Who
better to promote the virtues of giving blood than a vampire?
At least, that's what a Sao Paulo city councilman thinks and
that's why he wants to officially declare Aug. 13 Vampire Day,
to coincide with a city-wide drive for blood donations.
"Our intention is to pay homage to a good vampire,"
city councilman Jose Laurindo de Oliveira told the newspaper Jornal
da Tarde.
The campaign was started by actress and author Mariliz Marins,
daughter of the B-movie horror film maker Jose Mojica Marins,
better known as Coffin Joe.
Following in her father's footsteps, Mariliz has created her
own alter ego, Lizvamp, who will serve as the campaign's poster
girl.
The blood drive is set to begin Tuesday at Sao Paulo's Pro-Blood
Foundation, the largest blood center in Latin America supplying
300 hospitals within city.
Mariliz hopes to tap in to a wave of vampire mania that will
sweep across Brazil as the Rede Globo television network launches
its latest soap opera, Kiss of the Vampire, on Aug. 26.
(Agencies)
Updated: 2002-08-13 01:00