Oct. 31 – Hemby Children’s Hospital Visit (Charlotte, NC)

If it’s October then it must be time for the Carolina Garrison and Blue Ridge Base’s bi-annual visit to Hemby Children’s Hospital. We had a great turnout of characters from a galaxy far, far away as well as a couple of characters from the Disney universe and, since it was Halloween, a Ghostbuster, just to […]

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Oct. 24 – Private Bday Party / Make-A-Wish Fundraiser (Columbia, SC)

On Saturday, October 24, two members of the Garrison attending a special birthday party appearance.  As you all know, we normally don’t do birthday parties.  The family having the party found out about the 501st and what we do.  They wanted to teach their son about helping your local community and helping others.  The father […]

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Oct. 10 – 4th Annual Star Wars Reads Day (Charleston, SC)

This was the fourth Star Wars Reads Day but the 3rd year in a row that we teamed up with the Charleston County Library (Main Branch) to celebrate this year’s festivities. According to the turnstile count from the time SWRD took place (11am – 2pm), the count was 1,123 people through the turnstile. That’s insane. […]

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