Yahoo News featured an excellent article about the 501st, our mission, our events, our members, and our camaraderie, in preparation for San Diego Comic Con. Give it a read to get an in depth look at the 501st:
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The Ohio Garrison invades Great American Ball Park
The Ohio Garrison now has a YoutTube account to host footage from events, montages, interviews, etc, and we are looking for submissions from the membership! See the thread in the "OG member support" section of the forums for more info.
Today, My 1st is 5/01, which means that it is 501st day! There are Free Comic Book Day events going on all over the state, all day. What better way to celebrate 501st day than by getting out there and Trooping! May is shaping up to be a busy month, culminating in Marcon in Columbus, May 28-30, 2010. Keep your eyes on the event section and keep on Trooping.
Eric Seeman donated a Kidney to fellow Legion member Jeff Ronanoff at the Cleveland Clinic. Now, in honor of the one year anniversary of the kidney transplant between Eric and Jeff, the Ohio Garrison and the Great Lakes Base of the Rebel Legion will be making a return visit to visit some of sick children at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital this Friday, April 2nd.
Good evening troops, I just realized I have not posted a news entry since the end of the first ever Ohio Garrison Election for CO. I basically wanted to thank everyone for their support, in electing myself CO and I will do all that I can to help this group grow in the coming months. I also wanted to remind all who may be interested, to apply for the Ohio Garrison's Command Staff openings. Please be sure to hurry to the Members section and post interest as there is still time, but we will be making selections this weekend.
Just a reminder to all members of the Ohio Garrison. Elections are currently happening throughout the Legion. Please be sure to check in the member's section here in our own forums as well as the main 501st Legion boards to keep up to date on the election process.
Thank you to all who came out and made the trip to the Winter Social. It was great to see all in person out side of an event, and attendance like we had is what makes these events what they are. There will be a large amount of trooping events in the new year such as OhayoCon, The Hockey Game in Youngstown, the Dayton Metro Library Event, Techfest in Dayton, and so much more.
Also keep in mind that with February 1st comes a new election year so be sure to keep up to date on the Members only section of the message boards.
Mission Accomplished: 10,000 Facebook Fans The 501st put out the challenge to reach 10,000 'likes' on Facebook by Star Wars Celebration V and the fans did not disappoint. With weeks to go before the August 12 convention kick-off date, supporters passed the 10,000 mark on July 28th and the...
SDCC Day Four (Sunday, July 25) The 501st Legion hosts its "Dressing with the Empire" costuming panel from 3:45-4:45pm as San Diego Comic-Con International comes to a close. Don't forget to pick up your prizes if you took part in the Droid Hunt game! Also, be sure to catch...
Vote Now for Your Favorite Star Wars Fan Movie The Atom.com Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge needs your help to choose the 2010 Audience Choice award. Voting is open from now until August 2nd and competition is fierce this year. You'll only get one vote, so make sure you choose a fan film with ample...
SDCC Day Three (Saturday, July 24) The 501st Legion will be searching for your droids and giving out prizes at San Diego Comic-Con International as part of the Droid Hunt game! Also, be sure to catch the Legion at events including hourly appearances at the Kotobukiya booth (10am-6pm),...
SDCC Day Two (Friday, July 23) The 501st Legion will be in force at San Diego Comic-Con International 's official Star Wars Day including hourly appearances at the Kotobukiya booth (10am-6pm), the Hasbro booth (2-3pm), the Lucasfilm Pavilion for Hallmark (9:30am) and the Gentle...
501st TK Project Droid and Demon Helmets Revealed With just a few more weeks to go before the official presentation of the 501st TK Project for Make-A-Wish, two more customized helmets have been returned from contributors Albin Johnson and Melita Curphy. Johnson (with help from fellow Droid builder...
SDCC Day One (Thursday, July 22) As usual, fans can expect to see the 501st throughout San Diego Comic-Con International this year including hourly appearances at the Kotobukiya booth (10am-6pm), the Hasbro booth (2-3pm), the Lucasfilm Pavilion for Hallmark (9:30am) and the Gentle...
Like the Legion and Win on Facebook In the quest to reach 10,000 'likes' on the 501st's official Facebook page by Star Wars Celebration V , Vader's Fist is giving away a weekly prize to random fans who 'like' the Legion on the popular social networking site. This week's prize is a...
Dr. Michio Kaku Honored On July 16, 2010, the 501st Empire City Garrison had the honor of inducting Dr. Michio Kaku as an official Friend of the Legion during a taping of the Science Channel Series, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible . The 501st recognizes Dr. Kaku...
501stCast Episode 57 Now Playing In this episode of the official 501st podcast, we give you the Imperial agenda for San Diego Comic-Con 2010 , talk members in the media and interview Star Wars artist Joe Corroney. All this plus our usual charity troops, sporting events and more....
The Salvation Army is doing a "Christmas in July" campaign. They requested that we get some Star Wars characters to ring the bells for a couple of hours around one of the red kettles like they always do around Christmas.
