On Friday October 2nd, 2009, the Arizona Ghostbusters helped organize and host the Phoenix Zombie Walk held at the First Friday Art Walk. The zombie walk was a promotional event for the upcoming International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival being held at MadCap Theaters. The Film Festival was already hosting a Zombie Scavenger Hunt for prizes at First Friday so we decided it would be an excellent time to have a zombie walk as well. Around the walk route we made and posted various zombie warning signs. For the zombies themselves we made various signs to carry to promote the film festival and a few just for fun. On those we distressed the signs as much as possible with blood, bullet holes and burn marks. For our booth location we set up police tape and chalk outline of a victim who apparently lost their head. To help gain more walkers and to also collect donations for the MS Walk, we offered zombie make-up on the spot. This proved to be a very popular and many passers-by continued to get makeup even after the walk was over. Luckily our weather cooled down and we even had some rain during the walk.

As the sun fell down we had over 100 zombies of all ages stalking the streets of Phoenix. Many zombies came in great makeup and many participated in the first Zombie Walk. Just ahead of the zombies several of our team members led the way handing out zombie info pamphlets. The other half of the team helped keep the zombies together on the sidewalks and while crossing streets. The zombies had a great time as well as the unwitting participants along the walk route. After the walk we continued with our booth to collection MS Walk donations for pictures with the team and the occasional zombie completing their scavenger hunt requirements. It was an awesome night and we are proud to have helped bring the Zombie Walk back to Phoenix. We are especially proud of our newest member Chuck Goodman. He proved himself well against the hoards of the undead. By the end of the evening we collected over $350 in donations for the MS Walk. We'd like to thank everyone who participated and especially Andrea Beesley-Brown with the Horror Film Festival for allowing us to have the walk in their honor and for helping to promote the event.