Alpine Garrison

Cleft Support Group Annual Picnic
2021-08-21 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Denver) | 555 West 5430 South, Murray, UT 84123, 555 West 5430 South, Murray, UT, 84123
This picnic is put on by cleft strong utah with the aid of primary children’s hospital for those in the Utah cleft community and their families. Cleft Lip and/or palate affect 1 in 450. The picnic provides a relaxed setting for children to meet others like them and families to connect with other families and the cleft team at primary children’s.

Coats for Kids Car Show
2021-08-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 200 s main st, 200 S main st, Bountiful, UT, 84037, United States
Support kids by coming to the Coats for Kids Car Show. Dedicated to providing winter wear for kids in need. Changing stations available at 50 E 100 S Bountiful Ut 84010. South side of the building. No secure storage.
Meet up point addressed below.

Free Comic Book Day 2021
2021-08-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Game Haven, 9860 S 700 E, Sandy, UT, 84070, United States
Game Haven has invited us to participate in their Free Comic Book Day and LFL has lifted their retail moratorium for this day. Free Comic Book Day is an annual celebration for comic book stores across the U.S. We provide free comics for the community as well as other activities for the event. It is family oriented and cosplay encouraged.
Secure staging and storage is available.
Weapons are permitted.
As this is a long event troopers are able to come and go as they need, but please spend at least an hour if you are able to. If there are multiple named characters (ie Darth Vader, Boba Fett) wanting to participate, please work out a schedule amongst each other.
Event Contact is: Dizney Court (801) 520-3845

Dream Night at Utah’s Hogle Zoo
2021-08-13 17:30 - 21:00 | Hogle Zoo, 2600 Sunnyside Ave, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, United States
Dream Night is a special night for physically challenged, chronically ill or special-needs children and their families to enjoy a complimentary evening at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. We would love Star Wars Characters at the Zoo entry to greet the families. They would need to stay in this area as many of our animals are sensitive to costumes.

Secure Dressing Area (Note that we may need a large amount of space because we have large costume cases that will need to be stored ) Yes
Access to the event for those with disabilities? Yes
Water and/or Food Snacks? Yes
Parking either free or paid? Yes- free at the Zoo
What Safety Measures will be in place in regards to the pandemic? The event is on Friday, August 13, hopefully things will be better by then. If not, we will follow the CDC recommendations.

Event Contact: Julie Prutch
801-916-5653
jprutch@hoglezoo.org

Ammon Days (Ammon, Idaho)
2021-08-07 08:00 - 17:00 | UT

Utah Air National Guard 75th Anniversary Wingman Day
2021-08-07 08:00 - 14:00 | onald R Wright Air National Guard Base, 765 N 2200 W, Salt Lake City, UT, 84116, United States
ATTENTION: Participants MUST RSVP, using the link below. It will capture all of the information needed for background checks and base access. If you do not have a military ID for base access, ensure you include your driver license number, state and date of birth.
https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/index.cfm?i=609711…
*The hard cut off for RSVPs is Aug 1st or when we have 30 people sign up, whichever is first.*

Event Description: Airmen and their family/guests are invited to attend this free-of-charge event which will feature unit capability demos, combat aircraft and military equipment displays.
– There will also be fun and games for the entire family, including a splash zone, bouncy houses, climbing wall, cosplayers, live music and much more.
– Airmen must escort their family and guests on base.
– Static Displays: F-35 Lightning, A-10 Warthogs, AH-64 Apache, UH-60 Blackhawk, UH-72 Lakota, C-12 King Air, T-6 Texan II, C-130 Hercules, KC-135 Stratotanker
– Food Trucks: Taste of Louisiana, The Ramen, Miso Yum, Jessica’s Burritos, Anytime Breakfast, Zipped Italian Ice, Kona Ice, Kernel Lefty’s Kettle Korn, Dakine Grindz, 808 Wild Tune, Apollo Burger, Alpha Coffee

– NO alcohol or firearms allowed on base. *Cosplay weapons are allowed (cannot look “real” e.g. Glock, S&W, etc.).*
– Appropriate civilian attire required.
– Secure Dressing Area: Yes, we will email details out, the week of, to those that RSVP.
– Access to the event for those with disabilities? Yes
– Water and/or food available for purchase? Yes, water and food is available for purchase and they will have some water stations for people to refill personal bottles.
– Parking either free or paid? Yes – free on base

*What Safety Measures will be in place in regards to the pandemic?
– NON-VACCINATED individuals should continue to follow applicable CDC and DoD mask guidance: masks must cover both the nose and mouth and conform to all current guidance from the CDC and OSHA; and, all individuals will practice physical distancing by staying at least 6 feet apart.
– FULLY VACCINATED DoD personnel are no longer required to wear a mask indoors or outdoors at DoD facilities.

