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October 26 event to benefit food charities worldwide
Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2008 – World Zombie Day has gone viral, infecting 52 cities in the US, Canada, Central
America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
“The number of cities signing on has far exceeded our expectations”, says organizer Mark Menold, who is also producer
and host of the Pittsburgh-based television program The It’s Alive Show. “The response is overwhelming. We’re going to
bring in substantial food donations as well as set another world record.”
Pittsburgh owns the current Guinness World Record™ for largest zombie gathering of 1,028 people set last year. “This
year, we are going to add all of the zombies from each city to come up with one monstrous total so that everyone can say
they were part of a world record”, says Menold.
World Zombie Day, being held on Sunday, October 26, features zombie walks with accompanying food drives in
participating cities. The hub of World Zombie Day will be a walk at the Monroeville Mall with a food drive benefiting the
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The Mall walk – which is part of the 2008 Zombie Fest – is at the site where
George Romero zombie movie Dawn of the Dead was filmed. Zombie Fest is a free, all ages public fan festival
celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dawn and all things zombie and will feature vendors, author panels with award winning
writers, films, celebrity guests, bands, entertainment and interactive fan activities.
In addition to Pittsburgh, other cities participating in World Zombie Day are:
Adelaide, Australia
Ann Arbor, MI
Asheville, NC
Atlanta, GA
Blackpool, UK
Brisbane, Australia
Burlington, VT
Christchurch, NZ
Dallas, TX
Detroit, MI
Fairbanks, AK
Flint, MI
Fort Myers, FL
Fort Wayne, IN
Hong Kong
Hudson, NY
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Jeffersonville, IN
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas, NV
Lawrence, KS
London, Ontario
London, UK
Los Angeles, CA
Louisville, KY
Lyon, France
Mobile, AL
Nashville, TN
New York, NY
Omaha, NE
Orlando, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, OR
Roanoke, VA
Roaring River, NC
Sacramento, CA
Salt Lake City, UT
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, Costa
Rica
Santa Rosa, CA
Seattle, WA
Sioux Falls, SD
Spokane, WA
Sydney, Australia
Tampa, FL
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Worcester, UK
Zagreb, Croatia
Besides the fun part of dressing up like a zombie, participants in all cities are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food
donation to benefit their local food relief agency. Menold expects tons of food contributions to be generated by World
Zombie Day - “Zombies may eat brains but they do have hearts.”
For more information about World Zombie Day or Zombie Fest, please visit www.theitsaliveshow.com.
It’s Alive is a television show produced by Clownhouse Productions, LLC in the same format as the highly successful Pittsburgh favorite Chiller Theater. Classic horror movies are presented by a talented cast performing comedy and live music. The show is aired Saturday nights at 10:00 PM on Pittsburgh’s WBGN-TV, and streamed 24/7 via the show’s web site at www.theitsaliveshow.com.
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