The 501st Legion’s motto is “bad guys doing good.” Bast Alpha troops for hospitals, charities, and community events across Louisiana, including visits that matter at places such as Children’s Hospital New Orleans.
Visits that matter — including Children’s Hospital New Orleans — where a helmet in the doorway can change a day.
Parades, schools, STEM nights, and fundraisers. Costumes in service of people, not a costume shop.
The hunt returned to Louisiana in 2025 and earned Legion Crew of the Quarter. Fun with a charitable core.
“Hospital visits to kids that light up when we come into their room and their parents whisper ‘Thank you.’ next to our helmets is so rewarding.”
Droid Hunt’s return to Louisiana brought smiles to fans of all ages and earned Legion Crew of the Quarter for Q3 2025. That is the garrison we are: costumes in service of people.
Monthly and yearly reports from la501st.com, starting with the 2015 season. Hours, events, and funds raised — kept as WordPress posts, not landing pages.
As we reflect on the past year, it is stirring to see the phenomenal work achieved by our troopers, veteran and rookie alike. There have been many highlights for Bast Alpha Garrison this year of trooping, with many lives changed […] ↓ Read
Droid Hunt has made its long-awaited return to Louisiana. GalaxyCon- New Orleans was the first of many planned hunts and it was certainly a triumph for both Bast Alpha Garrison and fans of the Star Wars universe. After a multi-year […] ↓ Re
In the month of June, the Bast Alpha Garrison attended just 6 events but we had 21 characters appearances. We trooped for 62.5 hours. We also raised over $500 for the Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Giloma Cancer research, Well done troopers. […]
In the Month of May, the Bast Alpha Garrison attended 16 events with 38 characters appearances. We trooped for 125 hours. We also raised $905 for the Acadiana Humane Society, $386 for the Children’s Miracle Network and $118 for Cat […] ↓ Re
In 2016 Bast Alpha Garrison did an amazing job! We had 126 events with 506 character appearances. totaling 2097.75 hours. Outstanding! We received $200 in donations in Bast Alpha’s name. We directly raised $11,895.250 in donations. By suppo
For the year of 2015 as a garrison we did an outstanding job! We had 155 events with 549 character appearances. totaling 2485.75 hours. Amazing. We received $750 in donations in Bast Alpha’s name. We directly raised $17,170.23 in donations.
With only a few days left and no more events planned here is your December Charity Report. We had 29 events with 96 character appearances, totaling 342 hours. We raised $2,173 in direct donations and $104,920 in indirect donations.
For the month of November the Bast Alpha Garrison had 48 appearances at 14 events. We trooped for 167 hours. We are proud to announce our support in helping the American Diabetes Association raise nearly $184,00 at their Step Out […] ↓ Read
For the month of October, Bast Alpha Members attended 38 events. We had 127 member appearances and we trooped for 554.5 hours. On average, we trooped 17 hours per day in October. Amazing!
For the month of September, Bast Alpha Garrison trooped 7 events for 58 hours. We directly raise $100 and indirectly helped raise $8,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Cancer Research out the Monroe Goes Bald event. Well done troopers. ht
October is going to be a busy month for us. We have a Garrison record of 40 troops scheduled for the month! Below you’ll find our itinerary. Our troopers look forward to seeing you at one of our events! New […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry
