December Meeting Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.