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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Downtown Phoenix Zombie Walk 3 10/29/2011
On Saturday, October 29th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters teamed up with the
Downtown Phoenix Ambassadors and the Department Of Zombie Defense to host the 3rd Annual Phoenix Zombie Walk. The Walk was
the big event at the Halloween Festival held in the historic Heritage Square Park in downtown Phoenix.
Entry for the walk was canned food donations to the local St. Mary's Food Bank. Zombie
Make-Up was also provided for additional donations. 1569 lbs of food was collected and $200.00 for the food bank was collected
from the make-up donations.
Almost 4000 zombies were in attendance, doubling last year's participation numbers.
Almost a mile of downtown streets were closed while a police escort led the Ecto-AZ and the Arizona Ghostbusters on the route
warning passers-by of the zombie outbreak. The Zombie Horde stretched for almost 5 full blocks. The Department of Zombie Defense
helped keep the Zombies in line throughout the walk.
Reid Park Zoo Howl-O-Ween 2011
Arizona Ghostbusters:
Firehouse 520 appeared at the annual Reid Park Zoo's Howl-O-Ween weekend on October 28-30, 2011. The Ecto-AZ truck and 8ft
Puft Balloon was on display. Over 10,000 guests attended the event.
Ghostbusters Night at Bookmans Phoenix 10/8/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters and Bookmans Phoenix teamed up on Saturday October 8th, 2011
to host a Ghostbusters themed night in the store. Kids worked on making Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men out of real marshmallows,
coloring sheets, and ghost pops. Pin the proton stream on the ghost, ghost bean bag toss, and trivia was also played for prizes
including gift certificates. A raffle for $50.00 gift cards in the store was also held for the adults. Bookmans made a $100.00
donation towards the Multiple Sclerosis Walk in November bringing our total raised so far to $700. This year was by far
the busiest yet.
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Tucson Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk 10/2/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters:
Firehouse 520 participated in the Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk in Tucson, AZ on Sunday October 2nd, 2011.
Glendale Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk 10/1/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters participated
in the annual Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk in Glendale, AZ on Saturday October 1st, 2011. The walk was 3 miles around Midwestern
University and the surrounding neighborhood. We raised $100.00 for the walk at the Glendale 9 Customer Appreciation Night.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Rex Allen Days Parade 10/1/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters:
Firehouse 520 made their 2nd apperance in the annual Rex Allen Days Parade in Willcox, AZ on October 1st, 2011 along with
their Ecto-AZ Truck with blow-up Stay-Puft in the back.
Prescott Multiple Sclerosis Walk 10/1/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters
participated in the Multiple Sclerosis Walk on October 1st, 2011 held in the Heritage Park Zoo in Prescott, AZ.
St. Mary's Food Bank 80's Night 9/27/2011
The Arizona Ghostbusters stopped by St.Mary's Food Bank Rock N' Box 80's Night on
Tuesday September 27th. 2011. 80's Music was played while volunteers helped box up a new record of 96 pallets of food to be
given out to needy families throughout the valley. The food bank had us make a grand entrance to the theme song while we drove
the Ecto up the ramp into the warehouse. After our entrance we joined in boxing up the food items.
Glendale 9 Drive-In Customer Appreciation Night & Diabetes Walk Fundraiser 9/22/2011
The Glendale 9 Drive-In hosted their annual customer appreciation night on
Thursday September 22nd, 2011. Members from the Arizona Corsairs pirate costume group, movie car replicas from Willitmakeit.com
and Starcars.com, and the Arizona Ghostbusters appeared at the event. Admission to the event and movies was free for the public.
The Arizona Ghostbusters set up a raffle booth to collect funds for the American Diabetes Walk on October. $100.00 was collected
from the raffles for the Walk. We'd like to thank the theater for hosting the event and all the attendees.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Dan Aykroyd Signing and MS Fundraiser 9/10/2011
On Saturday, September 10th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters set up a booth
to host raffles for the Multiple Sclerosis Society at a Dan Aykroyd Crystal Head Vodka signing at the local Bevmo. We were
invited to set up our Ecto and booth at the event by BevMo and the vodka distributor. Folks were lined up before we even got
there to set up. The line went all the way around the building and down the back of the strip mall. We set our Ecto and booth
up next to the front door and the head of the local Multiple Sclerosis Society set up her table at our tent as well. When
Dan showed up he made a beeline out of his RV to our Ecto and did a walk around giving it his seal of approval and then talked
to be about how he remembered us from 3 years ago and the member hat we gave him then. He then went to
the booth and autographed all of the items we were raffling off for the MS Society. He signed bottles long after the event
was supposed to be over to make sure everyone got in. In the three hours we were there we collected $600.00 for the MS Society.
We'd like to thank BevMo, Crystal Head Vodka, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, the fans, and Dan himself for making it a great
event.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
MS Awareness Night At Chase Field 8/27/2011
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters attended the annual Multiple
Sclerosis Awareness Night at Chase field during an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game. Patrick Thompson and Jeff Lewis took
part in this event to help bring attention to the upcoming MS walk at the Pheonix Zoo on November 5 that we participate in
each year. The two certainly brought a crowd to the table the MS society had set up, and we had a great time as well.
