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Friday, June 09, 2006

The Final Three Teams Arrive in Miami for a High Caliber Championship Event

The Final Three Teams Arrive in Miami for a High Caliber Championship Event

It's a Win/Win Opportunity for Miami Residents and a Chance to Win Tickets to

See the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals

What: As the Miami Heat travel to Dallas to compete for the big title
this week, a winning team from Dallas will arrive in Miami for
another final event -- along with teams from Boston and
Chicago -- to give away 1,000 free music downloads and celebrate
the end of the Dodge High Caliber Challenge, a five-day, 13-city
road-trip to raise awareness for Global Music Project and benefit
Doctors Without Borders. It's a win/win opportunity for Miami
residents to raise money for a good cause and catch the finals of
this collegiate "3 on 3 tournament" and possibly win tickets to the
NBA Finals.

The ball's in Miami's court to come out and support the winning
teams on Friday, June 9. Miami residents are invited to cheer on
three teams of dynamic students -- from Boston College,
Northwestern University and Texas Christian University -- at this
"slam-dunk" event.

Visuals:
-- Ball Count: An all-new 2007 Dodge Caliber will be filled to
capacity with basketballs in celebration of the Miami Heat
making it to the NBA Finals. Event attendees will have an
opportunity to guess how many basketballs fit inside the
vehicle for a chance to win two tickets to the Miami Heat game
on Tuesday, June 13
-- The Warm-Up: Miami-based Jazz Fusion Latin band, For If The
Flies, will perform live during the event
-- Game Time: Residents will be invited to sample music and
receive free 1,000 downloads from
http:/www.GlobalMusicProject.org
-- Halftime: Dodge will present a check for $10,000 to Global
Music Project and Doctors Without Borders
-- Award Ceremony: The team that earned the most points during
the five-day road trip will be announced and awarded a
24-month lease on an all- new 2007 Dodge Caliber for each of
the three team members represented by an oversized key
presentation; the six runner-ups will each receive $500

Who:
The Traveling teams
-- Team Boston' s Starting Lineup: A future HBO writer, a former
beauty queen from "O.C." and a Lacrosse player -- Woody
Tondorf, 22; Stefanie Sitzer, 19; and Jennifer Cowperthwait,
21; respectively
-- Team Chicago's Starting Lineup:: A Russian speaking pre-med
student, a jazz studies major and an aspiring broadcast
journalist -- Yuna Rapoport, 20; Richard Winkelmann, 20; and
Jackie Coburn, 21; respectively
-- Team Dallas' Starting Lineup: Three marketing
students -- Natalie Yerkovich, 21; Ashley Foland, 23; and
Katherine Dell, 21

Stats: The nine students will travel more than 4,500 miles and pass
through 20 states on their way to Miami giving away 10,000
free music downloads from GlobalMusicProject.org to benefit
Doctors Without Borders

When: Friday, June 9
11 a.m. - Noon

Where: University of Miami, John Koubek Center
2705 SW Third Street, Miami

Why: The Dodge High Caliber Challenge combines Generation Y's
passion for volunteering with their love of music, technology
and philanthropy in a five-day charity road trip designed to
generate awareness for Global Music Project and raise funds
for Doctors Without Borders. Student teams put their skills
to the test in the real world on an all-expense paid road trip
with the chance to win a 24-month lease on an all-new 2007
Dodge Caliber.

Additional Global Music Project, http://www.globalmusicproject.org/ , is
Information: a nonprofit, international music download site that promotes
up and coming, independent artists who have donated their
music to raise funds for global charities.

Fans can follow each team's road trip journey by visiting
their online journal at:
http://boston.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/;
http://chicago.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/;
http://dallas.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/

Contact: Carrie McElwee, 248-613-7752, cm63@daimlerchrysler.com
Emily Kooistra, 312-505-4668, ekooistra@clearblue.biz

PRNewswire -- June 9

Source: DaimlerChrysler

Web site: http:/www.GlobalMusicProject.org
http://boston.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/
http://chicago.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/
http://dallas.dodgehighcaliberchallenge.net/

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