Halloween is just a couple of days away, and one local couple is hosting a spooktacular fundraiser to raise awareness for breast cancer.

The annual Scare for a Cure event benefits the Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas.

I could tell this was going to be a fun story, not just because of the context, but because of the Crippens, the couple behind all the ghoulish fun. There was this exciting and warm vibe I got just from the e-mail chains for my interview request.

I first met Jarrett Crippen at a live music fundraiser for Scare for a Cure at the Scoot Inn in East Austin.

Jarrett possesses an amazing energy that would make any 5-year-old child envious. I was actually there to do another story, but by sheer coincidence, I was set to interview Jarrett and his wife Norma the next day.

I ended up leaving around midnight, convinced there was no way Jarrett was going to wrap the fundraiser up and be able to meet me the next day.

The next morning, he was at the Scare for a Cure location ready for his interview. He was running on little sleep and still didn’t miss a beat.

He showed us the lay of the land and explained how a half-built home on multi-billionaire Richard Garriott's property was going to transform into a Zombie Wasteland.

The spookiness of the event, the acting and entertaining, match Jarrett’s personality perfectly. It's his wife Norma that puts a helping hand into the haunt.

"A marriage in more than one way. We kind of combine both of our passions. We both play a huge role in Scare for a Cure and I couldn't do it without her," he said.

It was Norma's idea to turn the event into a fundraiser. She also eventually turned Scare for a Cure into a nonprofit. Such a warm woman, Norma’s heart is in all the right places. She's really the smile behind the scare.

Norma told me that after soliciting several local organizations as Scare's beneficiary, the board ended up picking the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Texas. Norma had no real intimate experience with breast cancer until she began forming relationships with breast cancer survivors.

"If you meet anybody from the BCRC, they just touch your heart," she said. "I mean, I'm going to get all emotional now. I always say that they are a sisterhood that I'm almost grateful that I'm not a part of. But yet, I want to be, because there's such a bond between those women."

The partnership bloomed into more than just giving. Survivors also gave back to Scare for a Cure.

"They help us. They feed our volunteers. They come out and help us with the build. They act. We had auditions. A couple of them came out to audition," she said.

Norma said Scare for a Cure also exposed younger volunteers to breast cancer and survivorship, and opened their eyes to the power of paying it forward.

"To plant a seed in young minds of philanthropy, of giving back, of volunteering," she said.

Scare for a Cure is completely run by volunteers. Some people only show up once, others show up every year.

The Crippens don't make any money from the event. However, something tells me if they did, it would take all the fun out of it.