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Leah KnepperRubberneck Media

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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will Change the Life of One Lucky Fayetteville Family

Fayetteville, NC - June 22, 2011 - “Move that bus!!” These are the words residents of Fayetteville/Cumberland County will soon be hearing.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the popular Emmy Award-winning ABC Television reality show, is bringing their famous bus to Fayetteville to surprise one very lucky local family with a complete home rebuild. Along with host Ty Pennington and the rest of the Extreme team, local volunteers and builder Blue Ridge Log Cabins will race against time to construct an entire house for a deserving family.

Fayetteville Mayor Tony Chavonne helped make the announcement at a press conference hosted by the builder earlier today in Fayetteville.

“It’s an honor that a family from Fayetteville has been chosen to receive the home of their dreams, courtesy of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team and Blue Ridge Log Cabins,” said Mayor Chavonne. “We have been presented with a great opportunity for our citizens to join together to help one of our own and show the world that Fayetteville truly is America’s Hometown.”

Log homes are rare on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and log homes built through a fully modular process have been unheard of...until now. Blue Ridge Log Cabins, an 18-year-old company, has built more than 980 log homes throughout the nation and over 500 in North Carolina.

“We couldn’t be happier to work alongside this fantastic community, and we hope everyone will turn out and join us in building an extraordinary home for this deserving family,” said Blue Ridge Log Cabins President and CEO Chip Smith.

The theme for the build, “Heroes, Hearts and Hard Hats,” was selected in honor of the patriotic pride and community spirit of America’s Hometown. Fayetteville’s “heroes” are being asked to come forward and participate in the seven-day, televised construction project. Community members, volunteers, leaders, craftsmen and business owners are all welcome.

While behind-the-scenes planning is taking place at warp speed, the name of the family and the exact location of the home will not be released until Thursday, July 14 when the design team and a crew of volunteers surprise the lucky family with their well-known, “Good Morning!” wake up call. Five families in the Fayetteville area are being considered as finalists.

To find out how you can get involved, visit www.blueridgelogcabins.com or www.joinextreme.com.

About Extreme Makeover: Home EditionThe Emmy Award-winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” entering its 9th 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 the FACVBThe Fayetteville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is a private, not-for-profit organization responsible for positioning Fayetteville/Cumberland County as a destination for conventions, sporting events and individual travel. For additional information, visit www.visitfayettevillenc.com or call 1-800-255-8217. Fayetteville/Cumberland County is America’s first military sanctuary. Through the Army’s Army and other volunteer groups, our citizens and businesses are dedicated to “watching over those who watch over us©.”

About Blue Ridge Log CabinsFounded in 1992, Blue Ridge Log Cabins today is widely considered the most innovative company of its kind in America. Ranked by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the nation two years running, Blue Ridge Log Cabins has created modular home-building practices for the upscale log cabin industry, reducing the cost, time and risk normally associated with such construction thanks to its state-of-the-art, 110,0000-square-foot production facility located in the Upstate of South Carolina. Capable of building as many as 15 custom homes each week from 500- to 5,000-square-feet, Blue Ridge Log Cabins was featured on the premiere episode of HGTV’s “Amazing Log Cabin” series, and the company has built and delivered homes for customers as far away as Wyoming.

*Note to Media:

Below please find specific information on the build schedule, volunteer sign-up, sponsorships, donations and

media credentials.

Build Schedule

July 7: Pep rally for all volunteers – Crown Coliseum, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

July 14: Family is notified, AKA “Door Knock”

July 21: House Reveal, AKA “Move that Bus!”

Volunteer Information

To participate in the build or in one of the events leading up to the build, please visit

www.blueridgelogcabins.com or www.joinextreme.com, or contact Carolyn Moore with Blue Ridge Log Cabins

at extreme@blueridgelogcabins.com.

Sponsor and Donation Information

To make a donation of good, service or cash toward the build, please visit www.blueridgelogcabins.com. To

become a sponsor, please contact Beverly Roseman with Blue Ridge Log Cabins at 800.348.5888 or

extreme@blueridgelogcabins.com

Media Credentials

During the week-long build, a media tent will be available for all qualified media members. To schedule

interviews with builders, family and talent or to request information on credentials, please visit

www.joinextreme.com or contact Leah Knepper with Rubberneck Media at 919.397.5355 or

lknepper@rubberneckmedia.com.

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