2012 casa classic golf tournament contributes
$1.15 million to help abused children in dallas
Irving, texas--(business wire)--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.
