will allow our company and our employees the opportunity to enhance and preserve the natural beauty that we all enjoy," said Kay Toolson, chairman and chief executive officer of Monaco Coach Corporation.

"This initiative is important to us as a company, to our more than 5,000 employees, to our dealers and to our customers. We are honored to have Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton visit our plant and provide an opportunity for our employees to learn first hand about this important volunteer initiative that will further improve outdoor recreational opportunities for all Americans."

More information about Take Pride in America is available at http://www.takepride.gov/.

Headquartered in Coburg, Oregon, with additional manufacturing facilities in northern Indiana, Monaco Coach Corporation is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles. The company offers customers luxury motorhomes and towable recreational vehicles under the Monaco, Holiday Rambler, Safari, Beaver, McKenzie and Royale Coach brand names.

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