Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County

February Meeting Notes

2012-02-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting was earlier this afternoon, and here is the summary:

Valentines - We made our Valentines for Fair Acres Nursing Home at today's meeting. Thank you to everyone who helped!

Knitting Projects - We are about to start our annual chapter knitting projects. As in the past few years, we will be knitting for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org) and Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org).

Upcoming HPA Campaigns - The HPA has some campaigns coming up over the course of 2012 that we hope to participate in - a Hunger Games Campaign, Accio Books, and Wizard Rock the Vote.

March Meeting - Our March meeting will be on Saturday March 3rd.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

Meeting Rescheduled for Sunday

2012-02-10T16:27:00.000-08:00

Due to possible snow tonight/tomorrow, we have decided to push this weekend's meeting back to Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Hope to see you then!

February Meeting Reminder

2012-02-05T13:39:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting is coming up this Saturday, February 11th. We will be doing our Valentine's project as well as chatting about some upcoming projects. Hope to see you then!

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

January Meeting Notes

2012-01-14T12:59:00.000-08:00

This morning's meeting was dedicated to brainstorming and planning for the upcoming year. Some great ideas were discussed! Two chapter projects that we will be doing shortly are a Valentine's project as well as a knitting project. We will be doing the Valentine's project at our February meeting, which will be on Saturday February 11.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

January Meeting Reminder

2012-01-09T18:53:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year! Our first meeting of 2012 is this Saturday, January 14th. We will mainly be brainstorming/planning what projects we would like to do for the next few months.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

St. Pius X Craft Fair

2011-12-06T19:58:00.000-08:00

We will be participating in the craft fair at St. Pius X School this Saturday, December 10. St. Pius X School is located at:

204 Lawrence Road
Broomall, PA 19008

The craft fair is 10am-2pm. We will be selling pillows, scarves, decorations, and dog treats. Hope to see you there! Santa will be there. :)

December Meeting Notes

2011-12-03T11:58:00.000-08:00

Our December meeting was this morning, and here are the notes:

Not in Harry's Name - This campaign may be familiar to some of you. The HPA ran this campaign around this time last year, and it has recently been re-launched. The goal of this campaign is to get Warner Brothers to switch to Fair Trade chocolate for their Harry Potter Chocolate Frogs, or at least show us they are making a significant effort to do so. We have given WB a deadline of 12/31/2011. There are three facets to this campaign.

Muggle Howlers - In the Harry Potter series, a Howler is a letter that shouts at the recipient, usually because that person has done something wrong. HPA members are encouraged to make Muggle Howlers, YouTube videos asking WB to switch to Fair Trade. While we associate Howlers with shouting, that is not what we are going for here. Be firm, but please be polite.

Cease & Desist Letters - When someone has a legal right to a copyrighted work, they will often send cease and desist letters to anyone they feel is using that work without the appropriate permission. There have been many cease and desist letters throughout the history of the Harry Potter fandom. WB sent them to fansites, fan artists, and wizard rock bands before deciding those fans were safe to carry on. Now it is our turn to send cease and desist letters to WB. While WB may own the legal right to Harry's name, we own Harry's spirit. We are the ones who have built friendships and a community based on our love of the Harry Potter series. There are two options for HPA members wanting to send a cease and desist letter to WB. You can print out a form letter and send it, or you can write your own. You can find the templates on the campaign website.

Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs - The HPA set out to see if it is feasible to make Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs. It is. You may purchase the HPA's Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs here, http://bit.ly/hpashop. (Available for a limited time only!)

For more information on everything related to the Not in Harry's Name campaign, please visit the campaign website, http://www.thehpalliance.org/action/campaigns/nihn/.

Mini Yule Ball - We will be having a Mini Yule Ball on Sunday, December 18. It is really just a Chapter Christmas Party, but Mini Yule Ball sounds more fun. ;)

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 14.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

December Meeting Reminder

2011-12-01T18:46:00.001-08:00

Our December meeting is coming up this Saturday, December 3rd. The majority of the meeting will be devoted to the campaign that the Harry Potter Alliance recently re-launched, Not in Harry's Name. Hope to see you there!

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org to learn more or to get involved.

November Meeting Notes

2011-11-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

Our November meeting was this morning, and here are the notes:

Holiday Mail for Heroes - This is a project organized by the Red Cross. This is the third year that our chapter is participating, and we are happy to do so! If you are interested in participating in this on your own, here is the information: http://www.redcross.org/holidaymail.

Mini Yule Ball - We will be having a Mini Yule Ball (aka Chapter Christmas Party) on Sunday December 18th.

December Meeting - Our December meeting will be Saturday December 3rd.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

Craft Fair!

2011-10-13T19:38:00.000-07:00

We will be participating in the craft fair at Marple Christian Church this Saturday, October 15th! Marple Christian Church is located at:

475 Lawrence Road
Broomall, PA 19008

The craft fair is from 9am-4pm. We will be selling pillows, scarves, decorations, and dog cookies. Hope to you then!

October Meeting Notes

2011-10-02T13:12:00.000-07:00

Our October meeting was yesterday, and here is the summary:

Halloween Cards - The bulk of this meeting was spent making Halloween cards for the residents of Fair Acres Nursing Home!

Craft Fair - We will be participating in the Craft Fair at Marple Christian Church on Saturday October 15th. We will be selling pillows, scarves, decorations, and dog cookies.

Knitting Projects - We have been working on this for several months, and we are almost finished. We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org) as well as afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org). The deadline we have set for ourselves is October 31st.

November Meeting - Our November meeting will be Saturday November 5th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow us on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

October Meeting Reminder

2011-09-28T18:09:00.000-07:00

Our October meeting is coming up this Saturday, October 1st. We will be making Halloween cards for the residents of Fair Acres Nursing Home as well as chatting about some upcoming projects!

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

September Meeting Notes

2011-09-12T19:02:00.000-07:00

Our September meeting was this past Saturday, and here is the recap:

ConKerr Cancer - The majority of this meeting was spent sewing pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer (http://www.cankerrcancer.org)!

Craft Fair - We will be participating in the craft fair at Marple Christian Church on Saturday October 15th, 9am - 4pm. We will be selling pillows, scarves, decorations, and dog treats.

Knitting Projects - We've been working on these for a while now, and we have set a deadline for ourselves of October 31st. We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org) as well as afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org).

October Meeting - Our October meeting will be Saturday October 1st. We will be making Halloween cards for the residents of Fair Acres Nursing Home.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow up on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

September Meeting Reminder

2011-09-04T19:28:00.000-07:00

Our September meeting is this Saturday September 10th. We will be sewing pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer (http://www.conkerrcancer.org) as well as chatting about a few upcoming projects.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for more info.

August Meeting Notes

2011-08-20T19:14:00.001-07:00

Our August meeting was this morning, and here is a summary of what we discussed:

Deathly Hallows Campaign - The DHC is over! Join the HPA for a wrap-up livestream celebration on Tuesday at 8:30pm. http://www.livestream.com/imaginebetter

Knitting Projects - We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org). We have set a deadline of October 31st.

Craft Fair - We will be participating in Marple Christian Church's craft fair again this year. This year's craft fair is on October 15th, 9am - 4pm. We will be selling scarves, pillows, decorations, and dog cookies.

ConKerr Cancer - At our last meeting, we had discussed that we would like to do something for children. We have decided to make pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer (http://www.conkerrcancer.org), an organization that makes pillowcases for children with cancer. We will be making pillowcases at our September meeting.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday, September 10th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://twitter.com/DAofDelco.

August Meeting Reminder

2011-08-18T18:34:00.003-07:00

Our August meeting is this Saturday, August 20th. We will be discussing our current projects as well as looking ahead to the fall. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for info.

