Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Pep Rally for North Central Texas

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Pep Rally

for North Central Texas

Temple-Inland Inc, Texas Association of Builders and Tilson Home Corporation to Host

Pep Rally for Extreme Makeover Volunteers at Southwestern University, Georgetown

Austin, Texas (November 24, 2010) — ABC’s Emmy-winning hit show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

has selected a North Central Texas family to feature on its award winning show that helps change the lives

of families and inspire remarkable community support. Each week, the show builds a new home for a

deserving family, traveling across the country.

They call to build a home in just one week has been answered by three Austin-based organizations: state-wide

homebuilder Tilson Home Corporation, diversified building products and corrugated packaging

company Temple-Inland Inc.. and the statewide homebuilders trade organization Texas Association of

Builders. The team is calling the project “The Heart of Texas Build.”

The Heart of Texas Build will rely on volunteers and all of North Central Texas is invited to get involved in

this historic event. The team will host a pep rally on Tuesday, November 30th at the Robertson Center on the

Southwestern University campus in Georgetown, to kick off the volunteer effort to help accomplish this

amazing feat for a worthy family. While the exact town and family details won’t be released until the week of

December 6th, volunteers can sign up now to get involved in this community event.

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The pep rally will be hosted by Eddie Martin, president of Tilson Homes; Scott Norman, executive director of

the Texas Association of Builders; and, Martha Grissom, spokesperson for Temple-Inland’s building products

group. They’ll be joined by several members of the production team to talk about the show and how people

can help.

The Heart of Texas Build team is inviting volunteers from the community to provide their time, support and

resources to help ensure the success of this life-altering project. Interested individuals or companies can find

more information on how to volunteer time and/or resources at www.heartoftexasbuild.com.

Admission to the Pep Rally is free to the public with a suggested donation of non-perishable food items for the

Capital Area Food Bank, who will also be collecting food donations at the makeover site.

For up to the minute information on volunteer needs, design needs, door knock and family announcement, visit

the Heart of Texas Build website at www.heartoftexasbuild.com.

About ABC-TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” now in

its 8th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It’s executive-produced by Brady Connell and George Verschoor.

David Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.

About Temple-Inland: Temple-Inland Inc. is a manufacturing company focused on corrugated packaging and building products. The fully

integrated corrugated packaging operation consists of 7 mills, and 60 converting facilities. The building products operation manufactures a

diverse line of building products for new home construction, commercial and repair and remodeling markets. Temple-Inland’s address on the

World Wide Web is www.templeinland.com.

About Texas Association of Builders: Founded in 1946, the Texas Association of Builders is an affiliate of the National Association of Home

Builders and has 34 local home builders associations across Texas. Representing more than 10,000 members, 550,000 jobs and $35 billion of

the Texas economy, the state and local associations play a crucial role in providing housing for Texans. For more information about the Texas

Association of Builders, visit www.TexasBuilders.org.

About Tilson Home Corporation: Tilson Home Corporation is a family-owned and operated company founded in 1932. They are a built on

your lot custom homebuilder operating exclusively in Texas. Tilson has 10 sales centers located throughout the Houston, Bryan/College

Station, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas/Fort Worth areas. Tilson customers can bring in their own home plan, design a home from scratch or

choose from over 110 different home plans and change them to suit their needs. For more information on Tilson Homes, visit

www.TilsonHome.com.

About Capital Area Food Bank of Texas: The mission of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) is to nourish hungry people and lead

the community in ending hunger. Since 1982, CAFB in collaboration with more than 350 partner agencies has been helping Central Texans in

need providing healthy food, nutritional program assistance and education, so they can make better choices at mealtime. In the past 12

months, CAFB distributed more than 25 million pounds of food to 300,000 Central Texans in its 21 county service territory. For more

information on the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and its programs, visit www.austinfoodbank.org or call 512/282-2111.

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PEP RALLY SUMMARY

WHAT: On Tuesday, November 30th, a pep rally will be held for the community and all volunteers of

the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build at Southwestern University in Georgetown.

Admission is FREE to the public with a suggested donation of two healthy, non-perishable

food items for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas.

WHO: Temple-Inland Inc, Texas Association of Builders and Tilson Home Corporation – build team

for the week-long Extreme build; all designated volunteers, and special appearance by Milan

Vasic, executive producer of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 6pm – 8pm

WHERE: Corbin J. Robertson Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown

WHY: The event will rally all volunteers of North Central Texas’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

to inspire and share information about the build schedule, the need for volunteers and what

to expect during the build week. The Extreme build has had a tremendous response from the

North Central Texas Community, but is still in need of some key volunteers and materials.

In addition to general volunteers and donations, the build is specifically seeking additional

help from the following: dry wallers, painters and framers. The build also needs individuals or

companies who are able to prepare meals for volunteers.

To donate toward the Build Fund, volunteer or help with the items listed above, please visit

www.heartoftexasbuild.com.

Volunteer & Donation Information

The Heart of Texas Build team is seeking volunteers for the build. All individuals interested in participating or donating

can visit the build’s website at www.heartoftexasbuild.com for more information.

NOTE TO MEDIA: Individual interviews with Temple-Inland Inc, the Texas Association of Builders and Tilson Home

Corporation, and special guests can be scheduled before and after the pep rally. Please contact Dawn Dantzler to

schedule interview times. Additionally, all video crews and photographers are welcomed.

Schedule of Events

The home build and several events to help generate awareness, gather volunteer support, and donations are tightly

scheduled. Please make a note of the following dates in your calendars.

November 30th – Pep rally for all volunteers and community – 6P-8P at the Corbin J. Robertson Center at Southwestern

University in Georgetown.

Sometime the week of December 6th – Family notified, also known as the “Door Knock”. The

Build begins.

December 12th – House reveal, also known as the time to “Move that Bus!”

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