2012 CASA Classic Golf Tournament Contributes $1.15 Million to Help Abused Children in Dallas
Archon Group, L. P. and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) joined
forces Monday, February 20, to host the Dallas CASA Classic, one of the
highest grossing charity golf tournaments in Dallas. The event benefits
Dallas CASA which provides advocates in court for abused children. A
contribution of $1,150,000 was presented to Beverly Levy, executive
director of Dallas CASA, during the luncheon portion of the golf
tournament.
'We are pleased to partner with Pioneer Natural Resources and extend our
support to CASA in their mission of helping neglected and abused
children in the Dallas area,? said Jim Lozier of Archon Group. 'Through
our employees and business partners, we have helped better the future of
Dallas′ most at-risk children for the last 15 years.?
Scott Sheffield, Chairman and CEO of Pioneer, said, 'We are proud to
join Archon in hosting this golf event. Pioneer has been a champion of
Dallas CASA for many years and it made sense for us to team with Archon
to increase the base of tournament sponsors, raising awareness of CASA′s
mission on behalf of abused and neglected children. We are very grateful
to our business partners and employee volunteers who made the tournament
a great success.?
Levy commented, 'Every day we see firsthand the terrible impact of abuse
and neglect on children, but our friends at Archon and Pioneer remind us
once again of the great goodness that exists to help these children.
Through their remarkable efforts, we are able to provide abused children
with a powerful voice in court that will enable them to find safe and
healthy home environments.?
The Dallas CASA Classic was held at the Tournament Players Course and
the Cottonwood Course at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas
and at the Las Colinas Country Club.
2012 Lead Sponsors
Presidential Sponsors:
Apartment Realty Advisors, Arent Fox, Baker Hughes, Basic Energy
Services, Carbo Ceramics, Champions Pipe & Supply, DCP Midstream, Eckert
Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Enerflow Industries, Energy Transfer, FB
Industries, Flotek, Greenberg Traurig, Hunton & Williams, Kel-Tech, Key
Energy Services, KPMG, McClatchy Bros., Nabors Corporate Services,
Patterson-UTI, Plains All American, Power Solutions, PWC, Rush
Enterprises, Smith Industries, Sullivan & Cromwell, Targa Resources,
Tenaris, Tex-Isle Supply and Vinson & Elkins.
VIP Sponsors:
Alvarez & Marsal, Balon Valves, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Bracewell
& Giuliani, Citi Global Energy Group, Convey-All Industries, Core Lab,
Dawson Geophysical, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Frank′s Casing Crew &
Rental, Gibbs & Bruns, Halliburton, Haynes and Boone, Infor, Jones Lang
LaSalle, JPMorgan Chase, Lufkin, McCollam Law Firm & Law Office of
Harrell Feldt, McElroy Sullivan & Miller, Multi-Chem, Nixon Peabody,
Patton Boggs, Musselwhite Trucking, PFP Technology, Pioneer Drilling,
Quorum Business Solutions, Thomson Reuters, Union Drilling, Weatherford,
Wells Fargo and Wilson.
About Archon Group
Established in 1991, Archon is a fully-diversified global real estate
services firm. Archon employs approximately 1,200 professionals across
eight countries worldwide. Archon currently has real estate and loan
assets under management in excess of $55.1 billion. Archon′s corporate
headquarters are located in Irving, Texas, and it has international
offices in France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan and Singapore. For more
information, visit www.archongroup.com.
About Pioneer
Pioneer is a large independent oil and gas exploration and production
company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, with operations in the United
States. For more information, visit Pioneer′s website at www.pxd.com.
About CASA
Dallas CASA is an organization of volunteers who are voices for
abused and neglected children in court.Today, just in Dallas
County, more than 2,000 children who have been removed from their homes
are waiting for the courts to decide where they can safely and
permanently live.CASA volunteers--Court Appointed Special
Advocates--are trained and supervised to make recommendations that help
judges decide what is best for each child.For many children,
CASA is the only constant during a scary, uncertain time, and a CASA
advocate can make an immediate and critical impact on the life of a
child.
Archon
Cris Zertuche Wong, 972-368-2845
or
Pioneer
Natural Resources
Susan Spratlen, 972-969-4018
or
Suzanne
Hicks, 972-969-4020