Not sure what the Harry Potter Alliance is? http://www.thehpalliance.org

July Meeting Notes

2011-07-23T19:35:00.000-07:00

Our July meeting was this morning, and here is what was discussed:

Climate Crisis Horcrux - The main "ask" of the Climate Crisis Horcrux was that HPA members submit ideas and art to the Imagine Better Contest. Voting in the contests is now open and will run until the 31st. You can check out the submissions and vote here, http://bit.ly/splashlifehpa. (If you would be so kind as to vote for my artwork, I would really appreciate it! http://dft.ba/-FVe)

Knitting Projects - Our knitting projects are still coming along! We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) as well as afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org).

Craft Fair - We will be participating in Marple Christian Church's annual craft fair again this year! The craft fair is on Saturday October 15th, 9am - 4pm.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday August 20th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

July Meeting Reminder

2011-07-21T18:22:00.001-07:00

Our July meeting is coming up this Saturday, July 23rd!

Have you submitted an idea or art to the Imagine Better Contest? You still have time! The deadline has been extended to tomorrow (Friday) night. http://bit.ly/splashlifehpa

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

The Countdown Weeks 6 and 7

2011-07-06T19:16:00.001-07:00

We are almost finished our countdown!

On Sunday July 3rd, we watched Half-Blood Prince as well as worked on our submissions for the Climate Crisis Contest.

On Friday July 8th, we will watching Deathly Hallows Part 1 as well as working on our knitting projects.

The Countdown Weeks 5 & 6

2011-06-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

On Sunday June 26th, we watched Order of the Phoenix as well as worked on our knitting projects for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org).

On Sunday July 3rd, we will be watching Half-Blood Prince as well as working on our submissions for the Climate Crisis contests!

The Climate Crisis Horcrux

2011-06-21T18:33:00.003-07:00

The Deathly Hallows Campaign has been a long journey, but we're finally here. We have made it to the seventh Horcrux! The seventh Horcrux is the Climate Crisis Horcrux. The Climate Crisis is a hefty opponent to battle. It is strong enough to kill millions and millions of people; what can we possibly do to fight it? A lot. To make this battle more manageable, the Climate Crisis Horcrux has been divided into seven major themes.

1. Brooms and Floo Powder - This theme is about transportation and energy. In the wizarding world, the main forms of transportation are brooms and floo powder. These are very green ways to travel as they do not require energy. Things are very different in our world, at least I've never traveled by broom or floo powder. Many of us drive wherever we need to go. Sometimes driving is necessary, but sometimes it is not. Perhaps we could cut down on energy consumption by walking, riding a bike, carpooling, or using public transportation.

2. Forbidden Forests and Care of Magical Creatures - This one is about deforestation and agriculture. When done responsibly, farming can really benefit our world. However, there are also agricultural practices that have a negative impact and harm our environment. You can help with this theme by learning your carbon footprint. You can find out your carbon footprint by taking this quiz, http://www.carbonfootprint.com/carbonfootprint.html. Maybe there are aspects of your carbon footprint that could use a little work. For example, you could eat more locally grown foods or eat less processed foods.

3. Advocating for So-Called Muggleborns - This one deals with communities affected by the Climate Crisis. Because these communities are often indigenous or impoverished, they are often looked down upon, similar to how Muggleborns were often looked down upon in the wizarding world. However, these communities have many capabilities and are necessary in fighting the Climate Crisis.

4. The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened - Many of us have heard of the Chamber of Commerce. However, a lot of us don't know what the Chamber of Commerce is or does. It turns out the Chamber of Commerce is very similar to Lucius Malfoy. Because he was wealthy and influential, Lucius had a lot of pull with the Ministry of Magic. The Chamber of Commerce, on a national level, is one of the largest lobbying groups fighting recognition and acceptance of the Climate Crisis.

5. The Quibbler and Potterwatch - This theme is about media misinformation. While the Daily Prophet refused to report that Voldemort had returned, the media often refuses to report that the Climate Crisis is a problem. They make it seem like scientists are undecided on the issue when, in fact, as many as 97% of scientists agree that we need to be paying attention to the Climate Crisis.

6. A Better Burrow - This one deals with community, household, and neighborhood programs. There are many things that we can do in our homes, schools, and communities to help the environment. We can recycle. We can do less laundry. We can reduce our electricty use. We can even reduce the amount of trash that we make.

7. Phoenix Rising - The final theme is about celebrating the Earth and each other in creative/spiritual ways. Hogwarts students loved to enjoy nice weather by the lake. Similarly, we can get outside and enjoy nature. Another great way to participate in this theme is by submitting something to the art contest.

As part of this Horcrux, the HPA is teaming up with Splashlife (http://bit.ly/splashlife) to host two contests. For the first contest, HPA members are invited to generate ideas on how to battle the Climate Crisis. To help you focus your ideas for this one, check out Splashlife's website - http://bit.ly/splashlife. The second contest is an art contest. It can be visual, music, video, or anything else you can imagine.

To learn more about this Horcrux, check out the website - http://bit.ly/horcrux7.

The Countdown Weeks 4 & 5

2011-06-21T18:30:00.000-07:00

Week 4 of our movie countdown was this past Sunday, June 19. We watched Goblet of Fire as well as discussed the Climate Crisis Horcrux.

On June 26th, we will be watching Order of the Phoenix as well as working on our knitting projects for the Snuggles Project and Warm Up America.

The Countdown

2011-06-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

Our movie countdown to the eighth and final Potter film continues!

On June 12th, we watched Prisoner of Azkaban and made Hero Mail cards for Operation Write Home.

On June 19th, we will be watching Goblet of Fire as well as discussing the Climate Crisis Horcrux.

The Climate Crisis Horcrux is the seventh Horcrux of the HPA's Deathly Hallows Campaign. To learn more about this Horcrux, go here - http://bit.ly/horcrux7

June Meeting Notes

2011-06-11T13:38:00.000-07:00

Our June meeting was this morning, and here is the summary:

Deathly Hallows Campaign - The seventh Horcrux will be launched tomorrow at 4pm at http://www.livestream.com/imaginebetter. It will be the Climate Crisis Horcrux, which as you've probably guessed from the name, has to do with the environment. We will know more about this Horcrux, including what the "ask" is, after tomorrow's livestream.

Knitting Projects - These are still going strong! We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org) as well as afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org).

Operation Write Home - Since we didn't have a whole lot to discuss this month, we wrote some Hero Mail for Operation Write Home (http://www.operationwritehome.org).

Movie Nights - These have been working out well so far, and we are going to continue them up until the final film. We will be watching Prisoner of Azkaban tomorrow. We'll also do a few more cards for Operation Write Home tomorrow; then we'll have a nice stack to mail out.

Next Meeting - Our July meeting will be Saturday July 23rd.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit, http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

The Countdown Continues

2011-06-05T19:08:00.001-07:00

We continued our countdown to the final Potter film this weekend as we watched Chamber of Secrets. We also worked on our knitting projects. We are knitting afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org) as well as snuggles for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org). Here is some of our work so far:

The Countdown Begins

2011-05-30T12:46:00.001-07:00

We are having a movie countdown to the final Potter movie coming out later this summer. This weekend we watched Sorcerer's Stone as well as painted our toes for Toemageddon. (www.toemageddon.com)

May Meeting Notes

2011-05-08T19:03:00.000-07:00

Our May meeting was yesterday, and here is a summary of what was discussed:

Child Slavery Horcrux - The HPA launched the sixth Horcrux of the Deathly Hallows Campaign on May 1st. It is the Child Slavery Horcrux, and it is closely related to the first Horcrux we worked with, the Starvation Wages Horcrux (fair trade/chocolate). At the livestream that launched the Horcrux on the 1st, we watched "The Dark Side of Chocolate," which is a documentary about child trafficking in the chocolate industry. Something that HPA members are encouraged to do for this Horcrux is write CNN Freedom Project iReports.

