Feb. 20-21 – 8th annual Captains Comic & Toy Expo (Mt. Pleasant, SC)

Well, another successful Captains Comic and Toy Expo has come and gone. This was the fourth year in a row that the Carolina Garrison has participated at this great 2-day Expo filled with comics, toys, art, costuming, special guests, and more.   This was a very fun weekend but was definitely tiring. Seeing the smiles on […]

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Feb. 20 – Carolina Children’s Charity Winterfest 2016 (Mt. Pleasant, SC)

The Empire sent a detachment from the occupation of the Captain’s Expo over to the other side of Patriot’s Point to scope out Mt Pleasant’s Winterfest. This was not a great day for the city to organize an event around man-made snow for family entertainment, given that the high temperature or the day was in […]

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Feb. 19 – Carolina Hurricanes Star Wars Night (Raleigh, NC)

This was the first time members of the Carolina Garrison have worked a National Hockey League game, and very exciting. It was a Friday evening game which made our big turnout even more impressive. We had troopers come from the beach and Charlotte.  With all our legal rights successfully waived we entered the bowels of […]

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Feb. 13 – Prepare-A-Meal @ Ronald McDonald House (Charleston, SC)

Around the end of December 2015, I found out about the Prepare-A-Meal program that the Ronald McDonald House has. My wife and I organized our dinner that we prepared for our local Ronald McDonald House of Charleston. This program provides a much needed service to families who are supporting their sick children and often don’t […]

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Feb. 9 – Forsyth County 4-H Achievement Night (Winston-Salem, NC)

On Feb. 9, members of the Carolina Garrison attended the annual achievement night where the 4-H’ers in Forsyth County celebrate their previous year of projects; these can range from competing in public speaking to a wide variety of community service projects.  In 2015 alone, the Forsyth County 4-H youth community service hours totaled 3,312.  At […]

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