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DECEMBER 2014 6 THE JOURNAL No. 4 on Get It Quick Page Darryl Searer, chairman and president of the RV/MH Hall of Fame (Hall), is encouraged by the early support of the "Kevin Clayton Debt Elimination Challenge" fund raising campaign. Commitments are coming in from large and small companies, as well as individuals. Searer said, "Our goal is to raise $1 million in this campaign over the next 3 to 5 years. These new pledges and donations, plus Kevin Clayton's initial pledge of $200,000, means that we are more than 35% there in only a few weeks since the campaign was announced." Pledges to date and donations include: • Kevin Clayton, Clayton Homes pledged $40,000 per year for 5 years. Total of $200,000 • Gary McDaniel, YES! Communities, pledged $25,000 per year for the next three years. Total $75,000 • Joe Stegmayer, Cavco Industries, Inc., pledged $10,000 per year for 5 years Total $50,000 • Barry Cole, MH Insurance Services pledged $2,000 per year for the next five years. Total $10,000 • Debra Pizer, Zeman MHI pledged $2,000 per year for 5 years. Total pledge $10,000 • Senco Brands, Inc., donated $2,500 • Fairmont Homes donated $2,000 • Multiple individual donations. Total $3,500 "If other MH leaders follow the example of these companies I'm confident that we'll meet our goal," Searer said. Judy Jankowski, the Hall's vice president of development, is contacting other leaders in the manufactured housing (MH) industry asking for their support of the campaign. Searer said, "It's encouraging to see so many individuals making pledges and donations to- ward the campaign. While we will need major companies to step up with substantial commit- ments to meet our goal, individual donations of $250 to $1000 demonstrate that individual members of the manufactured housing commu- nity feel a personal ownership in the Hall of Fame." For those companies and individuals who would like to participate by making a pledge or donation visit https://www.rvmhhalloffame. org/clayton_challenge.cfm. Pledge forms are also available for download. Donations can also be sent to: Kevin Clayton Debt Elimination Challenge, RV/MH Hall of Fame, 21565 Executive Parkway, Elkhart In- diana 46514 The RV/MH Heritage Foundation was formed on March 22, 1972 by a group of trade and consumer magazine publishers attending the MHMA meeting in Washington D.C. In early 2007, the foundation moved into its new facil- ity in Elkhart. The impressive 56,000-square- foot building houses the RV/MH Hall of Fame honoring industry leaders, a museum of vintage units from 1913 up to the 1970s, a new manu- factured home open for tours, a Go RVing Hall showcasing the latest current models,, an Ex- hibitors Hall where industry supply firms tell their company stories, and the world's largest library of RV and manufactured housing related literature and photos. Manufactured Housing Industry Leaders Stepping Up in Support of the $1 Million "Kevin Clayton Debt Elimination Challenge"