Chewy

Confirmed. Invites will be going to out to other groups as well - the more the merrier.

Event is confirmed - thank you to @Wildcardz??for paying the entry fee.

Hm. Nice idea but I think it's probably best we don't risk it. I've no doubt many people there are on special diets (or perhaps might not be comfortable accepting food from a stranger). Sorry. I mean, you could bring some for us. I never so no to cookies... .... ....???

Whew, it's been a while since I posted here. Hello! First off, Happy New Year! Let's make 2020 awesome.?? In 2019 the CTG completed 25 troops, featuring a total of 188 troopers in costume for 102 hours. We directly raised??$8,311.00 for charitable causes (i.e. we collected the money ourselves??or the money was given on our behalf), and participated in events that raised a total of $152,351.00.??Various cold weather supplies and books were also donated??in lieu of??charitable donations.??A link to the complete spreadsheet that I will be submitting to the Legion can be found here:??https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EVMBIMMFSfxC_GJwvZi4gRJVk7lSxJ7wIbft0_ymrB4/edit?usp=sharing We approved 4 new CTG members this year:??Nick Damario,??Quentin Salgado, Louis Secki, and Robert Schneider -??I hope we will see them for years and years to come. We also hosted a number of armour parties at the Portal this year. I honestly think we??are??outgrowing that particular venue (it's difficult to setup tools or do anything particularly heavy-duty), so next year I think alternative arrangements may??need to be made. Thanks in great part to Quentin, the Garrison now maintains social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.??Check them out! Our Paypal treasury currently stands at $361.93. The majority of our outgoing funds this year have come from renewing our hosting and security license??for the website, money paid to artists as commission for artwork, and the cost of printing/ordering more promotional materials for the Garrison. A better breakdown will be published in advance of the upcoming elections in February. A few major merchandise??runs occured in 2019. Kit Box Plates, Stickers, and??Trading Cards??(my favourite merch this year, go get some if you haven't already!!!) are still available??alongside our usual stock of shirts??and logo patches. Runs were completed of 11" CTG logo patches and 3.5" CTG FOTK variant patches. A run of CTG logo enamel pins are nearly good to go, if you are still interested in getting some. Plans for next year include runs of patches and coins featuring a CTG 15th anniversary logo, racing shirts, and Pride-related merchandise. In January 2020 we currently have two troops scheduled - a visit to CCMC to drop off some toys and entertain the kids before a showing of "Rise of Skywalker" on the 9th, and a night at the Bridgeport Sound Tigers on the 18th. Advance planning has begun for the St Patrick's Day Parade in March, Space Expo in April, and the Middletown Pride Parade in June. Socials are in the works for after each of these events. More events will be added to the calendar as they come in - the first couple of months of the year tend to be fairly light on event requests due to the weather. My participation in the Legion Council as Commanding Officer??is as follows: I have participated in 141 council votes (out of 148 total) and discussions since March, and posted 75 times in the Legion's Closed Council section. In March Sarah Bailey and I successfully put forward an amendment to amend the Legion Charter and Operations Document to allow Detachment Leaders a formal non-voting seat on the Council. My posts outside of Closed Council can be found here:??https://www.501st.com/forum/search.php?author_id=14783&sr=posts??(you'll need to login with your main 501st forum credentials). I'd very quickly like to highlight my two favourite events of 2019: the "Reach for the Stars: Pediatric Oncology Survivorship Event" we did with Connecticut Children's, and the Middletown Pride Parade, both in June.????The Survivorship event was important to me because it was a??new event for us, wasn't capped on troopers (unlike usual events at the hospital), and was something we were allowed to do because we had proved our reliability in the past few years. My interest in the 501st has always been primarily in the charitable aspect of our hobby, and getting the chance to hang out with some kids that have had an extremely rough time was immensely satisfying to me. Although the Middletown Pride Parade was not inherently charitable, as a bisexual man who hasn't really had the opportunity to do much in the way of Pride stuff, it was very gratifying to be able to march in costume amoungst my dear friends. It was also nice to be able to march in a parade in pleasant weather for once. A few more notices in advance of the New Year: The format of??elections for Legion Commanding Officer,??Garrison Commanding Officer, and Detachment Leaders has changed and will be done slightly differently next year. This was a result of an amendment to the 501st Operations Protocol (something I voted for in support)??- further details of the amendment can be found here:??https://www.501st.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=103543. It essentially just means that the period for things to be done has been cut down a little, with nominations occuring before the start of the official election period, and a reduced time for the Q&A process. The Legion will be making announcements in advance of the changes so please keep an eye on Legion and Garrison social media channels, and check your emails late in January. I guess this is also a good time to mention that it is my intention to run for CTG Commanding Officer again next year, alongside??Andy Tam as my XO. 2019 has been a journey for me both in a professional/CTG sense and in my personal life. There's been good times, bad times, and times where I've been tearing my hair in frustration. I hope in 2020 we can build upon the good work of the past few years and set up the Connecticut Garrison to continue strongly for many years to come. I can be reached on these forums via PM, via email on christopher.baileylb@gmail, via phone on (860) 986-0338 (please text me first!), or on the official 501st forum as "Chewy". Please reach out if you have any questions, concerns, or want to get involved with the Garrison. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! See you next decade, folks.???

