Palm Harbor Homes, Nationwide Homes & ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Inspire Mark McGuinn’s New Single & Raise Awar...
04 Maio 2010 - 12:34PM
Business Wire
Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ:PHHM) today announced that the
season finale of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will air on Sunday
evening, May 16, 2010, on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Eastern/7:00
p.m. Central time. This episode will feature the Williams family
and the show’s first modular home, built by Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.
and its wholly-owned modular subsidiary, Nationwide Homes, Inc., in
Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia.
Jeremy Williams, the young father in this episode, is a
successful local high school football coach who was diagnosed with
ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2008. This fatal, progressive
disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord which
interferes with the brain's ability to control muscle movement.
More than half of those affected with ALS live 3 to 5 years after
their diagnosis. The timing of this particular episode, however, is
serendipitous in that May is also ALS Awareness Month. Its airing
on May 16 will draw national attention to Jeremy’s story and the
need to find a cure for this disease.
Palm Harbor and Nationwide Homes are coordinating on several
different projects leading up to the airing of the show to help
raise awareness and donations for The ALS Association. First of
all, a Jeremy Williams Tribute Site has been set up for those
wishing to donate to The ALS Association in Jeremy’s honor.
Secondly, the Company’s 55 stores across the country will be
focusing on ALS Awareness and distributing informational materials
about the disease.
One of the most exciting projects includes Mark McGuinn, a
Nashville-based country music artist who, through the home
makeover, came to know about Jeremy, his wife Jennifer, 8-year-old
daughter Josie and 6-year old son Jacob, who was diagnosed with
Spina Bifida before he was born. Mark was so impressed with the
positive attitude and perseverance of Jeremy and his family in the
face of this seeming calamity that he wrote and recorded a song
about Jeremy and the Extreme Makeover event, titling it, “Move that
Bus.” Mark has committed to donating a portion of all earnings from
the song to The ALS Association. He will be touring with associates
of Palm Harbor and Nationwide and cast members of the show to raise
awareness of ALS and promote sales of the song in the week prior to
the airing of the show on Sunday, May 16, 2010.
This season finale of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will
feature Ty Pennington, the design team, Nationwide and Palm Harbor
Homes, and the Pine Mountain community working together to build
the Williams family a new, 4,000 square foot, energy efficient
home. The home is fully handicapped accessible to accommodate the
special needs of Jeremy and Jacob. Like all of Palm Harbor and
Nationwide’s homes, this home was built in an
environmentally-protected building center by skilled and
experienced company associates and set on site in one day.
For more information about this project, the family and
information on how to donate to The ALS Association or get Mark
McGuinn’s song, please visit www.extremephn.com.
About ABC-TVs Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The Emmy
award winning reality program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, now
in its 7th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of
Endemol Holding. It's executive-produced by Anthony Dominici. David
Goldberg is Chairman, Endemol North America. The show airs
Sundays from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on ABC.
About The ALS Association: The ALS Association is the
only non-profit organization fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease on every
front. By leading the way in global research, providing assistance
for people with ALS through a nationwide network of chapters,
coordinating multidisciplinary care through certified clinical care
centers, and fostering government partnerships, The Association
builds hope and enhances quality of life while aggressively
searching for new treatments and a cure. Find out more at
www.alsa.org.
About Mark McGuinn: A native of Greensboro, NC, Mark
McGuinn is best known for his breakthrough Top 5 Country Single
“Mrs. Steven Rudy,” which debuted in 2001 and dominated and rose to
number one on the charts. He also wrote other hits such as “She
Doesn’t Dance,” “Unusually Unusual,” and the emotional tribute to
the attacks of 9/11, “More Beautiful Today.” Find out more at
www.MarkMcGuinn.com.
Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation's leading manufacturers
and marketers of multi-section factory-built homes. The Company
markets nationwide through vertically integrated operations,
encompassing manufacturing, marketing, financing and insurance. For
more information on the Company, please visit www.palmharbor.com.
For more information on Nationwide, its wholly-owned subsidiary,
please visit www.nationwide-homes.com.
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