During the month of October, Fan Force held a charity raffle for Make-A-Wish Foundation in memory of Katie Johnson (daughter of 501st Legion founder Albin Johnson). Through raffling off a 12 in" figure of Backpacker Luke Fan Force was able to raise $239. A donation has been made to Make-A-Wish.


In September of 2006 the Everett, WA Chapter Representative "Darth Breezy" decided to send her own beloved Backpacker Luke on a tour traveling the United States and Canada to visit various Fan Force Chapters. He started and ended in Charlotte, NC where Jada, the Chapter Representative spearheaded the charity raffle. Luke had many adventures along the way such as attending "Pole Night" at Lowe's Motor Speedway, reliving his Hoth adventure in Edmonton, ALB where he spent Halloween, making a Christmas commercial with the Calgary Fan Force, went to Tombstone, AZ and was made Sheriff and was in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer, attended Celebration 4 and finally after some other stops Luke made his way back to Charlotte, NC. Along the way Luke acquired many trinkets to commemorate his travels including Fan Force chapter patches, Star Wars trading cards, signed photographs from Star Wars actors and many other goodies. Members of various chapters even made him a sleeping bag, a cloak, a scarf and hat, a poncho and a passport!


On November 1st the raffle was held and cathiecat of the Tucson Fan Force won the raffle. Backpacker Luke, along with all of his belongings now reside with her.


Thank you to everyone who helped make this a successful tour and raffle.


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