San Antonio 10/12/2011 7:40:31 AM
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Cadillac Announces Events Of Team Escalade Texas

Six Charities, 19 Celebrities, Four Cities…One Bold Drive to Change Lives!

Team Escalade Texas (www.TeamEscaladeTexas.com), Team Escalade Texas (www.TeamEscaladeTexas.com), Texas Cadillac's multimarket, multi-media campaign involving six charities, 19 celebrities, four cities and one bold drive to change lives, is visiting the AT&T Golf Tournament Oct. 14-15 at TPC San Antonio, 23808 Resort Parkway. Stop by and visit with Drew Pearson and Team Escalade to Vote, Share, Act!

Team Escalade Texas was launched Sept. 22 to increase interest, volunteers and donations for six Texas charities.  The campaign continues through October 30, 2011.  Log onto www.TeamEscaladeTexas and vote, share and act for your favorite charity.

Football great Drew Pearson is leading Team Escalade Texas. The celebrities joining Drew Pearson and the participating charities in Team Escalade Texas are:

Cure Duchenne – Team CureDuchenne (http://www.cureduchenne.org)
Daryl Johnston, Rocket Ismail, Dan Pastorini

Taylor’s Gift Foundation – Team Gift (http://www.taylorsgift.org)
Everson Walls, Danieal Manning, Mike Renfro

Ronald McDonald House Charities – Team House (Dallas: http://www.rmhdallas.org; Fort Worth: http://ftworthrmh.org; Houston: http://www.rmhc-houston-galveston.org; San Antonio: http://www.ronaldmcdonaldhouse-sa.org)
Randy White, Jay Novacek, Matt Bullard

Special Olympics Texas – Team Champion (http://www.sotx.org)
Carly Patterson, Laura Wilkinson, Zina Garrison

Love Hope Strength – Team Strength  (http://www.lovehopestrength.org)
Mike Modano, Brent Severyn, N.D. Kalu

The YMCA – Team YMCA (http://www.ymca.net)
Brian Cardinal, Derek Harper, Alphonso Roundtree

The six charities have had PSAs produced for them by Texas area Cadillac dealers who also have provided them with assets to publicize and promote the PSA.  Now people need to vote, click and share on the charities’ videos at www.TeamEscaladeTexas.com. The charity that receives the most votes (calculated on midnight October 30, 2011) will win additional advertising support valued at $150,000.

The participating San Antonio Cadillac dealers are:

San Antonio Cadillac Dealers - http://www.mysanantoniocadillacdealers.com/
Cavender Cadillac Company – 801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78215 (210) 226-7221
Ken Batchelor Cadillac – 11001 Interstate 10 West, San Antonio, TX 78230 (210) 690-0700

About Cadillac
Cadillac has been a leading luxury auto brand since 1902. In recent years, Cadillac has engineered a historic renaissance led by artful engineering and advanced technology. More information on Cadillac can be found at media.cadillac.com.

About Team Escalade Texas
Team Escalade Texas is a charity challenge sponsored by Texas Cadillac Dealers that aims to increase public awareness and support for vital Texas charities. Six teams, 19 celebrities, Four cities and one bold drive to save lives. The challenge runs through Oct. 30, 2011. Vote, Share, Act on www.TeamEscaladeTexas.com.

Media Contacts:

Lisa Taylor
lisa@TrizCom.com
214-914-1099

Or

Jo Trizila
jo@TrizCom.com
o: 972-247-1369 
c: 214-232-0078

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