Thursday, April 9, 2009

Care of Magical Creatures and Accio Books Results

We are going to be participating in an event that ties into Care of Magical Creatures. We will be participating in the Lovers Not Fighters Charity Race on April 25th. This race is being held at Ridley Creek State Park, and it will benefit the PSPCA's Etana Fund to Stop Cruelty Against Animals. There will be a 7k run and a 5k run, as well as a 3k walk. We will be paripicating in the 3k walk, most likely with my dog. If you would like more information about the race, please visit loversnotfighterscharityrace.com for all of the details. I think Hagrid would be proud. :)

The results of Accio Books are in. A total of 13,481 books were donated, which is amazing. Congratulations to Ravenclaw on winning the House Cup! (My own Gryffindor came in a close second.) Congratulations to the Lumos Chapter of Madison, Wisconsin on winning the Chapter Cup! Most importantly, 13,481 books are going to those in need, and that's pretty awesome.

If you would like to get involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please feel free to e-mail me at danielletgillen@hotmail.com. If you would like more information about the HPA in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Accio Books Upddate and More

Accio Books, the Harry Potter Alliance's first annual book drive, wrapped up last week, and it was a huge success. While the winners have not been announced yet, everyone in the chapters and in the HPA in general did an awesome job collecting and donating books. Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County donated books locally, as well as to ASYV in Rwanda.

Our MAK knitting projects are still going strong. While this started out as a Lenten project, it looks like it is going to go well past Easter. We want to be able to give some nice big donations, and we are certainly not the fastest knitters. ;)

If you would like to get involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please feel free to e-mail me at danielletgillen@hotmail.com. If you would like more information about the HPA in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle