SONOMA, Calif. – Oct. 22, 2004 – Rebuilding Together Petaluma this week will accept the final installment of a $200,000 national contribution presented as part of the 2004 Healthy Homes Tour, a year-long, coast-to-coast effort by Georgia-Pacific Corp. and the Champions Tour to support affiliates of Rebuilding Together.

Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest volunteer-based, non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing the homes of the elderly, disabled and families with children in need.

The Tour wraps up this week at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Sonoma. Golfers Dave Stockton and Tom Wargo, as well as Champions Tour President Rick George, labored alongside local affiliates, volunteers and Georgia-Pacific employees on special collaborative home-rebuilding projects in Boston, Long Island and Houston.

“I think our Tour touches an awful lot of people,” said Stockton. Wargo echoed the sentiment. “It just makes you feel good when you can do something like that,” he said. “The smile we put on the homeowner’s face is well worth the effort.”

“Rebuilding Together appreciates the efforts of Georgia-Pacific and the Champions Tour to build awareness of the need for healthier homes -- and to do something about it,” said Patricia R. Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Rebuilding Together. “Good people and great products help us tackle the growing needs of low-income homeowners in a direct and significant fashion.”

“Georgia-Pacific has a continuing commitment to promote healthy homes through strong, community-based organizations like Rebuilding Together, and by manufacturing innovative building products,” said Alan Thielemann, Georgia-Pacific’s vice president for building products marketing. “It makes us proud to know that materials we make, like our Plytanium siding and plywood floor under-layment and moisture- and mold-resistant DensArmor Plus interior panels, can make life a little better for people in need.”

The current 24 million low-income homeowners in the United States will increase to 28.5 million by the year 2010. More and more families are placed in the position of choosing between vital necessities such as food or medicine and a roof that does not leak. Rebuilding Together works to ensure that as many of those families as possible do not have to make these difficult choices, but can make the essential home repairs and maintenance needed to have a healthy home. Georgia-Pacific has supported Rebuilding Together since 1992, through local and national initiatives led by the Washington, D.C.-based organization.

Georgia-Pacific also sponsors the Grand Champions competition on the Champions Tour. The “tournament within a tournament” features players age 60 and older who are entered in the full-field Champions Tour event.

The Grand Champions winner is determined by scores posted during the first two rounds of tournament competition, except at the 54-hole, season-ending Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship, which will be held concurrently this week with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. The 16 players eligible to compete in the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship are vying for shares of a $400,000 purse.

Among those who participated in the Grand Champions competition this year are: Gary Player, one of only five players to win professional golf's Grand Slam; Lee Trevino, two-time winner of the U.S. Open, British Open and TOUR Championship; George Archer and Charles Coody, both former Masters champions; al Geiberger, the first professional golfer to shoot 59 in competition; and two-time TOUR Championship winner and former Ryder Cup Captain Dave Stockton. Jay Sigel, Graham Marsh and Bruce Summerhays made their rookie debuts in 2004.

Although Grand Champions earnings are unofficial, the players are eligible to collect prize money for their finish in the regular tournament as well. A player is eligible to win both the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions and the overall tournament at the same event -- which has happened six times within the past eight years. Most recently, J.C. Snead accomplished this feat at the 2002 Greater Baltimore Classic.