Monday, September 28, 2009

Coming Up This Week...

There are a few exciting things going on with the Harry Potter Alliance and our chapter this week!

Live DA Meeting on uStream: The HPA will be holding a live DA meeting (podcast) on uStream this Wednesday evening. The meeting starts at 8:30pm, and you can listen to it here:

www.ustream.tv/channel/pottercast

The DA meetings are always interesting, informative, and encouraging. If you can't listen live, the podcasts are usually released on iTunes afterwards.

Magical Acts of Kindness Week: This is taking place from October 1 - October 7. Our chapter members will be participating in MAK as individuals during that week. Then we plan on doing some group projects to celebrate MAK later in October / early November. For the rules and guidelines of MAK, you can check out the MAK website at:

www.thehpalliance.org/magical-acts-of-kindness

Johnny's Walk for Life: A few of our chapter members will be participating in Johnny's Walk for Life on Sunday October 4th. The walk is being held in memory of Johnny Williamson and is raising money for A Baby's Breath, a crisis pregnancy center located in Bryn Mawr, PA. If you have any questions about this walk, please contact the Race Director, Marybeth Toscani, at Marybeth99@comcast.net.

That is what is have coming up this week, and October looks like it is going to be a busy month! If you would like more information or are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. (New members are always welcome!) For more information about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Nine and Three Quarters / Magical Acts of Kindness

At our meeting this past Sunday, we discussed two of the Harry Potter Alliance's campaigns: Campaign Nine and Three Quarters and Magical Acts of Kindness.

The Nine and Three Quarters campaign is about fundraising for the Harry Potter Alliance to keep the organization going. To participate in this campaign, Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County will be holding a change drive. We will be saving our loose change and tallying it up in December.

Magical Acts of Kindness is about anonymously doing kind things for others in an effort to make our world more magical. Magical Acts of Kindness Week is October 1-7. We are all going to be doing small things as individuals during that week. Then we will be doing a group MAK project in late October / November. We are going to be collecting various items for refugees. We also had a few other ideas, but those still need to be finalized.

New members are always welcome! If you are interested in meeting some of our members and learning about our chapter of the HPA, you have two chances to do so in the upcoming weeks:

October 17th - We are participating in a craft fair at Marple Christian Church, which is located at 475 Lawrence Road, Broomall, PA 19008. We have been making crafts to sell at this fair, and we will be donating our proceeds to Standfast. The craft fair is from 9am - 4pm.

November meeting - Our November meeting will be on the evening of Sunday November 1st. For details, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

Please feel free to e-mail me at danielleg@thehpalliance.org if you have any questions regarding Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County. For more information about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Craft Pictures / Meeting Reminder

We are going to be participating in a craft fair in a little over a month. We are making a variety of crafts to sell, and here are a few examples. Some house bookscarves and scarves, as well as some pillows:






The craft fair is being hosted by Marple Christian Church, 475 Lawrence Road, Broomall, PA 19008. It is on Saturday October 17, 9am to 4 pm. Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County will be using this to raise money for Standfast. If you are in the area, we hope to see you there!
Our next meeting is on Sunday September 20th. We are collecting towels and blankets for the SPCA, so if you have any old towels or blankets, please bring them to the meeting. We will be discussing details for the upcoming craft fair. We also will be talking about Campaign Nine and Three Quarters and Magical Acts of Kindness. New members are always welcome! If you would like to attend the meeting, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com.
If you would like more information about Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. For more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.
-Danielle