Toyota and Actor Lance Gross to Host Healthy Tailgate at SWAC Football Championship on Saturday, December 7

HOUSTON, Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT:	Toyota invites SWAC Championship fans and local media to an exclusive tasting of eco-friendly delights during the Toyota Green Initiative Healthy Tailgate hosted by actor and Toyota Green Coalition Member Lance Gross. The Toyota Green Initiative (TGI) is an environmental stewardship platform that tours select Historically Black Colleges and Universities, empowering students, alumni and the African American community to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. TGI will give SWAC fans simple tips that can benefit both their health and our environment.

	During the Healthy Tailgate, the TGI Coalition will conduct a live cooking demonstration featuring grilled salmon with lemon, broccoli and carrot salad, and grilled chicken thighs with roasted pepper sauce. Samples of these recipes and other healthy dishes will be available to attendees throughout the tailgate.

WHO:	The TGI Coalition, a collection of celebrities and environmental experts who speak on relevant ways to go green, will be in attendance. Members include:
	Lance Gross, actor, Tyler Perry's hit movie "Temptation" Jim Colon, Vice President of Product Communications, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Jamal Ali, author of Black and Green: Black Insights for the Green Movement Stephen Graddick, TGI Green Campus Contest Winner

WHEN:	Saturday, December 7, 2013
	11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

WHERE:	Reliant Stadium
	Reliant Parkway
	Houston, TX 77054

About Toyota
Toyota, the world's top automaker and creator of the Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live through our Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we've built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants and directly employ nearly 40,000 people. Our 1,800 North American dealerships sold more than 2.3 million cars and trucks in 2012 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road today.

Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As part of this commitment, we share the company's extensive know-how garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good. (NYSE:TM) For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.

SOURCE Toyota Green Initiative

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