A small booth/space will be available (6-ft table and a few chairs) in the main area as a centralized location. However, “roaming” is encouraged, to take photos and enjoy the event.

International Days Festival
2021-07-31 12:00 - 21:00 | 100 E 500 N, 100 E 500 N, Price, UT, 84501, United States
Helping fundraise for the Boys and Girls club. Troopers may arrive anytime.

International Days Festival Parade
2021-07-31 09:00 - 10:00 | 600 E 100 S, 600 E 100 S, Price, UT, 84501, United States
7 block parade. Line up 9 am -10 am. Come in kit.

Provo Rehab and Nursing Star Wars Day 2
2021-07-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Provo Rehab and Nursing, 1001 North 500 West, Provo, UT, 84604, United States
Provo Rehab is inviting the Star Wars costuming gro0ups to come visit their facility on Friday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 24th. We have done long term care visits in the past and the residents are excited to have some sense of normalcy after a year of hardship. We will be walking into the residents rooms and get pictures with those who want pictures taken with them. There will also be staff and their families interested in getting pictures with the costumers, as well. The facility has been interested in us visiting since before Covid. This troop is 2 years in the making! Let’s show them how awesome Alpine Garrison, Rogue Base and Krayt Clan can be!
A secure changing location and storage will be available. Mask are mandatory.
Jake Putnam is the event contact.

Provo Rehab Star Wars Day
2021-07-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Provo Rehab and Nursing, 1001 North 500 West, Provo, UT, 84604, United States
Provo Rehab is inviting the Star Wars Costuming groups to come visit their facility on Friday July 23rd and Saturday July 24th. We have done long term care visits in the past and the residents are excited to have some sense of normalcy after a year of hardship. We will be walking into the residents rooms and get pictures with those who want picture taken with them. There will also be staff and their families interested in getting picture with costumers as well.
This facility has been interested in us visiting since before covid. This troop is 2 years in the making! Let’s show them how awesome Alpine Garrison, Rogue Base and Krayt Clan can be!!!
A secure area for for changing and storage will be available. Also, masks will be mandatory.
Event contact is Jake Putnam

Nephi Parade
2021-07-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Nephi Parade Route, Main Street, Nephi, UT, United States
We have been invited to participate in Nephi’s Parade this year. We have a truck and trailer for customers to ride on.
As like the Moroni parade, hydrate and the actual start location will be posted in the Facebook event page when we get the information.
Change at your vehicle.
Event contact is Jake Putnam

Lambs Days Parade
2021-07-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Fountain Green Main Street, 751 West 100 South, Fountain Green, UT, United States
We are invited to participate in Fountain Green Lambs Days Parade. A truck and trailer will be available for costumers to ride on.
As like the Moroni parade, hydrate and the actual start location will be posted in the Facebook event page when we get the information.
Change at your vehicle.
Event contact is Jake Putnam

Moroni 3rd of July Parade
2021-07-03 08:00 - 12:00 | Moroni Parade, 750 West 100 North, Fountain Green, UT, 84632, United States
The Moroni 3rd of July Parade is an event we have done in the past. As there is no changing location, we will need to meet toward the beginning of the parade route and change at your car. (Hydrate).
Address listed is Jake Putnam’s home, more information will be given when we have it. (Hydrate)
(Hydrate)
Jake Hydrate Putnam is the event contact

Gabe Hospice Visit
2021-06-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Gabe, 5288 S Chalkmark Circle, Taylorsvill, UT, United States
Last minute request to visit Gabe, who is in Hospice. This is a limited event so all communications will happen on Facebook. We are capping this event to 4 total characters from all groups.
This will most likely be a change at your car event. Masks are required. More information coming, please check in on Facebook for the most up-to-date information.

La Europa Academy
2021-05-31 13:30 - 16:30 | La Europa Academy, 1135 E Vine St, Murray, UT, 84121, United States
La Europa Academy is a facility for teenagers working through items such as trauma, anxiety, depression, etc (students are protected under HIPAA). They are unable to attend events such as FanX so management is putting activities together as their own Comic Convention. Monday, May 31st, is the cosplay day and they would love to see the 501st Legion there. The format will be a combined meet and greet with pictures, but also discussions on how costumes are made. They expect to have between 20 – 40 attendees, so costume building discussions could be quite detailed, much like what we did at the last FanX where we had the costume making sessions at the booth.
La Europa Academy is following CDC guidelines for Covid-19 and we are requiring masks for troopers and spotters.
Blasters and lightsabers are okay to bring, but be prepared that they may ask us to put them away. A secure storage location for our gear and changing will be available to us.
Event Organizer: Ashley Brough – (901) 619-1990

