Clothing Drive Completed and Projects In Progress

Our clothing drive was a big success and is now finished. We donated 20 grocery size bags to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

We are currently working on Accio Books, the HPA's first book drive. We will be donating some books to ASYV in Rwanda, as well as donating books locally. Here is the collection so far:

We are also doing a Lenten / Magical Acts of Kindness knitting project. Some of us are knitting hats for Warm Woolies:

Others are knitting afghan squares for Warm Up America:
If you live in Delaware County and would like more information about Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail me at danielletgillen@hotmail.com.

If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Accio Books!...and other cool stuff

We are in the midst of Accio Books, which kicked off yesterday. Accio Books is the Harry Potter Alliance's first book drive. As fans of Harry Potter and reading in general, literacy is something we care about very much. We will be collecting books and donating them locally.

Our clothing drive is wrapping up. We donated gently used clothing to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. By donating this clothing, we are doing a magical act of kindness by giving to those who need it. We are also decreasing some of our own clutter, which is a good and positive thing.

Lent started last Wednesday, so I have started my Lenten knitting project. I am knitting hats to donate to Warm Woolies (warmwoolies.org). I've been told that other members of the chapter are knitting afghan squares for Warm Up America (warmupamerica.org), but I've not seen any evidence of this...yet.

If you live in or near Delaware County and would like to get involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail me at danielletgillen@hotmail.com.

If you would like more information about Accio Books and the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.