{"id":48,"date":"2023-05-20T01:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T01:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2023-05-20T01:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T01:25:36","slug":"501st-legion-suits-up-for-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/501st-legion-suits-up-for-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"501st Legion Suits Up For Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Garrison of the 501st Legion Suits Up for Jack. Houstons Star Garrison and 501st South Texas Squad were the first 501st legion to Suit Up For Jack. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.501st.com\">The 501st Legion\u00a0<\/a>is an\u00a0organization\u00a0of Star Wars\u00a0fans from all over the\u00a0world\u00a0that combines\u00a0costuming\u00a0with\u00a0fundraising, charity work,\u00a0and volunteering. The 501st is known for their charity work. Additionally they are just as well known for their screen accurate costumes. Therefore Star Wars cosplayers around the world strive to have their cosplay approved to the level of admittance to the 501st Legion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of\u00a0the\u00a0501st Legion\u00a0have\u00a0given blood\u00a0in cosplay for Suit Up For Jack\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0past. However, the May 4th Star Wars challenge was the first time a group blood donation was done for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suitupforjack.com\">Suit Up For Jack<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suit Up For Jack created a world-wide challenge pitting Imperial Star Wars cosplayers against Rebel Legion cosplayers. The challenge was noticed by Houston&#8217;s Star Garrison and the South Texas Squad. The two 501st Star Wars groups pushed the Imperial cosplayers to victory in the challenge. Additionally, they won the award for country with the most participants (USA), group with the most first-time donors, and state with the most participants. (TX) The Star Garrison also put Houston on the Suit Up For Jack\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suitupforjack.com\/map.html\">participation map<\/a>. When the 501st Legion suits up for Jack, they take it seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_79330\"  width=\"584\" height=\"328\"  data-origwidth=\"584\" data-origheight=\"328\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X3gDuaP4OXY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">501st Legion in Houston, Texas, USA Suits Up for Jack to help sick kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Star Wars Cosplayers Helping Sick Kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Helping\u00a0people\u00a0has always been\u00a0the\u00a0coremission of the\u00a0501st\u00a0legion.\u00a0Their\u00a0philanthropy\u00a0and\u00a0fundraising activities\u00a0are\u00a0widely\u00a0known\u00a0throughout\u00a0the world. Additionally, their participation in Suit Up For Jack allows them to donate blood and directly help sick kids in their local area. Suit Up For Jack is a global cosplay blood donor awareness campaign. The\u00a0Suit Up For Jack\u00a0campaign\u00a0never\u00a0ends and all 501st\u00a0members\u00a0are\u00a0welcome\u00a0to\u00a0join in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in Suiting Up For Jack to help kids in your area? Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suitupforjack.com\">SuitUpForJack.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With your help we are always looking to expand this campaign. 7 countries\u00a0have\u00a0joined\u00a0us\u00a0and we&#8217;rehoping\u00a0to\u00a0bring in\u00a0more\u00a0cities, regions and countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars Cosplayers, 501st Legion\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-1024x547.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-1536x820.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-2048x1093.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/501st-500x267.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A 501st Legion in Texas, Suits Up For Jack to help sick kids!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Garrison of the 501st Legion Suits Up for Jack. Houstons Star Garrison and 501st South Texas Squad were the first 501st legion to Suit Up For Jack. The 501st Legion\u00a0is an\u00a0organization\u00a0of Star Wars\u00a0fans from all over the\u00a0world\u00a0that combines\u00a0costuming\u00a0with\u00a0fundraising, charity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/suitupforjack.com\/blog\/501st-legion-suits-up-for-jack\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[22,23,15,11,13,12,4,3,25,26,27,14,5,6,28,2],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosplay","tag-501st","tag-501st-legion","tag-blood-donation","tag-blood-donor","tag-canadian-blood-services","tag-causeplay","tag-cosplay","tag-cosplayer","tag-cosplaying","tag-donating-blood-in-costume","tag-rebel-legion","tag-red-cross-blood","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-cosplay","tag-star-wars-costume","tag-suit-up-for-jack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>501st Legion Suits Up For Jack - Suit Up For Jack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"501st Legion in Houston Texas Suits Up For Jack to help sick kids in their area. 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