Toemageddon - This is a project organized by the HPA that has to do with LGBT bullying. Basically, it became a big media story in the more conservative media outlets when a 5-year-old boy was photographed with his toes painted pink. His mother was accused of turning him gay by letting him wear this nail polish. With Toemageddon, we are compiling a petition against the LGBT bullying that happens in the media. However, instead of signing our names, we are painting our toes. To join in, go here - http://www.facebook.com/toemageddon

Knitting Projects - We are still working on our chapter knitting projects. We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org).

June Meeting - Our June meeting will be Saturday June 11th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

May Meeting Reminder

2011-05-05T18:57:00.000-07:00

Our May meeting is this Saturday May 7th. We will be discussing the latest Horcrux in the Deathly Hallows Campaign, the Child Slavery Horcrux. We will also be discussing a non-DHC project that the HPA is coordinating, Toemaggedon. New members are always welcome! For more info, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

April Meeting Notes

2011-04-09T13:37:00.000-07:00

Our April meeting was this morning, and here is a summary of what we discussed:

Accio Books - Accio Books, the HPA's annual book drive, has been extended through the end of April this year. If you have books that you would like to donate but aren't sure where to send them, pop me an e-mail (danielleg@thehpalliance.org), and I can help you find a good home for them!

Knitting Projects - This is still going strong! We are knitting snuggles for The Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org).

Operation Write Home - This is what we spent the majority of today's meeting working on. We made cards/wrote letters for Operation Write Home (www.operationwritehome.org). This is a project we did in the past, and we decided now was a good time to bring it back!

May Meeting - Our May meeting will be Saturday May 7th.

April Meeting Reminder

2011-04-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

Just a friendly reminder: Our April meeting is this Saturday April 9th. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org to learn more or to get involved!

Accio Books Party this Saturday!

2011-03-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

Our Accio Books Party is this Saturday, March 19!

Where?
Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 East Front Street
Media, PA 19063

What time?
1pm - 3pm

Why?
To collect books and have fun!
Please bring any new or gently books to donate. We will be distributing them to several local organizations. While you're there, join in our Potter-themed games.

Need an extra incentive to attend?
There will be free cookies. :)

Hope to see you there!

March Meeting Notes

2011-03-06T15:57:00.000-08:00

Our March meeting was this afternoon, and here is a summary of what we discussed:

Accio Books - It's March, and that means it is Accio Books month. The main way our chapter is collecting books will be through our Accio Books Party at the Media Library on March 19th. You can RSVP to the party here, http://dft.ba/-fAa We have lots of fun Potter-themed games and activities planned, and we hope to see you there! If you would like to donate books for Accio Books but cannot make it to the party, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org, and we can figure out what is the best way for you to donate.

Knitting Projects - We are starting our annual knitting projects again. Some of us are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (http://www.snugglesproject.org), and some of us are knitting afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org).

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday April 9th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Accio Books Party!

2011-03-04T06:52:00.000-08:00

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is hosting an Accio Books party!

When: Saturday March 19th, 1pm - 3pm

Where: Media-Upper Providence Free Library
1 East Front Street
Media, PA 19063

Please bring new or gently-used books to donate. Then stick around for Potter-themed games and activities!

Questions? Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

Hope to see you there!

March Meeting Reminder

2011-03-01T14:09:00.001-08:00

Our March meeting is this Sunday, March 6th. Since it is March, the majority of the discussion will be related to Accio Books. :)

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

February Meeting Notes

2011-02-12T11:56:00.001-08:00

Our February meeting was this morning, and here is a summary of what we discussed:

Valentines - At this morning's meeting, we made Valentines for Nestle and Hershey, urging them to switch to Fair Trade chocolate. This project is not organized by the HPA; it is organized by a group called Stop The Traffik. However, the whole Fair Trade chocolate issues ties right in with what we were doing in the Starvation Wages Horcrux a few months ago. If you would like to participate in this project on your own, you can check out the website here, http://stopthetraffik-news.org/D57-CQ8P-623B9PUAD/cr.aspx?b=32.

DHC - The Bullying Horcrux - The fourth Horcrux of the Deathly Hallows Campaign is the Bullying Horcrux. While many people are bullied for different reasons, the HPA is focusing on the LGBTQ community for this Horcrux. This Horcrux is also a House Cup. Here are the different tasks you can do to earn points for your House:

Sign the Make It Better Oath, http://thehpalliance.org/action/campaigns/deathly-hallows/horcrux-4/make-it-better/.
Share the HPA Make It Better video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d06aJmDoxm0.
Make a response Make It Better video.
"Like" Fans for Equality on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/fansforequality.
Invite 10 friends to "like" Fans for Equality.
Making phone calls during Wrock 4 Equality 2.
Getting friends to make phone calls during Wrock 4 Equality 2.

Wrock 4 Equality 2 is a campaign for marriage equality in Rhode Island. (The 2 is because the HPA had a campaign called Wrock 4 Equality in 2009 where we campaigned for marriage equality in Maine.) This will be taking place on February 26th and will be completely online. For more info on this and on everything related to the Bullying Horcrux, please visit http://bit.ly/horcrux4.

Accio Books - Accio Books, our annual book drive which takes place in March, is almost here! Things are still in the planning stages, nothing definite yet, but we hope to have something together soon!

Borders Benefit Days - The HPA is teaming up with Borders on March 19 and 20. When shoppers present a pass, a portion of the money that they are spending will go to benefit the Harry Potter Alliance.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Sunday March 6th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

February Meeting Reminder

2011-02-07T09:01:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting is this Saturday, February 12th. We will be doing a Valentine's project as well as discussing the fourth Horcrux of the Deathly Hallows Campaign, the Bullying Horcrux. There are some exciting things coming up for the HPA in March, so we will be talking about those a bit as well.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org You can also follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

The Bullying Horcrux

2011-02-06T14:07:00.000-08:00

The fourth Horcrux of the Deathly Hallows Campaign, the Bullying Horcrux, was launched on February 2nd. Many people are bullied as children for one reason or another, but for this Horcrux, we are focusing on the LGBTQ community. Kids who identify themselves as LGBTQ are often bullied by their classmates, and they later face a government that denies them the right to marry.

The HPA is partnering with the Make It Better Project, a project of the Gay-Straight Alliance. Rather than waiting for it to get better, we want to make it better now. You can sign the Make It Better Oath as well as watch the HPA's Make It Better video here, http://thehpalliance.org/action/campaigns/deathly-hallows/horcrux-4/make-it-better/.

Later in the month the HPA will be working with MassEquality and Marriage Equality Rhode Island for Wrock 4 Equality 2. (Wrock 4 Equality 2009 was a campaign for equal marriage in Maine.) On Saturday, February 26, 2011, we will be asking Rhode Island residents to support the upcoming same-sex marriage bill. Don't live in Rhode Island? No problem! This is taking place completely on the internet. In the morning, we are meeting at http://www.livestream.com/imaginebetter for wizard rock performances and phone bank training. We will be using MassEquality's phone banking system to call Rhode Island residents - free of charge. There will be wrock performances and guests throughout the day on the livestream, and at the end of the day, we will all meet back up for one last wrock out.

While there are many parallels between the Harry Potter series and LGBTQ issues, such LGBTQ parallels exist in many books and films. The HPA has created Fans for Equality, a place for fans of all sorts of things to come together for equal rights. You can check out the facebook page here, http://www.facebook.com/fansforequality. Don't forget to "like" it and invite your friends!

This Horcrux is also a House Cup, so don't forget to go to http://bit.ly/horcrux4 and log your House Points! You can earn points by signing the Make It Better Oath, "liking" Fans for Equality on facebook, inviting 10 friends to "like" Fans for Equality, sharing the HPA Make It Better video, making a response Make It Better video, making phone calls during Wrock 4 Equality 2, and getting friends to make phone calls during Wrock 4 Equality 2.

