Hello, friends and fellow fiends!
Yes, believe it or not, SCARE-A-THON turns 15 this year, having raised nearly $50K for over a dozen organizations in that time. In honor of the occasion, I decided to do something a little different. In the spirit of bringing folks together, instead of our usual walk-a-thon approach (pledging per movie), we're going old-school TELETHON style (look it up, kids), with a grand array of guests enticing you to break out the checkbook!
Throughout October, an amazing group of amazing horror-themed organizations and individuals are collaborating with the INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, helping people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives. (Their current focus is the situation in Gaza, for obvious reasons.)
You can donate to IRC RIGHT NOW: https://irc.donordrive.com/
I'll be your host over at HORROR 101 with Dr. AC, hosting a fun-and-fright-filled calendar of online events all month long for your spooky donation delight! You can watch one, you can watch them all. It's all for you, Damien!! (And IRC.)
My guests and phellow philanthropists include:
10/4 – Icons of Fright
10/7 – Chicago International Film Festival After Dark and Super-Horror-Rama
10/11 – The Losers Club
10/14 – Lugosi Theatre
10/18 – Horror Nuggets 101 (HORROR'S GROSSEST MOMENTS)
10/21 – Hellbent for Horror
10/25 – Deep Cuts Horror Trivia Live!
10/28 – Kicking the Seat
11/1 – Post-Halloween Hang with Lucy, Skip, and Spooky
We'll also be hosting our Friday Night Frights panels, featuring retrospectives on beloved classics such as Black Sunday, Bride of Frankenstein, The Changeling, Lifeforce, Trilogy of Terror, and Werewolf of London!
BONUS: If you happen to live in the Chicago area, join us at 6:30pm CST for Terror Tuesdays at the Sulzer Regional Library during October as AC and Jon of Kitley’s Krypt celebrate international horror with weekly lectures on well-known and obscure fright flicks from around the globe!
BONUS BONUS: Come to The Brewed on Thursday, Oct 16, 7:30pm and hang with the cool kids of Deep Cuts Horror Trivia in person! Or visit any of the CIFF After Dark or Super-Horror-Rama screenings. (Check links for listings.)
BOTTOM LINE: Please donate to IRC today
and make a real difference for those less fortunate. For the cost of a
couple family-sized bags of candy, you could feed an actual family.
And, if money is an issue, you can share the LINK, download the flyer above (and print it out for your office with the handy QR code), and Share the Scare! With a single email or post or photocopy, you could change someone’s life. (True story. We have 15 years of Scare-a-Thons to prove it.)
Wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween season!
Caring through Scaring,
AC
Yes, believe it or not, SCARE-A-THON turns 15 this year, having raised nearly $50K for over a dozen organizations in that time. In honor of the occasion, I decided to do something a little different. In the spirit of bringing folks together, instead of our usual walk-a-thon approach (pledging per movie), we're going old-school TELETHON style (look it up, kids), with a grand array of guests enticing you to break out the checkbook!
Throughout October, an amazing group of amazing horror-themed organizations and individuals are collaborating with the INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, helping people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives. (Their current focus is the situation in Gaza, for obvious reasons.)
You can donate to IRC RIGHT NOW: https://irc.donordrive.com/
I'll be your host over at HORROR 101 with Dr. AC, hosting a fun-and-fright-filled calendar of online events all month long for your spooky donation delight! You can watch one, you can watch them all. It's all for you, Damien!! (And IRC.)
My guests and phellow philanthropists include:
10/4 – Icons of Fright
10/7 – Chicago International Film Festival After Dark and Super-Horror-Rama
10/11 – The Losers Club
10/14 – Lugosi Theatre
10/18 – Horror Nuggets 101 (HORROR'S GROSSEST MOMENTS)
10/21 – Hellbent for Horror
10/25 – Deep Cuts Horror Trivia Live!
10/28 – Kicking the Seat
11/1 – Post-Halloween Hang with Lucy, Skip, and Spooky
BONUS: If you happen to live in the Chicago area, join us at 6:30pm CST for Terror Tuesdays at the Sulzer Regional Library during October as AC and Jon of Kitley’s Krypt celebrate international horror with weekly lectures on well-known and obscure fright flicks from around the globe!
BONUS BONUS: Come to The Brewed on Thursday, Oct 16, 7:30pm and hang with the cool kids of Deep Cuts Horror Trivia in person! Or visit any of the CIFF After Dark or Super-Horror-Rama screenings. (Check links for listings.)
And, if money is an issue, you can share the LINK, download the flyer above (and print it out for your office with the handy QR code), and Share the Scare! With a single email or post or photocopy, you could change someone’s life. (True story. We have 15 years of Scare-a-Thons to prove it.)
Wishing you all a happy and safe Halloween season!
Caring through Scaring,
AC
PS: Special thanks to Em over at Alatorre Designs for creating our fang-tastic flyer/poster. Thing of beauty, my friend.
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