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Overview SCARE for a CURE is a volunteer-based non-profit organization in Austin, Texas, that raises money for local cancer charities, “one SCREAM at a time.” Each year our creative team produces Austin’s only extreme, full contact, interactive haunted house adventure, guaranteed to chill the depths of your soul. Now located in West Austin overlooking Lake Austin and the beautiful Texas Hill Country, SCARE for a CURE continues its reign of terror with H1Z1: Zombie Wasteland. Are you ready?
Date Founded 2006
Co-Founders Jarrett and Norma Crippen
Headquarters 815-A Brazos Street, #498
Austin, Texas 78701
Contacts Press Contact: pr@scareforacure.org
General Information: generalinfo@scareforacure.org
Volunteers: volunteer@scareforacure.org
Donations & Sponsorships: sponsor@scareforacure.org
Web Site www.scareforacure.org
Board of Directors Jarrett Crippen, President; Norma Crippen, Vice President; Susan Pratt, Secretary; Becca Paley, Treasurer; Debbie Cerda, Nora Evans, Matt Pinsonneault, Paul Sicard, Edwin Wise, Board Members At Large
Partners Sponsors for 2010 to date include Richard Garriott, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and Austin Film Fleet. Our 2010 charity partner is the Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas (BCRC), which will receive all net proceeds from the ticket sales.
Volunteers SCARE for a CURE’s haunted house is planned, built, and performed entirely by volunteers. Nearly 300 volunteers logged over 12,000 volunteer hours for our 2009 haunted house. Our 2009 crew included teams from Austin Art Institute, Austin Sunshine Camps and Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired/Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center.