750 Books!

2011-01-25T20:09:00.000-08:00

The Harry Potter club at Merion Mercy Academy recently held a book drive at their school where they collected 750 books! That is incredible! Great work, girls!

The Body Bind Horcrux, Week 4

2011-01-24T16:39:00.000-08:00

It is the fourth week of January and the fourth week of the Body Bind Horcrux already. (How did that happen?) The theme this week is De-Stress! While we all get busy with work, school, or extracurricular activities, it is very important to take some time out to relax and de-stress. Here are a few simple ideas on ways to de-stress:

Take time each day to relax your mind.
Yoga.
De-clutter.
Go for a walk.
Read for fun.
Get plenty of sleep.
Take time out for a favorite hobby.
Pray or meditate.

The Body-Bind Horcrux, Week 3

2011-01-17T16:54:00.002-08:00

This week, January 16-22, is week 3 of the Body-Bind Horcrux. The theme this week is Get Active! Here are some easy tasks we can all try this week in an effort to get active:

Take your dog for a walk.
Shovel snow.
Exercise.
Walk instead of drive.

For more great ideas regarding the Body-Bind Horcrux, check out the blogs at www.thehpalliance.org/blog.

The Body-Bind Horcrux, Weeks 1 and 2

2011-01-09T18:46:00.000-08:00

The main topic of our January meeting was the Body-Bind Horcrux. This Horcrux is divided into four subsections, giving each full week of January a particular focus. We brainstormed easy tasks that people could try each week. Here is what we came up with for the first two weeks:

Week 1 - January 2-8 - Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset

Give someone a compliment.
Encourage/support others.

Week 2 - January 9-15 - Nourish Your Body

Eat fruits and vegetables.
Drink plenty of water.
Substitute water or juice for soda.
Eat healthy snacks.

January Meeting Notes

2011-01-09T18:01:00.001-08:00

Our January meeting was yesterday, and here is a summary of what we talked about:

Deathly Hallows Campaign, Body-Bind Horcrux - We have moved onto the third Horcrux of the DHC, the Body-Bind Horcrux. This Horcrux is about physical health, taking care of ourselves, and living a healthy lifestyle. It is a very timely Horcrux as many people make New Year's resolutions based on these issues. This Horcrux is a bit different from the previous two in that there is not one specific task that HPA members are asked to do. HPA staffers have written several interesting blogs on the Body-Bind Horcrux, and you can check them out here, www.thehpalliance.org/blog. The Horcrux is divided into four subsections. At our meeting yesterday, we brainstormed tasks that could be done for each topic. No one is expected to do all of the tasks we came up with, but everyone is encouraged to try at least a few of them.

Book Auction - Last year JK Rowling donated a set of signed Harry Potter books to be auctioned off for Helping Haiti Heal. The books were actually won by a company, the Association of Electrical Contractors of New York City, and they have put the books up for re-auction. One raffle ticket is $40, or three tickets are $100. You can buy tickets here, http://thehpalliance.org/action/campaigns/donate-to-scholarship-fund/. The proceeds go to AEC's Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to students interested in studying engineering, and Kamp Kiwanis, a camp in upstate New York for handicapped and underprivileged kids. The drawing will take place on January 23, 2011. Please pass this information on to anyone you think may be interested!

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday February 12th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

January Meeting Reminder

2011-01-06T19:22:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Our January meeting is this Saturday January 8th. The main topic of this meeting will be the third Horcrux of the Dealthly Hallows Campaign, which is the Body Bind Horcrux. While December's Horcrux, the Dementor Horcrux, focused on mental health, the Body Bind Horcrux focuses on physical health, taking care of ourselves, and healthy lifestyle.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

December Meeting Notes

2010-12-08T20:01:00.000-08:00

Our December meeting was this past Sunday, and here is a recap of what we discussed:

Holiday Mail for Heroes - This is a campaign sponsored by the Red Cross, which distributes holiday cards to military people and veterans. It is a great program, and we are happy to be participating for a second year. We did our cards at the meeting on Sunday.

Deathly Hallows Campaign - The HPA's Deathly Hallows Campaign is a campaign of epic proportions in which we will be fighting seven real world Horcruxes. The first two, the Starvation Wages Horcrux and the Dementor Horcrux, are running through the end of December.
Starvation Wages Horcrux - This Horcrux is about Fair Trade, specifically trying to get Harry Potter chocolate made Fair Trade. For all of the details on this Horcrux, please visit this website, http://dft.ba/-fairtrade. While you're there, please sign the online petition. It only takes a few seconds! HPA chapters and members are also encouraged to write letters to Warner Bros and Time Warner, urging them to switch to Fair Trade chocolate for their Harry Potter chocolate. We wrote letters at the meeting on Sunday. If you are interested in writing a letter on your own, you can find a template at the website listed above.
Dementor Horcrux - This Horcrux is about mental health whether it be something more serious such as clinical depression or just feeling down or stressed. The website for this is http://dft.ba/-expectopatronum. HPA chapters and members are encouraged to create a Patronus in the form of artwork to help fight their own personal Dementors.

TerraCycle - This is an ongoing project. We are collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle. They, in turn, will make a donation to the HPA for any wrappers that we send them.

Chapter Christmas Party - Our Chapter Christmas party will be on Wednesday December 15th. We will be making Christmas cards for the residents of Fair Acres nursing home.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Satuday January 8th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/daofdelco. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

December Meeting Reminder

2010-12-02T18:33:00.000-08:00

Our December meeting is coming up this Sunday, December 5th. We will be doing our cards for the Red Cross' Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign. We will also be discussing the HPA's Deathy Hallows Campaign. The second Horcrux was announced yesterday, http://dft.ba/-expectopatronum.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/daofdelco. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

November Meeting Notes

2010-11-11T20:49:00.001-08:00

Our November meeting was this past Saturday. Here is what we discussed:

Operation Write Home - We have been making cards for soldiers as part of Operation Write Home (www.operationwritehome.org). We are wrapping this up for now, but we will hopefully come back to it in the future. Thank you to everyone who made cards with us!

TerraCycle - We are still collecting Mars and Cadbury candy wrappers for TerraCycle. We are recycling the wrappers by sending them to TerraCycle; then TerraCycle makes a donation to the Harry Potter Alliance.

Deathly Hallows Campaign - Have you signed the Starvation Wages petition? http://dft.ba/-fairtrade

Holiday Mail for Heroes - This is a campaign organized by the Red Cross. We participated in this last year, and we plan on joining in again this year!

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Sunday December 5th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the HPA. New members are always welcome! To get involved or to just learn more, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Deathly Hallows Campaign

2010-11-05T19:31:00.000-07:00

On October 31, 2010, the Harry Potter Alliance kicked off a campaign of epic proportions, the Deathly Hallows Campaign. During this campaign, we will be fighting seven real-world Horcruxes. The first is the Starvation Wages Horcrux. Unfortunately, the cocoa industry is full of inhumane and unjust economic and labor conditions. We are petitioning Time Warner (the parent company of Warner Bros.) to switch to Fair Trade chocolate to ensure that no chocolate in Harry's name is made under such unjust conditions. To sign the petition, please go here, http://dft.ba/-fairtrade, and please encourage your family and friends to do the same.

If you would like to learn more about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. To be involved with the HPA on a local level, please consider joining Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County. New members are always welcome! Send an e-mail to danielleg@thehpalliance.org for more info. :)

Craft Fair and Halloween Party

2010-10-21T20:15:00.000-07:00

On Saturday October 16th, we participated in the craft fair at Marple Christian Church. It went really well! Through our sales, we were able to make donations to both the HPA and the Firefly Foundation (www.fireflykidz.org). Thank you to everyone who supported us and, in turn, these two wonderful organizations!

Our chapter's Halloween party is coming up on Sunday October 24th. We will be putting together Halloween gifts for the residents of Fair Acres Nursing Home.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more about our chapter or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit, www.thehpalliance.org.

