About The Hot Tub for Heroes Program

This is the fourth time since 2018 that The Spa and Sauna Co., Sundance Spas, and Wish for Our Heroes have worked together to award a local veteran a free hot tub, through the Hot Tub for Heroes Program.

“We’re honored to be able to give back to our community in this way,” said Company owner Scott Clark.  “Helping veterans is a cause that is close to us personally at The Spa and Sauna Co., as we have team members who have either served or who have family members in the military. We thank Trent for his service and we wish him and his family many years of enjoyment in their new hot tub!”

Nationally, Sundance Spas, Wish for Our Heroes and spa dealers around the country have donated 77 hot tubs to veterans, since they began collaborating.

Wish for Our Heroes is “a national 501(c)(3), dedicated to providing resources to the “average” active-duty military member, in order to make their deployments a little easier, and to improve the quality of their family lives while home or during deployment,” according to their website. Learn more about Hot Tubs for Heroes or nominate someone here.

Hot Tub Donation Day

Trent, now 36, was awarded a Sundance Hamilton 780 Spa. From their new hot tub, Trent and his family will be able to view Mt. Rose and an American Flag and Flag of the United Sates Marine Corps.

The Robbins Family have a newer home and are currently renovating their backyard. One day, Amanda googled Hot Tubs in Reno and found The Spa and Sauna Co. website and learned about the donation and nominated Trent.

Not long after, Trent received a call saying he had been selected as this year’s recipient.

“We were very excited when we got the news,” Trent said, explaining how he initially didn’t even pick up the phone call and how surprised he, his wife, and their three children, Logan, Karlee and Brylee, were when they found out about the donation.

That excitement carried over through the delivery day, as he and his wife and children watched the hot tub being delivered into their yard.

“We’re excited,” Trent said. “Still in shock, I think.”

About the Recipient

Trent and Amanda were high school sweethearts and when Trent signed up to enroll in the Marines, he joined the Delayed Entry Program, since he was still in high school. He left for boot camp one week after graduating from high school.

In her nomination, Amanda wrote: “Trent receives disability for his knees. He served two tours oversees as a machine gunner which caused him to have to carry his weapon, ammo, and gear on foot through villages and up and down mountains for days, weeks, and months during his time in Iraq and Afghanistan. Carrying such heavy equipment for so long wore down the cartilage in his knees, which has caused him chronic knee and back pain. A hot tub could help Trent to be able to relax his muscles, allowing him to have less pain and be able to do more with his kids.”

He was deployed in Afghanistan from 2005 – 2006 and in Iraq from 2006 – 2007. The couple married between his two deployments.

Back in the mid-2000s communication with members of the military was still quite difficult.

“I would go months without talking to him,” Amanda recalled.

The couple had their children after Trent completed his service.

Trent, who works at Western Nevada Supply, gives back to the local community by coaching the Spanish Springs youth wrestling program. His son is a member of the team.

Recently, The Spa and Sauna Co. checked in with two previous Wish for Our Heroes recipients, Daniel Rogers of Reno and Kevin Vogt of Sparks. Both said that having a hot tub has been life changing, providing muscle relaxation, stress relief and opportunities to connect with their children and relax after a long day.

“It’s a lot of extra time with the family which is what I was really looking forward to,” said Kevin, who received his donation in 2019 and is now retired from the military after 20 years of service.

We wish the Robbins family many years of happy hot tubbing in their new Sundance Spa!