Western Refining became the title sponsor of “Texas vs. The Nation” challenge in May 2007. This is an event that features top seniors from Texas going head-to-head against top seniors from around the Nation in an “All Star” football game held in the Sun Bowl, in El Paso Texas. Buddy Ryan returned for the Team Nation and Gene Stallings, former Dallas Cowboy assistant coach, and head coach for Texas A&M, led Team Texas in the February 2 showdown.

Western Refining chose to sponsor this event because  it continues to bring national recognition to El Paso, with significant regional economic impact, and the association with “The National Child Identification Program”.

The National Child Identification Program is a community service initiative dedicated to changing the statistics of the number of missing children. It provides parents and guardians with a tool they can use to help protect, identify, and locate their children if they are missing.