Huge Craft Project!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Danielle

Accio Books!...and other cool stuff

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

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

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

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

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

In Progress...

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