Next week, Metro Car Wash is heading into unchartered waters. We’re hosting a Zombie Car Wash to raise money for our Scholarship Fund, and we’re a little scared.
We’re not afraid of zombies (they’re not real), but we are afraid of a lot of other things: Do we have enough volunteers? Have we built the sets well enough? Have we marketed the Event properly? Will people actually show up?
These are the things that are haunting us.
Even if you don’t like zombies and haunted houses (and I know that some of you don’t), I hope you’ll at least read this blog to get an understanding of what it is we’re trying to do.
First of all, we’re raising money for our Scholarship. Our Company is sincere when we say that we value education. And because of the type of work we employee, we too often see talented, smart young people who just aren’t going to get the same career opportunities as others because, simply, they didn’t have the funds or the resources to attend college.
In our opinion, that’s just really sad. And because we believe that in a free market economy it is a privilege to own a business, and that furthermore there is a responsibility to the community that accompanies that privilege, we have gone about setting up a Scholarship Fund that we hope can significantly and positively impact the lives of kids that might not otherwise have the opportunity to get a higher education.
You can find out more about our Scholarship through our website www.metrocarwash.com. But suffice to say that the money we are raising at this Zombie Wash Event will be helping us send a minimum of one high school student through one full year at Pima Community College in 2011; if we can raise enough funds, we will send additional students.
Fundraisers are always difficult things to manage. Even when the cause is good, you’re ultimately asking people for money. And in this economy that’s just not an easy thing to do. You hope that whatever Event you put on, therefore, has enough appeal and value to make parting with that money a little less painful.
I’d like believe our Zombie Wash fits that bill. First of all, you will be receiving a professional car wash from Metro, Tucson’s favorite and friendliest car wash. In addition, you’ll be getting your fix on a Halloween scare. We’re coordinating over 40 volunteers (who have been kind enough to spend five nights in zombie attire) to interact with customers and cars as only zombie’s can: by attempting to eat them.
We have literally spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours preparing for this. We had donations of props and sets and gift certificates from countless participating businesses (a big thanks to AlphaGraphics, 24-7 Creative Solutions, Sign-Age, Bob’s Enterprises, and others). And we’re pretty excited about what we’ve come up with.
A lot of the volunteers are high school students … some of the same high school students who will be applying for the Scholarship they’re raising money for. There’s a really good spirit among the volunteers; it feels good to be doing something positive in a time when the news, in general, is so negative.
We’re asking for $10 for each car for a trip through The Zombie Wash, but you can of course fit as many people into the car as you please.
We’ve worked hard. We’re hoping for a good turnout. And this is my personal request that, even if you can’t attend (or don’t agree with zombies in general), that you’ll understand what we’re trying to do and that you’ll tell others about the Event.
We’d love to see you there. And of course, look for me. DJ DripDry will be in full zombie regalia.
Until later, stay clean my friends.
--DJ DripDry
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