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 […]
Read More… from Feb. 20 – Carolina Children’s Charity Winterfest 2016 (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
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 […]
Read More… from Feb. 19 – Carolina Hurricanes Star Wars Night (Raleigh, NC)
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 […]
Read More… from Feb. 13 – Prepare-A-Meal @ Ronald McDonald House (Charleston, SC)
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 […]
Read More… from Feb. 9 – Forsyth County 4-H Achievement Night (Winston-Salem, NC)
An event was planned, “January Joyfestâ€, January 30, 2016, which will took place in the upscale Cattails restaurant at the Mudcats Stadium in Zebulon, NC. The goal of the event was to help raise enough money to grant one wish ($7500) for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and to generally have fun. The final total raised by […]
We had a great time the other day at the The FORCE of Popular Culture Star Wars Exhibit here in Asheville NC. The location put on a great event for people of all ages, from collection items spanning the whole life of Star Wars to activities for kids. The staff was very excited to have […]
Read More… from Jan. 16 – FORCE of Pop Culture Exhibit (Asheville, NC)
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra was holding their annual Holiday Pops show at the newly rebuilt and reopened Gaillard Center (previously the Gaillard Auditorium) on the December 19th (coinciding with the opening weekend of Star Wars: The Force Awakens). The Holiday show featured many classic and traditional Christmas songs but during the event they paid tribute […]
Read More… from Dec. 19 – CSO Annual Holiday Pops Concert (Charleston, SC)
The Well (Formerly the Bi Lo Center) in Greenville had us back again this year for their annual Star Wars night at the hockey game. Had a great time last night. With all the number of events this past week/weekend, it ended up being just me and Rob who were both in TK gear. The […]
Read More… from Dec. 19 – Swamp Rabbits Hockey Game (Greenville, SC)
Yesterday we had the opportunity to help the Darity family, who tragically lost their father right before the holidays. The company that the dad worked for came together to make sure that the 2 nine year old twin boys had a special Christmas, despite their loss, and purchased them some really nice presents. These twin […]
Read More… from Dec. 19 – Darity Family Christmas Present Delivery (Asheville, NC)
With temps in the high 70s in the middle of December, it was great day to have some Star Wars fun. This was our ninth straight year in this parade and our second as the Grand Marshal. The Rotary Clubs of Fayetteville provided a donation the Make-A-Wish of Eastern North Carolina on our behalf in […]
Read More… from Dec. 12 – Fayetteville Christmas Parade (Fayetteville, NC)