Craft Fair on 10/16/10

2010-10-14T19:43:00.000-07:00

This year's craft fair is almost here! We will be participating in the craft fair at Marple Christian Church this Saturday, October 16th. Marple Christian Church is located at 475 Lawrence Road, Broomall, PA 19008. The craft fair is from 9am - 4pm. We will be selling pillows, scarves, picture frames, decorations, bracelets, and dog treats. (We've sure come up with an eclectic variety this year, huh?) The profits from our little table will be donated to the Harry Potter Alliance (www.thehpalliance.org) and Firefly (www.fireflykidz.org). Also, the Massey House (located next to the church) is having their Harvest Festival at the same time as the craft fair. There is going to be a lot to see and do, and admission is free. It should be a fun day, and we hope to see you there!

October Meeting Notes

2010-10-02T20:45:00.000-07:00

Our October meeting was this morning, and here are some of the things we talked about:

Craft Fair - The craft fair is coming up quickly! We will be participating in the craft fair at Marple Christian Church on October 16th from 9am to 4pm. We have been crafting away for this! We have pillows, scarves, picture frames, and ornaments...plus whatever last minute things we come up with! We will be donating our proceeds to the HPA and Firefly (www.fireflykidz.org).

Operation Write Home - We have been making cards for soldiers as part of Operation Write Home (www.operationwritehome.org). We have a nice little stack of cards going and plan on mailing them after our November meeting.

TerraCycle - Just a reminder that this ongoing project is still going! We are collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle to raise money for the HPA.

10-10-10 - The HPA is celebrating its 5th birthday on 10-10-10! There will be a huge party in Boston, but for those of us who can't make it to Boston, the event will be streamed live on livestream.

Halloween Party - We are having a chapter Halloween party on October 24th. We will be making Halloween goodies for the residents at Fair Acres nursing home.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday November 6th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

September Meeting Notes

2010-09-12T17:39:00.002-07:00

Our September meeting was yesterday, and here is a summary of what we talked about:

Magical Acts of Warmth - This project is officially wrapped up. Over the past few months, we have been knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org). Thank you to everyone who participated in this project!

Craft Fair - We will be participating in Marple Christian Church's craft fair on Saturday October 16. Some of the things we are making for this are pillows, scarves, picture frames, and decorations. Through this, we are hoping to raise money for the HPA and the Firefly Foundation (www.fireflykidz.org).

Halloween - We will be having a chapter Halloween party on Sunday October 24th. We will be making Halloween goodies for the residents at Fair Acres Nursing Home.

TerraCycle - This is an ongoing project. We are collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle; then they make a donation to the HPA.

Operation Write Home - We are making cards/writing letters to soldiers as part of Operation Write Home (www.operationwritehome.org). We hope to continue participating in this project for at least a little while longer.

Next Meeting - Our next chapter meeting will be October 2.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

September Meeting Reminder

2010-09-08T07:58:00.000-07:00

Our September meeting is this Saturday, September 11th. This is the deadline for our Magical Acts of Warmth campaign. If you have knitted any snuggles or afghan squares, please bring them to the meeting. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for more info. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

August Meeting Notes

2010-08-22T14:08:00.000-07:00

Our August meeting was yesterday, and here is a summary of what we talked about:

Operation Write Home - This is a new project for us. We are making cards for soldiers as part of Operation Write Home. (www.operationwritehome.org) We made some cards at the meeting, and we hope to continue this project for a bit.

TerraCycle - Thank you to everyone who has been collecting candy wrappers for us to send to TerraCycle! We will be sending off a shipment this week, but this is going to be an ongoing project. For each candy wrapper that we send to TerraCycle, they make a small donation to the HPA!

Magical Acts of Warmth - We are knitting snuggles for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org). We will be continuing this for another few weeks.

Craft Fair - We are still crafting away for the craft fair that we are participating in in the fall!

Wrock The Vote - To register to vote online, please go here, www.thehpalliance.org/wrockthevote. We are hoping to participate in this voter registration campaign in person. More details on that will be posted here if/when that is confirmed!

Halloween - We talked about Halloween a bit at our meeting. We haven't definitively decided on a project yet, but we do have some fun ideas!

Next Meeting - Our next chapter meeting will be Saturday September 11th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. To learn more about our chapter or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. New members are always welcome! You can also follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/daofdelco.

August Meeting - Last Minute Reminder

2010-08-20T07:08:00.000-07:00

Our August meeting is tomorrow, August 21st. We have several exciting projects we are going to be talking about! Also, if you are coming to the meeting, please bring the candy wrappers you have collected so that we can send those off to TerraCycle. New members are always welcome! Even if you can't attend all of the meetings, caring Harry Potter fans are always welcome to join us. Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for more information or to get involved.

July Meeting Notes

2010-07-25T16:53:00.000-07:00

Our July meeting was yesterday, and here is a summary of what we talked about:

HPAFTW - The HPA won!! The HPA won $250,000 in the Chase Community Giving Challenge. Thank you to everyone who voted!

TerraCycle - We are collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle. This gives us an opportunity to recycle something that would not normally be recycled as well as fundraise for the HPA. We hope to be making a shipment of candy wrappers to TerraCycle after our next meeting.

Magical Acts of Warmth - We are knitting "snuggles" for shelter animals (http://www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares (http://www.warmupamerica.org). We are planning to continue this until September.

Craft Fair - We are participating in a craft fair in October, and we are crafting away for this! Some of the things we are making include scarves, pillows, decorations, and picture frames. We will be donating our proceeds to the HPA and Firefly (http://www.fireflykidz.org/).

Wrock The Vote - To register to vote online, please go here, www.thehpalliance.org/wrockthevote. We hope to have our chapter members registering voters in person and will post the details (when & where) here as soon as we have those nailed down.

Next Meeting - Our next chapter meeting will be Saturday August 21st.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. For more information on the DA of Delaware County or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Last Minute Meeting Reminder

2010-07-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

Our July meeting is tomorrow, July 24th. New members are always welcome, even if you are not able to come to our meetings each month. If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County or have any questions, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

HPA For The Win!

2010-06-27T20:07:00.000-07:00

The Harry Potter Alliance is participating in the Chase Community Giving Challenge, http://bit.ly/hpaftw. Please vote for the HPA! We are currently in first place, which is amazing, but we still have a long way to go in this competition. The HPA has done some incredible things and winning this funding could enable us to do even more. Please vote! http://bit.ly/hpaftw. Then after you vote, tell everyone you know to go vote for the HPA. HPA for the win!

June Meeting Notes

2010-06-23T19:50:00.000-07:00

Our June meeting was this past Saturday. Here is what we talked about:

Magical Acts of Warmth - We are continuing with this project through the end of the summer. We are knitting "snuggles" for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org).

TerraCycle - We are collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle. By doing this, we are recycling as well as fundraising for the HPA.

Craft Fair - We plan on participating in a craft fair in the fall to raise money for the HPA and Firefly (www.fireflykidz.org). We are crafting away for this.

HPAFTW - http://bit.ly/hpaftw Have you voted yet? Click that link and vote! It's so easy and only takes a few seconds!

Wrock the Vote - Wizard Rock the Vote is very similar to the traditional Rock the Vote campaign. We are not sure exactly how we will be participating in this HPA campaign, but we definitely do plan on participating and registering people to vote.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting is Saturday July 24th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. For more information on our chapter or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Meeting Reminder

2010-06-14T06:55:00.001-07:00

Our June meeting is this Saturday, June 19th. We will be checking in on our ongoing projects, as well as discussing some new and exciting HPA campaigns. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org with any questions.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. You can also follow our chapter on Twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Change Drive Total

2010-05-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

Our little change drive for Haitian earthquake relief raised a grand total of $50. Thank you to everyone who helped!

