Jay Hesse of Blue Ox has donated $5,000 to the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum in Elkhart, Ind., and has set up a “peer challenge” program to encourage other RV/MH industry donations to pay off the bank note by April 30, 2013. Anyone donating $1,000 or more would challenge three others in the industry through the Hall’s website to match or exceed their donation. Each of those challenged that responded positively would then continue the challenge to three additional potential donors to further spread the web. Hall president Darryl Searer says, “ I’ve learned since becoming president of the Hall that people in both the RV and Manufactured Housing industries are generous and would be happy to make a contribution if asked. And the Peer Challenge makes it easy to ask.” MHProNews posted in a DBN July 26, 2012, the Hall exceeded its fund-raising goal of $150,000, the same sum it is trying to now raise. It now must match the Robert “Boots” Ingram $50,000 family challenge grant to pay off the $200,000 1st Source Bank loan.