We'd like to thank the MS Society and Chase Field for bringing us out.
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Phoenix ComiCon 2011
The Phoenix ComiCon was unbelievable this year. The attendance was record
setting and convention hall hours were extended because of it. Our booth was considered one of the most popular thanks to
Puft looming over the hall. Anywhere you were you could see him. A lot of people used it at their meeting point. We also had
our Ecto-AZ, Vigo Replica, and Real Ghsotbusters arcade cabinet set up.
William Atherton was only supposed to be
there Friday and Saturday but he decided to stay all of Sunday too. William is a true gentleman and professional. Ernie
was only in attendance on Sunday due to filming a movie here in Arizona. He stopped by our booth to see us and William.
It caused a media circus and was an amazing moment to see the two actors together again.
We raised
just $875 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation from raffles with $100 of that coming from the arcade machine. At $.25 a play
that means it was played 400 times over the weekend.
All of our panels went great and Ernie’s was filled
to capacity. We handed out 600 AZGB buttons and held the Slime Scavenger Hunt and Ghost Trapping Game for kids. We had tons
of kids come in costume and a mom and her daughter came in Stay Puft costumes. The Zombie walk was also a huge success. Elvira
also stopped by which caused another media circus. We set up our sound system speakers behind Vigo so after every few songs
we had a Vigo quote play. It scared quite a few people, especially when they were in front of him for a photo. We'd like to
thank everyone that stopped by our booth and the convention. We can't wait till next year's con. Click on photo for full gallery
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Komen Race For the Cure 4/10/2011
On Sunday, April 10, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters: Firehouse 520 participated
in their first Susan G Komen Race For the Cure at Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona. The Komen Race for the Cure helps raise funds
and awareness for breast cancer, celebrates survivors and remembers those that lost their battle with the disease. 75% of
the funds raised at the walk stays in Arizona cancer centers and 25% goes to national research centers. The team had a great
time and can't wait for next years walk.
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Operation Homefront Fundraiser 4/1/2011
On Friday, April 1st, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters set up a booth and
the Ecto-AZ at the monthly 1st Friday Artwalk in downtown Phoenix to collect donations for Operation Homefront. Operation
Homefront helps support the families of soliders that have gone to combat overseas. It was unseasonably warm but luckily it
cooled down as the evening progressed. It was an extremely busy night and we collected $300 total. We'd like to thank everyone
that stopped by and donated.Click on photo for full gallery
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
MDA Muscle Walk 3/27/2011
On Sunday March 27th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters: Firehouse 520, participated in
their 1st MDA Muscle Walk in Tucson. The walk was held at the University of Arizona Campus Mall. The team parked the Ecto-AZ
Truck for pictures. Other local costuming groups were also in attendance. It was a great walk and we'd like to thank everyone
that participated. Click on photo for full gallery
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Make-A-Wish Walk 3/5/2011
On Saturday morming
March 5th, 2011, our team and Ecto-AZ participated in their first Wish Walk for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Tempe Kiwanis
Park. Ironically it's been our wish since we started in 2007 to get to work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and we're very
proud we've gotten a relationship with them now. A game truck, Radio Disney, and the local fire department were also on hand.
It was an awesome walk and we can't wait for another Make-A-Wish event.
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1st Friday Artwalk 3/4/2011
On Friday night March 4th, 2011, our team set up a booth at the monthly 1st
Friday Artwalk in Downtown Phoenix. It was the first event for our newest member Alex Gist. He has previously been a zombie
at our last several zombie walks and we've managed to bring him back to the world of the living. We also managed to track
down a Sony tape player at thrift store so a certain old soundtrack tape of mine got some good use again. The highlight of
the evening was meeting an individual with the Hi-C cooler Slimer tatooed on his chest. We'd like to thank everyone that stopped
by.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Phoenix Heart Walk 2/26/2011
On Saturday, February 26th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters participated in their 4th
Phoenix Heart Walk. The walk was a 5k around Tempe Town Lake. At the walk start a festival is set up with music and booths
from walk sponsors, teams, and hospitals. The walk was a blast. We'd like to thank everyone that joined and volunteered at
the walk.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Heroes For Heroes Day 2/13/2011
On Sunday, February 13th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters: Firehouse 520,
participated in the "Heroes For Heroes" event at Silverbell Army Heliport in southern Arizona. This is located next
to the infamous plane boneyard showcased in many movies. The event was for soliders and their families. Members from the local
501st Legion and Arizona Avengers were on hand as well. The team was able to get up close and personal with some of the aircraft.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Parada Del Sol Parade 2/12/2011
On Saturday, February 12th, 2011, the Arizona Ghostbusters participated
in their first appearance in the annual Parada Del Sol parade in Old Town Scottsdale. The parade is one of the largest horsedrawn
parades in the country and this year they invited motor vehicles for the 1st time. It was a blast and we hope to participate
in future parades.
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