Our participation is confirmed with the event host.

Welcome back.

Just an FYI that we are limited to 6 troopers in costume due to space considerations at the Hospital. There's one spot left to confirm if anyone else is interested; if there's more interest than that??I will??come out of costume and wrangle.

Molto bene, Aaron!

Please arrive by 4:00 or so to be ready to greet guests at 5PM.

Event is confirmed! Further details to come. More welcome.

Just for troopers approved this year, sorry - the cost for everything came out of my own pocket. I know we talked about getting certificates done earlier and three new troopers in the space of a month seemed like a good opportunity to push the project through. I'm happy to do up a certificate for you to print out yourself if you'd like. Check out this thread: ??

I'm feeling like rubbish so I won't be able to make the trip down to Fairfield in the morning.?? At the library the contact's name is??Merry Mao and she can be reached at??(203) 256-3160 if needed. Have fun!

?? Long story short: The Peter Mayhew Foundation is donating $150,000 worth of toys to be given out at hospital troops by the 501st Legion in the USA over December and January. On January 9th CCMC has planned a showing of "Rise of Skywalker" for the kids stuck at the hospital, and I got us an invite along to do photo ops and help give out raffle prizes beforehand. I'm currently waiting on further guidance from Legion Command regarding the toy donation, but the intention would be to give out our gifts to them then.?? I'm sorry that this is on a Thursday but unfortunately most of their events are on weekdays and there's not much we can do about that. If we can't make this date work I'm considering doing a quick toy drop-off sometime in January with some social media-friendly pictures. Usual arrangements for CCMC: parking is at the hospital either in the garage (comped) or by the Family Resource Center, and you will need to fill out some paperwork beforehand if you've not trooped there before. You are not required to provide evidence of a flu shot or anything to attend; the hospital just asks that you excuse yourself if you've been immunocompromised in the week or so beforehand. If you wish to troop and haven't been to the hospital before, please read the attached documents, bringing along a signed copy of the Confidentiality Agreement on the day. We are allowed to use the concrete parking area at the second floor entrance on 282 Washington Street - please refer to the map for more details. Ignore in the guidelines were it says we'll have to pay for parking - we are covered regardless of where you park. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ytg30-c5Ys3riSFs3u2LUy_0VLM2sKBF?usp=sharing Arrangements: Please make sure you're at the hospital for 3PM. We'll be in costume at 4, lasting as long as they want us (probably a couple of hours at most). Don't forget you can park outside the Washington Street entrance and drastically reduce the distance you'll need to drag your tote. Please do not bring blasters. Please do remember to bring a signed copy of the confidentiality agreement if you haven't already done one for CCMC. A copy can be found in the Google Drive link above. I have a new phone number: (860) 816-3292. Call me if you are having trouble tomorrow. ?? Topic is for discussion of event.?? To Sign up/RSVP for this event, please visit the calendar link:?? Connecticut Children's Medical Center "Rise of Skywalker" showing!

Always welcome my friend. Event is confirmed with the host.

@Swiftcloud??and @bsands??- done your certs if you haven't already seen 'em.

@Jimbo??+ @Kaipurrr??- you both set to do this? I need to give them a yes or no very soon.

I sent a package to Quentin, Louis, and Robert too - all our new members this year. As long as I'm CO I plan to do this little welcome pack for all the newbies. If you're not new but would still like a digital copy of a??certificate to print and frame on the wall, or put in a costume box??or whatever, go here and I'll do one for ya. Just takes a few edits of a template. ?? EDIT: @ndamario??- here's the link if you'd like some of your own CTG trading cards:??https://ctg501.com/community/index.php?/topic/443-ctg-trading-cards-now-available/

A single-player Star Wars game from Activision that is good and has no microtransactions? What is this, make-believe land?