Zombie Walk

«Raising the dead to feed the living» is the slogan and a worthwhile cause regardless of who you are or what you are in to. Bring canned food to donate to the Mid-​Ohio food bank, it is that simple.
Aside from the cause, I love, love, love this event! Granted, I have a somewhat weird infatuation with zombies — but doesn’t everyone these days?! I have been to this event two years in a row… and plan on continuing the new found tradition as long as it is around.
I enjoy getting ready for the event — fx makeup is a self taught hobby of mine. I experiment on my children and everyone else i can talk into sitting still. Any excuse for breaking out the liquid latex is good enough excuse for me.
The patrons — are all so cool. They are all there to have fun. These folks are amazing creative with their costumes. You never know what you are gonna see!!! My kids (16 and 8) look forward to the walk as much as I do… the perfect way for family to spend time together and everyone is happy! And you get in some community service to boot — WOW. Win — Win!!!

We are the kindest zombies you’ll ever know. We collect food for the needy and on top of that, we sacrifice ourselves for them by letting S.T.A.R.S. kill us. Sure, we «terrorize» the Short North, but we’re trying to let you humans know that as zombies, we have rights too!
I’m a yearly participant in the annual ZombieWalk Columbus and have been since 2009. It is such a blast. We had some growing pains and almost got shut down by our leader after 2010, but I’m pretty sure we’re here to stay.
Participants are strongly encouraged to follow some simple rules: Don’t touch ANYTHING OR ANYONE (this includes flinging/​spraying blood); don’t scare people who don’t want to be scared; no alcohol; ladies, keep ‘em covered, and gents, keep your pants on; stay on the sidewalk and obey all traffic signs. This is a family-​friendly event and for the sake of the children participating, we want to set good examples and show them that community service can be lots of fun. We had some folks who didn’t obey the rules in 2010, and because of that, the 2011 event almost didn’t happen. So please, if you want to participate, follow the rules and don’t ruin it for the rest of us.
Non-​perishable food donations are not required to participate, but they are encouraged. Kurt, the fella who organizes the event, does a «food count» and posts the size of our donation on the official Facebook page, as well as an estimated head count after the walk. It always fills us with pride when we find out how much food we were able to collect; we zombies are happy knowing we always die for a great cause every spring.
This event is perfect for you if you love zombie movies and/​or Halloween. Photographers always have a great time, too, so if you just want an excuse to play with your camera, come on out!
Follow the event on Facebook. All you have to do is search «ZombieWalk Columbus (Official)» and «like» it. Kurt posts regular updates. You can also «friend» the event if you want to find pictures you’re in. People always tag ZWC to try to help out with that endeavor.

Hands-​down one of the coolest, most creative and fun food drives that ever lived (lame pun intended)!
Here’s the scoop:
ZombieWalk Columbus invites people of all ages to dress up like zombies and walk around the Short North collecting non-​perishable food items to be donated to Mid-​Ohio Foodbank and raising awareness about domestic hunger. I’ve only participated from afar in a marketing capacity but the organizers are passionate about this thing and the feedback is super positive! Last year they managed to collect a lot of food for those in need. This year it’s taking place on Memorial Day weekend — Saturday, May 29 actually.

Soooo creepy. For the past two summers Zombies have crawled, limped and oozed their way through the Short North. Hundreds of people dressed convincingly like the undead frighten pretty much everybody they see on High St.
I worked at a restaurant during one year and the Zombies would press their bloody bodies up against the front window and frighten and disgust diners. Since they are undead they were unable to communicate anything to anybody as to what they were doing. Except they wanted brains… that was crystal clear.
After seeing this procession for the second year in a row last June I decided to do a little googling as to find out what was going on. This led to the discovery that Zombie Walk is a food drive. It was even sponsored by the Ohio Roller Girls this year. I also learned that Zombie Walks take place all over the nation. Good to know we now have our own Zombie Walk to put us back on the map.
This year I will know ahead of time and be prepared. This is what you need to know so you don’t schedule a nice alfresco dinner downtown that evening. The Zombies usually walk from Goodale park to past the Convention Center and then loop on back to Goodale. They are collecting food and they claim it goes along with the Zombie’s need for brains, their food of choice. Not really sure how the tie in works but it is a really cool sight to see. The Zombies do not speak so don’t even try. Their costumes are authentic and chilling. Lots of blood and disjointed body parts. There is also a lot of moaning.
The Zombie Walk is really cool if you know it is coming. They update their MySpace regularly so you can be aware of the march this year. Its a gory, scary sight but priceless. Especially the look on peoples faces who don’t know what’s going on. Bring your camera and hold tight to your brains… they are hungry.