May Meeting Notes

2010-05-17T11:34:00.001-07:00

We had our May meeting yesterday, and here is what we discussed:

Change Drive for Haiti - Our change drive for Haitian earthquake relief is officially over. Once we visit the bank's coin-counting machine, we will post an update with our grand total. If you were not able to participate in our chapter's change drive but want to support Partners In Health, you can do so at www.standwithhaiti.org.

Magical Acts of Warmth - This project is going well. We are knitting snuggles for The Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org). We are going to continue with this project throughout the summer.

Herbology/Environment - Because Herbology is such a cool subject, we are going to be doing an environmental project. We are going to be collecting candy wrappers for TerraCycle (www.terracycle.net). TerraCycle collects items/wrappers that are not recyclable and remakes them into new items, which are sold at national stores.

Craft Fair - We are going to be participating in a craft fair in the fall. We are doing this as a fundraiser for the Harry Potter Alliance (www.thehpalliance.org) and the Firefly Foundation (www.fireflykidz.org).

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday June 19th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a local chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Meeting Reminder

2010-05-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

Our May meeting will be this Sunday, May 16th. This is the deadline for our change drive for Haiti. We will also be discussing some other current projects, as well as brainstorming on some future projects. New members are always welcome! For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visist www.thehpalliance.org.

You can follow our chapter on twitter! www.twitter.com/DAofDelco

April Meeting Notes

2010-04-18T21:13:00.000-07:00

Our April meeting was Sunday April 18th. Here is a recap of what we discussed:

Accio Books - Thank you to everyone who helped to make Accio Books a success this year! Our chapter collected 117 books this year. The HPA organization as a whole collected 41,415 books, which is a ridiculously awesome amount of books!

Change Drive for Haiti - Our change drive for Haiti will be wrapping up on May 16th. We are collecting our spare change and donating it to Partners in Health for Haitian relief.

Magical Acts of Warmth - This campaign is going well! We are knitting "snuggles" for the SPCA (http://www.snugglesproject.org/) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (http://www.warmupamerica.org/). We have decided to continue this project through the end of the summer.

Earth Day - Earth Day is this Thursday, April 22nd. We are not all going to be together to do something as a chapter, but we did come up with some small things that we can do on our own.
- Stop Global Warming Virtual March - Sign up to join the virtual march
here, http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/.
- Play in the garden!
- Disneyearth's Oceans - This movie comes out on Earth Day, and if you go see it in the opening week, Disneyearth will make a donation in your honor to help save coral reefs.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Sunday May 16th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Meeting Reminder

2010-04-12T14:50:00.001-07:00

Our April meeting is this Sunday, April 18th. We will be checking in on Magical Acts of Warmth and our change drive. We will also be brainstorming for some future projects. New members are always welcome! If you have any questions, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. You can follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Accio Books Wrapping Up

2010-03-29T11:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Accio Books party! It was great to meet some fellow Harry Potter fans, and we really appreciate the books that you donated. We are currently in the process of distributing the books to their new homes - WePAC, the YMCA, and Fair Acres.

Even though Accio Books is wrapping up, Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County still has a few projects that we are working on. We are holding a change drive for Haitian relief. We are also working on knitting projects for the Magical Acts of Warmth campaign.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.
-Danielle

Accio Books Party!

2010-03-22T11:43:00.000-07:00

Our Accio Books party is coming up this Saturday, March 27th!

Where: Helen Kate Furness Library, 100 North Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
When: Saturday March 27th, 11am - 2pm
Why: Guests are encouraged to bring new or gently-used books to donate. All of the books that we collect will be distributed to local organizations. We will be having fun Potter-themed games and activities for everyone to participate in.
Cost: FREE!! But donated books are greatly appreciated.

We really hope you will join us! If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering at the event, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

March Meeting Notes

2010-03-11T19:33:00.000-08:00

Our March meeting was this past Sunday, and here is the recap.

Accio Books - Accio Books is in full swing! Accio Books is the HPA's annual book drive, which runs from March 1 - March 31. We are all collecting books to donate, but our biggest push is going to be our Accio Books Party on March 27th. Here are the details on that:

When: Saturday March 27th, 11am - 2pm
Where: Helen Kate Furness Library, 100 North Providence Road, Wallingford, PA 19086
What: Guests are encouraged to bring new or gently-used books to donate. All of the books that we collect at the party will be distributed to local organizations. We will have Potter-themed activities and games. It is going to be a fun day for a great cause!
Admission: FREE! But please bring books to donate if you can.

Magical Acts of Warmth - Magical Acts of Warmth is going well. We are knitting blankets for shelter animals for the Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) and afghan squares for Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org). We are planning on having a clothing drive in the future.

Haiti - We are holding a change drive to fundraise for disaster relief in Haiti. This is an easy and low-key, yet effective, way for us to fundraise for a very important cause.

Next Meeting - Our next DA meeting is Sunday April 18th.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more info, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. You can also follow us on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit, www.thehpalliance.org.

March = Accio Books

2010-03-02T11:17:00.000-08:00

It is March, which means that it is Accio Books month! Accio Books is the Harry Potter Alliance's annual book drive, which takes place from March 1 - March 31. This year, the HPA is collecting books for the Mississippi Delta. HPA chapters and members are also donating books in their local communities. For all of the details on Accio Books, please check out the AB website, www.acciobooks.com/accio-books.

To get into the spirit of AB, Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is hosting an Accio Books party on Saturday March 27th. This party will be held at the Helen Kate Furness Library:

Helen Kate Furness Library
100 North Providence Road
Wallingford, PA 19086

Please join us! The party is from 11am-2pm. Guests are encouraged to bring new or gently-used books to donate and stick around for Potter-themed games and activities. All of the books that we collect will be donated to local organizations. Also, we will be having raffles where 1 book donated = 1 raffle ticket.

March Meeting - Our March meeting is this Sunday March 7th. We will be planning our Accio Books party and taking about some other things, as well.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for info. For more on the HPA, please visit www.thehpalliance.org. Follow the HP Alliance on twitter, www.twitter.com/thehpalliance. Follow DA of Delaware County on twitter, www.twitter.com/DAofDelco.

Twitter!

2010-02-21T14:18:00.000-08:00

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is on twitter! Please follow us: www.twitter.com/DAofDelco

The DA of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance based in Delaware County, PA. New members are always welcome! To get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

February Meeting Notes

2010-02-15T11:50:00.001-08:00

Our February meeting was this past Saturday, and here is a recap of what we talked about:

Valentine's - We made Valentine cards for nursing home residents.

Accio Books - Accio Books is the HPA's annual book drive, which takes place from March 1st - April 1st. We spent the majority of the meeting brainstorming and planning for this year's Accio Books drive. Chapter members are welcome and encouraged to collect books on their own, but Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County's main push with this is going to be our Accio Books Party. All are welcome to join us for the Accio Books Party! It is going to be on Saturday March 27th from 11am to 2pm at the Helen Kate Furness Library, 100 North Providence Road, Wallingford, PA. Guests are encouraged to bring new or gently used books to donate. All of the books that we collect at the party will be distributed to local organizations. As an incentive to donate books, we will be having raffles where 1 book = 1 raffle ticket. We're getting some nice prizes together, including house scarves and movie gift certificates. We are also going to have some fun Potter-themed games and activities for guests to participate in, including trivia, Potter bingo, puzzles, a spelling bee, cookie decorating, and bookmark making.

Helping Haiti Heal - The HPA coordinated an interfandom campaign called Helping Haiti Heal. In two weeks, $123,000 was raised for Partners in Health! This is enough money to charter three cargo planes full of life-saving supplies from Miami to Port-au-Prince. The planes are even named Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Magical Acts of Warmth - The Harry Potter Alliance recently launched a campaign called Magical Acts of Warmth. The goal of this campaign is to get warm clothing and blankets to those who need them. The DA of Delaware County is going to be crafting for two organizations for this campaign, the Snuggles Project and Warm Up America. The Snuggles Project (www.snugglesproject.org) makes blankets for shelter animals. Warm Up America (www.warmupamerica.org) makes afghans for those in need.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Sunday March 7th.

