Saturday, October 2, 2010

October Meeting Notes

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.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September Meeting Notes

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.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

September Meeting Reminder

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.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

August Meeting Notes

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.

Friday, August 20, 2010

August Meeting - Last Minute Reminder

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.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

July Meeting Notes

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.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Last Minute Meeting Reminder

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.