Press Release - April 4, 2009

April 4, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PORT COQUITLAM, BC - Twenty wrestlers have been wrestling for the past 42-hours with 147 matches and have now crushed the unofficial world record for the longest wrestling show of 10.5 hours - but they are still going for another 30 hours!

Wrestling With Hunger began at 2pm on April 2nd and will continue to 2pm on April 5th.  Twenty wrestlers are grappling around the clock for three days (April 2nd to 5th) at Hyde Creek Recreation Centre in Port Coquitlam, BC to raise money and food to restock the shelves at the food bank and to set the world record for the longest wrestling show.

In 2007, the three food bank depots operated by SHARE in the Tri-Cities provided food to 1,142 households totaling 5,598 people.  45.1% of the recipients are children and youth under the age of 19 - an increase of 8.1% over the previous year.  The need for donations at this time of year is great.

Schools, businesses, churches, organizations and individuals are encouraged to setup their own food drives and then bring the donations to the Wrestling With Hunger event location at the Hyde Creek Recreation Centre in Port Coquitlam.  Volunteers will collect the donations and folks can watch the pro-wrestling world record attempt.

From noon to 2pm on Sunday, April 5th (tomorrow) everyone is invited to bring a can of food for SHARE and watch the last two hours of this world record event.

For more information visit www.WrestlingWithHunger.com or contact Dave Teixeira at dave@dave.ca or (604) 418-9177.

WHAT:  Wrestling With Hunger - a fund raiser for SHARE Family and Community Services and world record wrestling event
WHEN:  Thursday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 5th 2pm
WHERE:  Hyde Creek Recreation Centre - 1379 Laurier Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC

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CONTACT INFO:
For Wrestling With Hunger - Dave Teixeira - (604) 418-9177 - dave@dave.ca
For SHARE Family Services - Heather Scott - (604) 529-5119 - heather.scott@sharesociety.ca

NOTE: The wrestlers grew up and/or live throughout the Lower Mainland.  If you would like to speak to a wrestler based out of your community, please contact dave@dave.ca.