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TAYLORSVILLE -- Hundreds of students and adults from Taylorsville attempted to break a world record Friday afternoon, all in the name of charity and good fun.
Participants gathered at Eisenhower Junior High School to set a new record for the world's largest marshmallow fight, throwing or tossing approximately 2,000 pounds of 140,000 marshmallows in nearly 15 minutes. The event asked all participants to donate $2.00 to cover the cost of marshmallows and to donate to the Utah Food Bank and the American Red Cross.
All participants were asked to wear protective eyewear and to remove their shoes prior to the event, before being separated by a "no-man's-land" of 20 feet on the school's field, per record-setting rules.
The previous record was set on July 5, 2011, when hundreds of people threw over 600 pounds of marshmallows at the annual Ocean Beach Marshmallow Fight in Ocean Beach, California.
Following Friday's event, the school submitted the record attempt to The Book of Alternative Records in Germany, the Guinness World Records in England, Record Setter World Records in New York and Ripley's Believe It or Not in Florida.
At Fresh Market, we are proud of our community commitment and when the school contacted us with the request, we were anxious to help.
–Janel Grangoth
The marshmallows were provided at a discounted rate by Fresh Market of Taylorsville, Western Family and Associated Foods of Utah.
"At Fresh Market, we are proud of our community commitment and when the school contacted us with the request, we were anxious to help," said Janel Grangoth, store director at the Fresh Market in Taylorsville.
Eisenhower Junior High School has broken several world records in the past 25 years, including the World's Largest Pan Loaf of Bread, World's Longest Paper Clip Chain, World's Fastest Human Conveyor Belt, World's Longest Balloon Chain in One Hour, World's Tallest Ice Cream Cone. World's Longest Straw Chain, World's Tallest Tower of Pencils, World's Largest Wobble Board Ensemble, World's Largest Post-In Note Mosaic and the World's Largest Human Mattress Dominoes.
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