Hillsborough Education Foundation Awards Lazydays^® Partners Foundation “New Business Partner of the Year”

SEFFNER, Fla. – The Hillsborough Education Foundation (HEF) has presented Lazydays^® Partners Foundation (Foundation) with its “2006 New Business Partner of the Year Award” for the Foundation’s $125,000 commitment to HEF’s Take Stock in Children scholarship program.  The Foundation’s pledge to HEF will enable fifty (50) graduating high school seniors to receive college scholarships.

“The Lazydays^® Partners Foundation has generously invested in the scholarship and mentoring programs of the Hillsborough Education Foundation over the past year.  Once they learned about a way they could become involved to help students at risk, they answered the call by sponsoring a large number of scholars with $125,000 worth in scholarships,” said Janine Ferrante of HEF.

“We are very proud to be honored with this distinction,” said Dana Philp, President of the Lazydays^® Partners Foundation. “Our mission is to measurably change the lives of children in the Tampa Bay area.  Through this gift to the Hillsborough Education Foundation, we are able to change children’s lives by giving them the gift of an education.  I cannot think of a better and longer lasting gift than that.”

About the Hillsborough Education Foundation: Hillsborough Education Foundation is a 501 (c)-(3), organization whose mission is investing community resources to help students achieve academic success. Founded in 1988, HEF supports special projects and programs that may not be funded with tax dollars. Five focus areas of the Foundation include classroom and school grants, scholarship and mentoring programs, programs for at-risk students, recognition programs for excellence in education and funding the renovation of Nature’s Classroom. The Education Foundation currently serves several hundred students in this particular scholarship program. To learn more about scholarships, log on to www.educationfoundation.com.

About Lazydays^® Partners Foundation’s Fund: The Foundation’s fund is comprised of contributions made by Lazydays^® employees through payroll deduction as well as generous gifts from customers and other individuals and organizations. Over 50% of Lazydays^® employees contribute to the Foundation at this time. The Foundation’s mission is to “measurably change” the lives of at-risk children through contributions to organizations which share the same goal. For more information on the Foundation, please visit www.lazydayspartnersfoundation.com.

About Lazydays: Lazydays^® RV SuperCenter^®, founded in 1976 by Don Wallace, is the largest single-site RV dealership in the world. Located on 126 acres outside Tampa, Florida, Lazydays^® has an 86,600 sq. ft. main building, 273 service bays, 300 RV campsites and more than 1,200 RVs on display. The property also has a 40,000 sq. ft. Camping World store, a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Flying J RV Travel Plaza. This national RV destination will host more than one million visitors and serve more than 300,000 meals this year alone. For more information on Lazydays^® visit www.lazydays.com.

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For more information:
Stephanie Steele
813-258-5858
stephanie@schifinolee.com