Tackling hunger … for 72 hours

Grappling with hunger while grappling on the mat, 20 wrestlers are staging a 72-hour show in Port Coquitlam in an attempt to set a world record and raise money for food banks in the Tri-Cities. The wrestling began at 2 p.m. on Thursday, and it won’t stop until 2 p.m. on Sunday. By mid-day on Friday, they had already set the unofficial world record for the longest wrestling show ever with 66 matches. The final two hours of wrestling will be open to the public, with a can of food required for admittance. The food will go to SHARE, which operates three food bank depots in the Tri-Cities. In 2007, the organization provided food to 1,142 households totalling 5,598 people.

The Vancouver Sun