The Arizona Ghostbusters participated in the Step Out to Fight Diabetes Charity Walk in downtown Phoenix Sunday morning. The walk was a great success and we hope everyone had as good a time as we did. We collected just over $300 in donations. We would like to thank everyone who made a donation to this great cause.

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The Arizona Ghostbusters finally have wheels, well a work in proress at least. She's a 1972 Pontiac Bonneville Superior Ambulance. She was found up in Colorado near the four corners, just off Route 666 and purchased for 1000 dollars. It's going to take alot more to get her finished. The engine was sold out of her a awhile back but otherwise she's complete. She has lots of little things like dents and spot rust that needs to be repaired. The back is still filled with bandages and other assorted medical supplies, as well as the transmission and exhaust. Though not a Caddy, the car has a lot of character and she'll help us be alot more complete team. We'll make updates as progress is made.

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Friday night September 7th Arizona Ghostbusters headed out to First Friday in downtown Phoenix for our diabetes walk fundraiser. Due to the possibility of storms and the heat people didn't start stopping by till around 8pm. Once people started stopping by it didn't stop at all. When we were going to pack up people were still wanting pics with us. Alot of people donated to the walk without taking pics with us. Alot of people shared their experiences with diabetes and showed much appreciation for us doing the walk. We raised just under 200 dollars. The highlight of the evening was meeting the Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon who was just walking alot the art route. Unfortunately we forgot to bring a regular camera with us but we have some phone camera photos and also unfortuately in our pic with the mayor his face has a shadow on it.

Us with Mayor Phil Gordon.



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A picture of the team was published in the local College Times paper September 13th 2007.


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First, I must say, we didn't have kids chanting He-Man, and we didn't dance.

My co-worker that had helped us get our AZ logo t-shirts made had a birthday party for youngest son. He wasn't able to see us as the MS walk we did back in April so he's been asking his mom everyday since then when he can see the Ghostbusters. So we decided to pay him a visit for his birthday. I've been told since he won't stop talking about us showing up so I think we made a good impression. We got him the dvd set, which was the first thing he opened. We took some pics with some of the other parties that were going on and assured them birthday parties are not our usual gig. Luckily it wasn't packed that night and the staff gave us no problems.

A couple of the kids weren't sure who we are and one asked why I was so little. We told him I'm for the hard to reach spots. I hope we helped our job security a bit by introducing Ghostbusters to a new generation and I must say, I felt pretty good about doing this.

Matt, Jeff, and Neal with Brandon



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Matt and Jeff from the team headed to the San Diego Comic Con July 26th and 27th. They met with several of the California busters and were interviewed for several documentaries on the con. They were also shown live on TV with San Diego's CBS 8 team covering the con. The reporter told us we were the only thing she easily recognized at the convention.

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On April 14th the Arizona Ghostbusters with our family and friends went on our MS Charity walk. It took me awhile to get the pics up. It was pretty hot that day, of course after it had been cool the whole week before and its been cool everyday since. It was worth the effort and we were very well received. We raised $1,591 dollars for MS research. We got just a few pics since we posed for more than we were taking ourselves.

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Matt, Jeff, and Esther hosted a fundraising booth for the MS Walk at the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Phoenix at 5th St and Roosevelt. For pictures with us, we asked for simple donations from the walk attendees. By the end of the night we collected $200 in donations.

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The Arizona Ghostbusters signed up for the Walk On The Wild Side MS Walk taking place April 14th 2007. As a fundraiser, we hosted a 50/50 raffle at a Cubs vs. Angels pre-season baseball game at Hohokam Park in Mesa at 1pm. The team raised $360 total to go towards the team fundraising goal.

The team with the raffle winner.



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The Arizona Ghostbusters were in attendance Saturday and Sunday of the Phoenix Cactus Comic Con. Matt and Jeff sat in on a prop making panel hosted by the 501st and the team appeared on stage during the masquerade in the display only category.

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