May the 5th at Fairview
2021-05-05 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairview Elementary School, 651 East 150 North, Fairview, UT, 84629, United States
Fairview wants us back, with covid precautions. The children will be escorted to the gym to sit on the gymnasium steps while costumers stand on the gym floor a safe distance for social distancing. The classes will come 2 grades at a time in 20 minute increments. We will read to the younger grades and pretend that we are real star wars characters and we will be teaching the older grades about what it’s like being a costumer and volunteer for a non profit organization to help society and answer any of their questions.

Pack 1456 Cub Scout Pack
2021-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Mapleton North Park, 1403 W 1600 N, Mapleton, UT, 84664, United States
MASKS REQUIRED! The event is being held outside to encourage social distancing, but all attendees and troopers are required to wear masks. Families will be on picnic tables and be sitting as family units.

Tentative Schedule:
6:45 till 7pm-Gathering Activity–kids will decorate Star Wars neckerchief slides. We can be in costume already or preparing to be at this point. Need to be ready by the time event begins at 7.
7:00pm-short flag ceremony
7:05pm-This is our time to address the scouts. We have been asked to explain how what we do allows us to learn new skills, allows us to “go on adventures,” etc. If posible, we should try and explain how our hobby and passion for costuming encourages the Cub Scout values (trustworthy loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind obedient, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent”)
We can go over whatever we like. From there it is up to us if we stay around for pictures.
Rest of the schedule:
7:30 building– Ewok catapults in their family units (optional)
7:40 build pool noodle light sabers in their Family units (optional, probably best to skip this part since we are not allowed to engage in any sparring with the public)
7:50 playing light saber ultimate tag by den and patrols (LFL guidelines state we CANNOT participate in any sort of lightsaber fighting with the public)
8:00pm –closing Flag ceremony

***Arriving in costume or changing at your vehicle will probably be best for this event. Mapleton North Park only has a 2 stall men’s, and 2 stall women’s bathroom for changing. There are also 2 open pavilions. If we use any of these we would need a spotter/volunteer assigned to watch over our gear the entire time while costumed attendees attend the event. ***
Event Contact: Robert Gower (801) 885-8481

Urban Arts Gallery
2021-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101, United States
We have another event for the evening of May the 4th at the Urban Arts Gallery at the Gateway. This one will be much like the Ronald McDonald House event where we can only have 2 costumers per group. If you have already signed up for another event that day, please allow others have a chance to troop and to help minimize the risk of virus spread.
Social distancing will be enforced and everyone attending the event, costumers and spotters, must wear a mask.
The Urban Arts Gallery is a non-profit, but the Gateway is a retail location. As the retail moratorium has not been lifted costumers must stay in the designated area and not wander around the Gateway. That is a major point Legion Command made in allowing the event.
Secure changing/staging area: Yes
Can troopers carry blasters: Yes
Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes
Is parking available: Yes
Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes
Amenities available at venue: Restrooms, a large socially distanced changing area and water will be available
Comments: Fundraiser event for Best Seats in the House a charity that provides tickets and activities for families with children with special considerations (health, economic, etc) Referred by: Alpine Garrison
Event Contact: Farris Gerard 801-557-3748

Ronald McDonald House
2021-05-04 18:00 - 19:30 | ronald mcdonald house, 935 e. South Temple, Salt Lake city, UT, 84102, United States
A small event for the few families we have on site, event will be held outside at our park, changing rooms and storage will be provided.
Troopers and spotters will be required to undergo a temperature check and rapid COVID test before being allowed on site. I will be honest, the event will be small as we do not have many families on site due to COVID. We are limiting to 2 costumers for Alpine Garrison and a member of Command will be one of the spotters.
If we have other groups who don’t use their allotment of spaces, we’ll open up more spots
Event Coordinator: Jason Luu

