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Lazydays’ Co-Founder Don Wallace Adds Pledge to Hall of Fame

ELKHART, Ind. --Don Wallace, co-founder of Tampa’s Lazydays RV Super Center, has donated $25,000 to the RV/MH Heritage Foundation, Inc.’s current pay-down-the-debt campaign for its Elkhart, Ind.-based RV/MH Hall of Fame and museum.

A 2008 inductee into the RV/MH Hall of Fame, Wallace’s donation comes only days after Marcus Lemonis, chairman of Camping World Inc. and Good Sam Enterprises LLC, helped the new fundraising campaign by becoming the first to make a personal $25,000 pledge aimed at helping pay off the Hall’s bank loans.

The goal is to raise $100,000 in voluntary contributions by Aug. 31 to be matched by the Robert “Boots” Ingram family, which has offered a $100,000 challenge grant for the purpose of lowering the Hall’s debt to 1st Source Bank by $200,000.

Darryl Searer, president of the Hall of Fame, said, “Don Wallace was kind enough to call me late Friday afternoon and he wanted to tell me that he saw Marcus Lemonis’ $25,000 and it reminded him that it was time that he stepped up to the plate and matched his $25,000.

“Then he continued to say that he heard a lot of good things that were happening at the Hall of Fame and to keep up the good work and that if there was anything else that he could do to help to feel free to call him any time,” adds Searer, who also serves as chairman of Elkhart-based supplier Ultra-Fab Products Inc.

Meanwhile, the Hall of Fame’s board is clearly optimistic about prospects for meeting – and perhaps exceeding – the current campaign’s goals. “Absolutely,” said Searer, “we will reach the goal, and I think we’ll reach it long before August. The Ingram challenge – and the subsequent match to the challenge – is a great start at reducing the debt of the Hall of Fame.”
Searer added, "Certainly, these two large gifts are gratifying, but we also have heard from others who want to help, contributing from $5 to $100. It's a testament to how people feel about our Hall of Fame, and they are doing what they can to help."

Tax-deductible gifts, adds Searer, may be made by mail, in person at the Hall, by phone at (800) 378-8694, or through

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