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Image via CrunchBaseABC Entertainment Group and CafePress today announce the launch of official Dancing with the Stars team t-shirts with sales benefiting Stand Up To Cancer*. Each of the 12 celebrity couples helped design their own official team shirt, allowing fans of all ages to rally behind their favorite Foxtrotters with whimsical, fun and even insightful t-shirt art. Launching in the ABC Online Store today, September 17, $1 for every Dancing with the Stars Team t-shirt sold will be donated to Stand Up To Cancer, a grassroots movement raising much-needed funds for groundbreaking cancer research. Behind the scenes video footage of the t-shirt design process is now live on the Dancing with the Stars web page.

Each dancing team took a time-out from tango to create imaginative designs that play off their individual celebrity, dancing inspirations, and of course their team names:

· Team TorinA - Audrina Patridge & Tony Dovolani

· Team Bran DMC - Brandy & Maksim Chmerkovskiy

· Team Ballin' - Bristol Palin & Mark Ballas

· Team DanceHoff - David Hasselhoff & Kym Johnson

· Team Florky - Florence Henderson & Corky Ballas

· Team Jenougher - Jennifer Grey & Derek Hough

· Team KURTanna - Kurt Warner & Anna Trebunskaya

· Team Schmurgles - Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer

· Team van Cho - Margaret Cho & Louis Van Amstel

· Team Bolt Tower - Michael Bolton & Chelsie Hightower

· Team Sitchoff - Mike Sorrentino & Karina Smirnoff

· Team Fox-C - Rick Fox & Cheryl Burke

“We are profoundly grateful to all of our friends at ABC and Dancing With The Stars for standing up to cancer with us,” said Laura Ziskin, co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer and cancer survivor. “This is a great way to engage fans of the show to not only show their team spirit, but to support innovative cancer research.“

Fans can rock their samba-rific support for their favorite stars by busting a move to www.abctvstore.com and purchasing a team t-shirt that benefits cancer research.

Stand Up To Cancer is a 501(c)3 charitable organization that raises funds to hasten the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives.

*For each Dancing with the Stars Team Tee sold between September 16, 2010 through December 24, 2010, $1 will be donated to Stand Up To Cancer http://www.standup2cancer.org, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation http://www.eifoundation.org/.