Community Spotlight: The 501st Legion’s Georgia Garrison

Published in Target Audience Magazine, October 19, 2014

The 501^st Legion is an international charity-driven group of Star Wars cosplayers best known as the Storm Troopers that can be seen in parades and events anywhere there’s a good cause…and a good excuse to put on a costume! Divided just as the Star Wars Imperial Army into regional garrisons, the Georgia Garrison is a particularly active chapter of the organization, playing a part in an average of one charity event each weekend of the year. These events can range from escorting and entertaining a well-to-do donor for a major charity to gathering the troops to dance with visually impaired children at an after-school program kick-off event.  …read more