ARUP Public Blood Drive
2021-05-04 15:00 - 18:00 | ARUP Blood Services, 9786 S 500 W, Sandy, UT, 84070, United States
Michelle Paul, our elite Tie Fighter Pilot, has setup a May the 4th public blood drive. As with other events in the Salt Lake Metro Area, we are only allowing two costumers for this event from Alpine Garrison. If you have already signed up for another event, please allow others who haven’t the opportunity to troop this one.
Event Details:
Secure changing/staging area: No
Can troopers carry blasters: Yes
Can troopers carry/bring props like lightsabers and staffs: Yes
Is parking available: Yes
Is venue accessible to those with limited mobility: Yes
Amenities available at venue: Restrooms are available. Water will also be available, and we also have gift cards to local restaurants for costumers.
Comments: ARUP Blood Services in Sandy, Utah, is a non-profit blood and platelet donation center that is hosting a May the Fourth-themed blood drive. We would like to have Star Wars costumers available to take pictures with donors sometime during donation drive hours, which are between noon and 7PM. However, I think we’ll aim for 3PM-6PM as the official event window.
This is a public blood drive, so we aren’t sure the exact number of attendees. Also as this is a medical facility, we would strongly prefer costumers who have received their COVID-19 vaccine. We will also work to ensure social distancing and can have costumers stationed outside or inside depending on what they’re comfortable with; due to social distancing, we’d probably need to limit the number of costumers but can be flexible. Also because of pandemic and security precautions, this would be a change at the car type of event, but there are single-occupancy restrooms for donors inside the donation area that we can use if needed.
Referred by: I’m a member of Alpine Garrison, and I work at this center as a registered nurse.

Salley Mauro Elementary
2021-05-04 10:00 - 14:00 | Salley Mauro Ellementary School, 20 Second Ave, Helper, UT, 84526, United States
Salley Mauro Elementary school in Helper, UT has invited us to participate in their May the 4th events.
Due to COVID students have not been able to do their normal activities and field trips. We would like to bring some fun to them. The characters could walk through the school and then students could come to the gym individually for socially distant photographs. Students and characters would be required to wear masks for the duration of the event.
This is a school, so no weapons. Lightsaber hilts attached to belts are permissible.
The school has locations for troopers to safely change and store their equipment.
Event Contact: Chris Gravett (435) 630-6166
Referred by: Jake Putnam

ID (Rexburg) BYU-I May the 4th Celebration
2021-05-04 08:00 - 17:00 | UT

Kiwanis Teen Film Festival (Idaho Falls, ID)
2021-04-24 08:00 - 17:00 | UT

Make-a-Wish in Clinton
2021-03-24 19:00 - 20:00 | 2252 N 2800 W Clinton, UT 84015, 2252 N 2800 W, Clinton, UT, 84015, United States
I’m a Wish Granter for Make-A-Wish Utah chapter. I know this is short notice, but I was hoping to have a couple of 501st Legion members help deliver the wrapped items that Daniel, our 17 yr old wk, has ordered for his Shopping Spree Wish.
Due to covid, we will be outside on the driveway for the presentation of gifts and declaring his wish granted. As far as I know, it will only be Daniel, his parents & sister along with myself and my wish partner. Thanks!
change at car event.

Midway Ice Castles
2021-02-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Midway Ice Castles, 700 Homestead Dr, Midway, UT, United States
Best Seat in the House is sponsoring some families to go to the Ice Castles in Midway, UT and they have asked for a few members of the Alpine Garrison to be there to provide a very memorable experience for those families. This is on President’s Day Holiday. They have asked for a Vader and a couple other troopers (Keeping in mind, desert characters may not be in their element for this troop). If a Vader is not able to go, they are good with other characters. We’ll take the first two sign-ups and a Vader or the first three sign-ups if a Vader can’t make it. (I’m not able to attend even though it says I am)
Masks must be worn by the troopers and there will be a roped off area to ensure social distancing. Other precautions, it is snow and ice, cleats on your boots are not only a very good idea, but a must. I went a couple years ago as Vader and the metal cleats you can attach to your shoes work very well, the rubber spiked cleats, not so much. Even then, be careful as you can still slip and fall.
Spotters must also wear masks and are not allowed to handle guest’s phones for picture taking. Guests must take their own pictures.
The event starts promptly at 11:00 am, so those attending will need to be kitted up and in place prior to that. Those attending will be able to stay after 12:00 am, but that is when the public will be allowed in.
Kit up at your car.
As Brenda mentioned, this is a limited character event.
Event contact is Farris Gerard, whom many of us know.

Birthday zoom for an Autistic friend
2020-12-12 | UT

Austin Make a Wish Drive By
2020-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 | LDS Meeting House, 2900 N 650 E, Provo, 84064, United States
Multiclub event!
Make-A-Wish Driveby for Austin
LDS Meetinghouse Parking lot 2900 N 650 E Provo, UT 84604
Friday, December 11, 2020 at 10:45 AM MST
LDS Meetinghouse Parking lot 2900 N 650 E Provo, UT 84604
Event Contact:
Nate Bertasso
natebertasso@gmail.com
801-319-9410
From the event contact (Austin’s Dad):
“My son Austin is turning 12 on Friday, Dec 11. As part of his birthday, we will be receiving his gift through Make-A-Wish here in Utah. They are an amazing charitable organization that has worked hard to bring Austin a shopping spree after his vacation with Make-A-Wish was cancelled because of Covid-19. Austin doesn’t know they are coming on the 11th and doesn’t know how they will be delivered. I was looking for a way to get the presents to him in a fun and memorable way. I thought (obviously last minute) that this might be a way to get it done as Austin is a huge Star Wars fan.