New members are always welcome! If you would like more information about the DA of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. We are a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. To learn more about the HPA, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Meeting Postponed

2010-02-06T11:36:00.000-08:00

Due to this weekend's snowstorm, we will not be meeting tomorrow. We will be meeting Saturday February 13th. New members are always welcome! For more information on Delaware's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org/.

A Few Reminders

2010-02-04T12:14:00.001-08:00

Helping Haiti Heal - The deadline to donate to Helping Haiti Heal has been extended to Saturday February 6th, 11:59 p.m. HHH is an unprecedented, interfandom campaign to raise money for Haitian relief. Besides helping a great cause, you can be entered to win some pretty unique prizes when you donate, http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti/prizes. So far, HHH has raised $85,000, which is enough money to charter two cargo planes full of supplies from Miami to Port-au-Prince. There will be another live webcast at 2pm on Saturday to wrap up the event.

Next Meeting - The next chapter meeting meeting is this Sunday February 7th. We will be doing a Valentine's project, as well as brainstorming for some upcoming projects.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Help Haiti Heal!

2010-01-22T20:09:00.000-08:00

The Harry Potter Alliance's Potterwatch will be hosting a benefit podcast to aid the relief effort in Haiti! This podcast is tomorrow, Saturday January 23 from 2pm - 6pm. You can check it out here: www.thehpalliance.org/haiti

This should be a pretty special event! Pretty much the entire Potter fandom is involved with this, including MuggleCast and PotterCast. Other fandoms will be helping out as well, including Lost, Heroes, True Blood, Firefly, and the Wire. There will be live music performances, as well as auctions.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. For more information, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Accio Books Party!

2010-01-16T10:42:00.000-08:00

We are very excited to announce that we are having an Accio Books Party!

Please join us:
Helen Kate Furness Library
100 North Providence Road
Wallingford, PA 19086

Saturday March 27, 2010
11 am - 2 pm

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County will be collecting books to be donated locally. Please bring any new or gently-used books and stick around for Potter-themed games and fun!

If you have any questions, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

January Meeting Notes

2010-01-12T18:34:00.000-08:00

Our January meeting was this past Sunday. Here is a recap:

Magical Acts of Gratitude - This project is similar to Magical Acts of Kindness, which we did a few months ago. As the name implies, the theme of this project is gratitude. At our meeting, some of us made cards, and some wrote letters, thanking those people who deserve a little bit of gratitude.

Valentine's - Continuing our theme of doing easy, low-maintenance projects during our meetings, we will be doing a Valentine's project at our next meeting. We will be doing cards.

Relay for Life - We would really like to participate in Relay for Life. There are several Relays in the area in the spring. Once we figure which one works for the most people, we will get set up for that.

Accio Books - Accio Books is the Harry Potter Alliance's annual book drive. It takes place from March 1 - March 31. Of course, we will be collecting books for this. However, it would be really fun to hold an event in conjunction with this. There are several different ideas for this, depending on how things go. Hopefully, we will have a decision on this in the next few weeks.

Next Meeting - Our next meeting is Sunday February 7th.

New members are always welcome! If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Meeting Reminder

2010-01-04T16:44:00.000-08:00

Our next meeting is this Sunday January 10th. We will be doing an easy Magical Acts of Gratitude project. We will also be talking about some upcoming projects including Relay for Life, Accio Books, and a Valentine's project. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org for more information. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Pledge 2 Protect!

2009-12-17T19:40:00.000-08:00

Pledge 2 Protect is a proposal to stop genocide before it begins. Please take a few seconds to sign the pledge and be one of 1,000 Harry Potter fans standing up against genocide.

Step 1: Go to ipledge2protect.org.
Step 2: Click on "add name" and start typing your name.
Step 3: As you type your name, a new field appears that asks if you want to send a personal message. Please type "HPA" - that way it can be counted as part of 1,000 Harry Potter fans against genocide.

This is such a quick, easy task, but it is so important! Please take a few seconds to participate. If you have already signed the pledge, please encourage your family and friends to do the same.
-Danielle

December Meeting Recap

2009-12-07T11:42:00.000-08:00

Our December meeting was last night, and here is a recap of some of the things that we talked about:

Holiday Cards - We signed cards for the Red Cross' Holiday Mail for Heroes program.

Christmas Cookies - When we were brainstorming ideas for holiday projects, we decided we really wanted to bake cookies. However, since the holiday season is so busy, we will not be able to do this together. This is a project that we will be doing as individuals. We will be baking cookies and donating them locally.

Change Drive - Our change drive for the Harry Potter Alliance's Nine and Three Quarters campaign is going until December 31st. If you would like to make a donation to the HPA, please visit www.thehpalliance.org to do so. You can donate online through PayPal; the HPA also has a PO box if you would rather donate by check.

Genocide - The HPA will be launching a new campaign very soon that deals with genocide prevention.

Magical Acts of Gratitude - This is mainly what we will be focusing on at our January meeting. We will be writing letters / making cards for those we would like to thank.

Charity Walks
Jingle Bell Run/Walk 5K for The Arthritis Foundation - Some of us are hoping to participate in this run/walk on December 13. This event is being held at General Wayne Elementary School, 20 Devon Road, Malvern, PA. For complete details on this event, please visit their website, jbrphilly.kintera.org. This is a dog-friendly event.

Relay for Life - We are hoping to put together a team for Relay for Life. There are several Relays in the area in the spring/early summer. As soon as we definitively decide what we are doing with this, the details will be posted here.

There are some other future projects that we chatted about. As soon as those are a bit more fleshed out, the details will be posted here. Our next meeting will be Sunday January 10. New members are always welcome! If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.
-Danielle

Meeting Reminder

2009-11-30T16:23:00.000-08:00

Our next chapter meeting is this Sunday, December 6th. New members are always welcome, so if you are interested in attending, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. Our main project this meeting will be holiday cards for the Red Cross' Holiday Mail for Heroes program. There are several other projects that we are going to be chatting about, as well.

For more information about Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit, www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Current Projects

2009-11-04T08:45:00.000-08:00

Here is what Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is working on currently:

Change Drive - Our change drive is still going strong. We are saving our spare change for the HPA's Nine and Three Quarters Campaign. This is going through December.

Holiday Projects - We will be participating in the Red Cross' Holiday Mail for Heroes program. This program collects holiday cards for service people and veterans. We will also be baking cookies for organizations in the area.

Our next meeting is on Sunday December 6. If you are interested in getting involved with DA of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Meeting Reminder

2009-10-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting is Sunday November 1. We will be talking about our ongoing projects, as well as chatting about some holiday projects. New members are always welcome! If you have any questions or are interested in getting involved with our chapter, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Update

2009-10-19T13:09:00.000-07:00

I have mentioned most of this on here before, but here are the projects that we are working on currently or will be working on in the near future:

Campaign Nine and Three Quarters: This is the Harry Potter Alliance's fundraising campaign. Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is holding a change drive to contribute to this campaign. We will be tallying up our change in December to make a donation.

We also may be participating in another craft fair with the proceeds going to the HPA. This is still up in the air at the moment, though.

Magical Acts of Kindness: A Magical Act of Kindness is an act of kindness done anonymously. We each did our own thing during MAK week, October 1-8. We made cards for a local nursing home. Also, we are collecting things for refugees, such as warm clothing and household items.

NaNoWriMo: November is National Novel Writing Month. A few of us will be participating in this. Participants are challenged to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. For more information on this or to register for Nanowrimo, please visit www.nanowrimo.org.

