Our walk in Ferndale on
10/26/08 - WORLD ZOMBIE DAY
was a GREAT success!


Donations of non-perishable food items: 1,018 POUNDS!
Equivalent to 783 meals!

Donations of funds: $2,129.39
Equivalent to 6,387 meals

So stand TALL and PROUD, Zombies! From what we hear from Gleaners and the It's Alive Show (who organized the troops around the world on this day) that is an AMAZING TOTAL! We ROCK! A lot!



At least 183 ZOMBIES (& 2 zombie dogs!) WALKED
(178 of whom were officially registered for the Guinness Book)


Walkers, spectators and photographers managed to bring in
over TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS and
over ONE THOUSAND POUNDS of food!

WOW!
(exact amounts are above!)

We can't thank everyone enough- especially Amanda Hopkins!
She was the winner of the GRAND PRIZE for most pledges, bringing in a stunning $542.25 in cash & checks for Gleaners! Way to GO, Amanda!!

Amanda won a prize pack valued at around $150! It included gift certificates to The Record Collector, Mother Fletcher's, Detroit Comics and Adornment Deluxe! Also included was a brand spankin' new copy of the awesome book, "Zombie Movies, The Ultimate Guide," a pack of zombie buttons, and a hat & T-Shirt from the new zombie apocalypse Xbox 360 video game, Left 4 Dead!
She also won a WALK ON PART on Wolfman Mac's Nightmare Sinema! WOW!

Other fun prizes were to be won by random walkers, like more gift certificates from Mother Fletcher's and The Record Collector, prize packs from Detroit Comics & American Pop, a few REALLY kick ass zombie posters from Zombie Reporting Center (and a T-shirt, too!), hats, T-Shirts & posters from Left 4 Dead, & zombie button packs & jugs of blood from ZWD. Along with our grand prize winner Amanda- another lucky winner also won a walk-on spot on Nightmare Sinema!

SOME OF THE MANY PHOTOS FROM WORLD ZOMBIE DAY!
~ ENJOY ~

Mother Fletcher's	The Record Collector
American Pop	Detroit Comics

Some of the highlights of the afternoon:

- Amanda. Again, dear, you ROCKED our zombie socks off. Not only are you a nicey, but holy CRAP did you work overtime on getting pledges. We hope you know how wonderful that is. Really. Can you even grasp how many people will EAT because of your hard work and your sponsors' generosity? You are their zombie angel.
So there.
Yep. $542.25 in pledges Amanda raised. Nice, eh? Very.

- The weather. It was supposed to be storming and plagued with wind gusts up to FIFTY miles an hour. Instead? Beautiful. Warm. Sunny. Mild.

THANKS to AJ's Cafe for letting us put a canopy up on their back porch, juuuuuust in case the raindrops came and we needed to protect the sign-in sheets and pledge forms. VERY cool of them.

- The hearses. If we'd known you were coming we could have incorporated a little somthin' somethin' in there. Next time. Nice rides & great to see you there!


Last but in NO way least- again,

- The pledges and food drive. As a zealous zombie team, we managed to compile over $2100.00 and over 1,000 pounds of food for the hungry. That, in our book, is the icing on the zombie cake. We were really impressed with everyone's dedication. Thank you.

Thanks to all who participated for making this such a GREAT time!
We absolutely cannot wait to see you again at our next event!