IOWA CITY — The Jedi Juice, Wookiee cookies and Death Star doughnuts were set out at the Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City, with Star Wars crafts arranged on tables. Families — who stay at the house while a child is being treated at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital nearby — had just started to gather when the stormtroopers and other costumed Star Wars characters arrived.Faith Kirgis, age 2, was there with her mother Michelle.
The Empire Gives Back: Dressed As Star Wars Bad Guys, This Group Does Good
Alison Gowans, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Thu, 10/17/2019 - 6:09pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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