Our next chapter meeting is on November 1. New members are always welcome! If you would like more information about Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. For more information on the HPA in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Craft Fair Results

2009-10-17T20:17:00.000-07:00

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County participated in a craft fair at Marple Christian Church today. The weather didn't exactly cooperate, but some brave shoppers ventured out for us. Through our craft sales, we were able to raise money for Standfast, which is awesome!

Our next meeting will be on Sunday November 1. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org if you would like more information relating to Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County. For more information on the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

Craft Fair Reminder

2009-10-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County will be participating in a craft fair this Saturday, October 17. The craft fair is from 9am - 4pm. It is sponsored by Marple Christian Church, 475 Lawrence Road, Broomall, PA 19008. Dumbledore's Army will be selling a variety of items, including pillows, scarves, bookscarves, holiday decorations, and dog cookies. We are doing this for a great cause; we are using this to raise money for Standfast! If you are in the area, we hope to see you there!

If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. New members are always welcome! If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Coming Up This Week...

2009-09-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

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

Nine and Three Quarters / Magical Acts of Kindness

2009-09-23T13:37:00.000-07:00

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.

Craft Pictures / Meeting Reminder

2009-09-14T10:47:00.000-07:00

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

Upcoming Projects

2009-08-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

We had a really good meeting the other day, and we have several projects coming up! Here is a little bit about each one:

Collecting towels and blankets for the SPCA. We are digging the old towels and blankets out of our closets and donating them to the SPCA. Hagrid would be appreciate our helping animals.

Johnny's Run for Life. This is a run to benefit Baby's Breath, a crisis pregnancy center in Bryn Mawr. It is being held in honor of Johnny Williamson, a Drexel University student who passed away last winter. The run is at Wilson Farm Park, 500 Lee Road, Wayne, PA 19087. It is on Sunday October 4th. There is a 1 mile fun run/walk at 9am and a 5K run at 9:30am. The registration fee is $20 in advance/ $25 day of the race and $10 for students. Some of us will be running or walking in this event. If you would like to participate, please contact Marybeth Toscani, Race Director, at Marybeth99@comcast.net or call 610-724-3031.

Craft fair. We are making various crafts to be sold on Saturday October 17th. The craft fair is sponsored by Marple Christian Church, 475 Lawrence Road, Broomall, PA 19008. It is from 9am to 4pm. We are donating our proceeds to Standfast to aid those affected by genocide.

Campaign Nine and Three Quarters. Last week, the Harry Potter Alliance launched a fundraising campaign called campaign nine and three quarters. We would like to do what we can to help with this campaign. The details need to be ironed out, but we may be doing something Halloween-themed for this.

Nanowrimo. Some of us will be expressing our creativity and breaking out of the Muggle Mindset by participating in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Nanowrimo takes place in November and gives participants the challenge of writing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. For more information on Nanowrimo, please visit www.nanowrimo.org.

We would also like to hold a sock drive, as well as a book drive, in the future. We hope to have a Christmas-themed project in a few months.

Our next meeting will be on the evening of Sunday September 20th. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com for the details. New members are always welcome!

If you would like to get involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.
-Danielle

Meeting Reminder and Craft Fair Update

2009-08-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting is Sunday evening, August 23rd. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. We will be doing some brainstorming and planning for the upcoming school year. Hope to see you there!

We have some more details on the craft fair that we have been working on. We have rented a space at Marple Christian Church's craft fair, which is going to be held on Saturday, October 17th. Marple Christian Church is located at 475 Lawrence Road in Broomall, and the fair is from 9am - 4pm. Our chapter members have been hard at work on various projects, including scarves, bookscarves, wreaths, and pillows. If you are in the area, please come support our chapter! We are doing this as a fundraiser. While we have not decided 100% on a charity, it will most likely be something related to genocide prevention / intervention. Harry and his crew didn't tolerate genocide by Voldemort, and we are following Harry's example and fighting genocide in our own world! To learn about the other wonderful crafters that will be at the fair, you can visit the craft fair's website: www.marplechristianchurch.org/craftfair.

Again, we would love to see you at our next meeting or at the craft fair! If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit www.thehpalliance.org.

More Craft Photos

2009-07-28T07:56:00.000-07:00

We are still crafting away for the craft fair that we are planning on participating in. Here are a few more scarves and bookscarves:

If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. Our next meeting will be the evening of Sunday August 23rd, and new members are certainly welcome. Just e-mail me for the details. If you would like more information about the Harry Potter Alliance in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

Next Meeting

2009-07-25T13:25:00.000-07:00

Our What Would Dumbledore Do party this afternoon was a success! It was a fun and productive little event. Our next meeting is going to be the evening of Sunday August 23rd. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com for the details. We will be doing some brainstorming and strategic planning. Hope to see you there!

-Danielle

WWDD Reminder and Craft Update

2009-07-16T10:46:00.000-07:00

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is hosting a What Would Dumbledore Do party on the afternoon of Saturday, July 25th. If you would like to attend, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com for the details. It will be fun event, and we would be happy to have you!

We are crafting away! We are going to be participating in a craft fair in the fall, so we have been working on various crafts for that. All of our profits will be going to charity. Here are pictures of a few of the scraves and bookscarves that we have made:

If you are interested in getting involved with Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com. If you would like more information about the HPA in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.

-Danielle

What Would Dumbledore Do?

2009-06-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

We are having a What Would Dumbledore Do party! It will be the afternoon of Saturday July 25th. There will be discussions, games, food, and fun...all of the spirit of our beloved headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail me at danielletgillen@hotmail.com for the details. Hope to see you there!

-Danielle

Huge Craft Project!

2009-06-15T12:08:00.000-07:00

We are beginning work on a huge craft project. We will be making a variety of crafts and selling them at a craft fair. The proceeds will be donated to a charity. That's the basic idea. The details are still to be decided. We do not know the location/date of the craft fair yet, but it will most likely be in the late fall/holiday season. We have also not definitively decided on a charity yet. All of these details will be posted here when we find out/decide.

We are just about finished knitting our afghan squares and will be mailing them off shortly. We have been knitting afghan squares for Warm Up America, which gives afghans to those in need. (warmupamerica.org) Thank you again to those who donated materials for our knitting projects! It helped a lot, and we really appreciate it. :)

The campaign that the Harry Potter Alliance is currently focusing on is "What Would Dumbledore Do?" Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County would like to hold an event relating to WWDD and the movie release next month. This is still in the planning stages, and more details will be posted here later. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail me.

If you 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 HPA in general, please visit thehpalliance.org.

Updates on Some Completed Projects

2009-06-01T12:09:00.000-07:00

This is just a quick update on some projects that we have wrapped up, as well as a progress report on our ongoing projects. It seems like ages ago now, but we did participate in the Lovers Not Fighters Charity Walk on April 25th. This walk was a lot of fun, and it benefitted the PSPCA's Etana Fund to fight cruelty against animals. Also, we have finished and shipped our hats. We knitted a total of 13 hats for Warm Woolies (warmwoolies.org).

We are still knitting. We are making afghan squares for Warm Up America (warmupamerica.org), and we will most likely ship them off later this summer. As far as other projects, we have several half-ideas, which we will be sharing when they become a bit more fully formed.

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

Care of Magical Creatures and Accio Books Results

2009-04-09T08:52:00.000-07:00

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.

Accio Books Upddate and More

2009-04-06T09:02:00.000-07:00

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

Clothing Drive Completed and Projects In Progress

2009-03-05T11:33:00.000-08:00

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

2009-03-02T08:31:00.000-08:00

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.

In Progress...

2009-02-04T14:31:00.000-08:00

Our current project is a Magical Act of Kindness. We are working on a clothing drive.

Some projects we would like to work on in the future:
-a book drive
-more Magical Acts of Kindness
-something relating to "No New Stuff"

If you live in Delaware County, PA and would like more information about Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County, please e-mail danielletgillen@hotmail.com.

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

-Danielle