Tuesday, December 6, 2011

St. Pius X Craft Fair

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. :)

Saturday, December 3, 2011

December Meeting Notes

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.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

December Meeting Reminder

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.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

November Meeting Notes

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.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Craft Fair!

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!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

October Meeting Notes

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.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

October Meeting Reminder

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.