Austin has a severe mitochondrial disease, but he is such a fun kid. He loves Star Wars (especially the Mandalorian right now). He also loves Fortnite and thinks the crossover is amazing.”
This is a Multi-club event (no limits to # of attendees).
Instructions for attendees:
Please arrive early so that we have time to be ready to go exactly at 11 AM. Drivers and costumers will arrive, get prepared, and line up in the parking lot. Drivers will need to line their vehicles up to drive by the house with the passenger side facing it. The plan is to meet at the parking lot and when our event contact messages us, to drive by his house:
Austin’s Home
579 E 2780 N
Provo, UT 84604
No troopers with a full bucket on can drive. They must have a spotter drive them and they will sit on the passenger side. Masks must be worn and social distancing maintained (6 feet) . If you are not feeling well the day of, please do not attend.
*** Deadline to sign up is Thursday December 10 at Noon! We want to be able to provide the event contact an estimated number of vehicles and participants attending. Please post here on Thursday the number of possible attendees from your groups so that I (Jakob) can prepare the list for the event contact. ***

Rogue Toys Dominic Pace Meet and Greet
2020-09-20 12:00 - 16:00 | Rogue Toys, 6904 S Redwood Rd, West Jordan, 84084, United States
Alright Alpine! We have a troop! Please read through the instructions and restrictions IN FULL. This is a test run. If we can manage this well, we can continue to look for opportunities.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Brenda or Brenden.
Dominic Pace Meet and Greet
Location: Rogue Toys, 6904 S Redwood Rd, West Jordan, UT 84084
Date: September 20th, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Please note that there are restrictions for this event that must be followed.
Details
Following local guidelines, we have been given the go ahead to attend the Dominic Pace Meet and Greet. Dominic Pace is an American actor who has appeared in The Mandalorian episodes 1 and 3 as “Gekko, The Bounty Hunter.” Join Dominic for his small business tour across the United States as he supports small business and fans! Mr. Pace will be taking photos and signing autographs in-store at Rogue Toys.
We will be limiting the number of costumers that can be kitted up at the troop at once. As this is a 4-hour event, we have made 4 times slots for 6 costumers to attend at a time. Please only sign up for 1 slot currently to give everyone a chance to sign up. If there are open slots as we approach the date, we will open them up for people to double up. We will have QR codes up as well to encourage people to donate to Make A Wish.
Sign up here for trooping credit and Tour of Duty Credit.
Sign-up here for Sign-up Genius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0444adad22a2fc1-rogue
Restrictions:
As we are still in a global pandemic, we still must take precautions. The local clubs have discussed this and agree on these restrictions. There is to be no more than 6 costumers kitted up and trooping the event at any given time. No changing space will be provided, as any space would be too small of an area. We ask that you please kit up at your car. Please bring a spotter of your own home/pod to assist you in kitting up, during the event, and kitting down if you require a spotter. Costumers will remain behind stanchions while they are trooping to help to maintain social distancing. There are to be no costumers in the store while trooping. Costumers and spotters must wear a mask at all times while in public. Failure to wear a mask/ disregard for this rule will result in not being allowed to sign up for public troops in the future during the pandemic. Spotters and costumers are not allowed to touch any item that the public would hand to them, including phones to take a picture. Please maintain distance during and after the troop. We know it has been a while, but safety is paramount to insure we can continue doing this.

Story Time
2020-08-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Youtube

FanCon 2020
2020-06-06 12:00 - 15:00 | Southwest Branch Weber county Library, 2039 W. 4000 S. Roy, Utah 84067, Roy, UT, 84067, United States
Fan Con features a variety of events, including a cosplay contest, outdoor games, arts and crafts, live entertainment, a geek trivia contest, and more. Local artists, food truck vendors, and retailers are invited to vend their goods and services at this family-friendly event.
The event will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2020 from 12-3 p.m. at Weber County Library’s Southwest Branch (2039 W 4000 S in Roy, Utah)
Secure changing area is provided. We will have a table available for us to use, however, they are asking to not bring tents as they are limited on space.
Event Contact is Philip Rogich: progich@weberpl.lib.ut.us (801) 603-0044
