Teen Advocate Eyes World Record With Shaving Cream Pie Skirmish

MIDDLEBURY, Conn. - April 4, 2016 - PRLog -- - A local teen afflicted with primary immunodeficiency disorder (PI) hopes a friendly fight with draw awareness to PI and at the same time - perhaps - set a world record.

  Pomperaug High School junior Madison Shaw founded Maddie's Herd four years ago to spread awareness, raise funds and improve the lives of those living with PI disorders.

  On Saturday, May 14, Maddie's Herd will host Pie For PI, a shaving cream pie fight in which Madison hopes to raise $25,000 and set a Guinness World Record (GWR).

 The fundraiser, to be staged in the great lawn area at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark here, will support the Immune Deficiency Foundation, of which the local student has already raised $30,000 through various efforts.

 Pre-registration for the pie fight is $10 with $15 charged the day of the event.

  "This is a personal passion inspired by coping with a rare disease. I've had the honor of meeting two other local teens who are struggling similarly, so maybe by raising awareness we will learn that we're not as uncommon as once believed. With enough zeal, we can create change in the lives of those living with PI and have a little messy fun doing it. We're calling all PI-fighters!" Madison said.

Eye On The Record

  Maddie's Herd has a target of 1,400 participants in the friendly skirmish in hopes of breaking the world record. According to GWR, the current mark for the largest shaving cream pie fight was set on June 20 of last year. The event involved 869 participants and was achieved by Belfast Community Circus School at the Big Fun Flan Fling event in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The participants managed to throw 2,574 shaving cream pies during the event.

 Among those expected to participate in the Pie For PI fundraiser include staff members from the Region 15 school district, community leaders and Miss Connecticut Colleen Ward.

 Madison said she has a personal goal of raising $50,000 for the Immune Deficiency Foundation before graduating from high school.

 Maddie's Herd is committed to working with organizations dedicated to creating positive change in the lives of families living with challenging health circumstances, especially primary immunodeficiency disorders.

 Those wanting to register may do so at https://www.crowdrise.com/PieFight4PI. Day-of registration and packet pick up will be held at Quassy 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with the first pie to be thrown at 2:30 p.m. For more information contact Madison Shaw at 203-267-4333 or at MaddiesHerd@gmail.com.

About The Foundation

 The Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF), founded in 1980, is the national non-profit patient organization dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment and quality of life of persons with PI through advocacy, education and research. There are approximately 250,000 people who are diagnosed with PI in the U.S., and thousands more go undetected.

   IDF does not charge patients or healthcare professionals for the educational materials or local programming that it provides. This is possible because of the generosity of the donors and sponsors who make unrestricted gifts to IDF. For more information visit http://primaryimmune.org/.

About Quassy

  Quassy Amusement Park & Waterpark is in its 108th year and features more than two dozen rides and attractions. New for 2016 is Reverse Time, a spectacular family thrill ride, and Slide City, a five-slide children's complex.

 The lakeside property is also home to Splash Away Bay waterpark with dozens of ways to get drenched, including the BulletBowl water raft ride and FreeFall extreme body slides.

 Quassy also features a laser maze attraction in its huge arcade building.

 Rides include the award-winning Wooden Warrior roller coaster, Music Fest, Yo-Yo super swings, Free Fall 'N' Drop Tower, Grand Carousel and more.

 The park also has a restaurant, redemption arcade, games, live entertainment and special events.

 Season passes are on sale now at the park office and through the Quassy Web site at www.quassy.com. Company picnics, school fieldtrips and other catered events are also being scheduled through the park office at (203) 758-2913.

 Quassy is located at 2132 Middlebury Road, Route 64, in Middlebury, Conn., on the shores of Lake Quassapaug.

 The 2016 season kicks off April 23 with the waterpark and beach opening on Memorial Day weekend.

About Guinness World Records

 Guinness World Records is the universally recognized global authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, over 134 million copies - and three million e-books - have been sold in 20 languages, in more than 100 countries. Since then, the internationally-renowned brand is also available across a number of platforms; Guinness World Records global television shows are watched by more than 750 million viewers annually, 800,000 subscribe to the Guinness World Records YouTube channel which received more than 300 million views annually, the global Web site receives 14 million viewers annually and more than nine million fans on Facebook.

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 To Stage Shaving Cream Pie Skirmish

   Pomperaug High School junior Madison Shaw, shown here working at an informational table, founded Maddie's Herd four years ago to spread awareness, raise funds and improve the lives of those living with primary immunodeficiency disorder. On May 14, Maddie's Herd will host a fundraiser at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark in hopes of setting a shaving cream pie fight world record.  (Submitted photo)